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ukcol · 20th Nov 2017, 9:29 pm

If you cannot get a definitive answer it may be possible to make an intelligent guess.

When I moved to a village near Grantham in 1972 I was given a four figure telephone number. The population of Grantham at the time was about 28,000 (say 30,000 if you include the surrounding villages that had Grantham telephone numbers). Very soon after a fifth digit was added my number.

The population of Southampton at the time was about 213,000 so it would have had five digit numbers at least surely but not as many as six digits? In making this guess you would have to take into account that a smaller percentage of the population would have had telephones in 1958.

20th Nov 2017, 9:29 pm	#4
ukcol Rest in Peace Join Date: May 2003 Location: Harlaxton, Lincolnshire, UK. Posts: 3,944	Re: Southampton - number of digits on dial label in 1958 If you cannot get a definitive answer it may be possible to make an intelligent guess. When I moved to a village near Grantham in 1972 I was given a four figure telephone number. The population of Grantham at the time was about 28,000 (say 30,000 if you include the surrounding villages that had Grantham telephone numbers). Very soon after a fifth digit was added my number. The population of Southampton at the time was about 213,000 so it would have had five digit numbers at least surely but not as many as six digits? In making this guess you would have to take into account that a smaller percentage of the population would have had telephones in 1958.