Re: Southampton - number of digits on dial label in 1958
I can't speak for central Oxford, but our Headington number when I was a child was always 5-digit, in the format 6xxxx - the 6 being common to Headington numbers. I think we acquired it somewhen in the 1950s. I also remember Cowley (where my uncle had a 'phone) being 7xxxx until an extra 7 was added to allow for further expansion.
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