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16th Dec 2017, 9:44 am | #1 |
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Dial Label Exchange Names
Hi all,
I'm wanting to create an authentic dial label circa 1950s. I've found the perfect one and its the one I use on all my 300/200 series phones, but want my ivory 300 series one to be accurate. I live just on the outskirts of a town called Goole in East Yorkshire. I just wondered if anyone round here knew what the exchange name for this area was actually called back in the day? As typically just put Goole on the dial label, but I have a feeling it probably wasn't a simple as that. PS back in the 1950s it would've been in West Riding of Yorkshire and later North Humberside my town and area had a lot of boundary changes over the years. Cheers Ryan |
16th Dec 2017, 11:33 am | #2 |
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Re: Dial Label Exchange Names
There was an STD code of 0405 (0GO5) named Goole. Otherwise, would it be possible to work back from your present exchange code?
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16th Dec 2017, 3:16 pm | #3 |
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Re: Dial Label Exchange Names
Current area code is 01405 so I imagine Goole is correct then
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17th Dec 2017, 1:03 am | #4 | |
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17th Dec 2017, 3:55 am | #5 |
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Re: Dial Label Exchange Names
There may well have been a group of neighbouring exchanges with 040xy or 040xyz 3 or 4 digit numbers, which could have been dialled from Goole as something like 8y or 8yz and from which Goole numbers could be dialled by prefixing with 9.
For example, Derby was 0332; Draycott was 03317 -- 87 from Derby -- with 4-digit numbers, and Kirk Langley was 033124 -- 824 from Derby -- with 3-digit numbers. 0331 was basically a shortcut from the Outside World to the "8" hunt group of the 0332 exchange. These eventually became 6-digit Derby numbers when the exchanges went digital. Likewise Northampton was 0604, but some surrounding villages were 0601xy -- 8xy from Northampton -- before becoming 6-digit Northampton numbers. And there were countless more.
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17th Dec 2017, 10:39 am | #6 |
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Re: Dial Label Exchange Names
Didn't apply in the Goole area - when Goole went auto circa beginning of 1970, the group of UAXs parented on Goole had the 0405 8X codes. Goole was never listed as '0G05' as it was a manual exchange until well after the start of 'all figure numbering' and hence not 'diallable' via STD. STD Code doesn't appear in codebooks until 1970 and even then the '0405' code is marked 'This exchange is not yet available by STD when this booklet went to press. Dial 100 for the present and be connected via the operator until advised...'
Ryan lives in the area served by 'Goole' exchange itself - if he's still at No 40? ;-) So 'Goole' is the appropriate exchange but to have a label appropriate to the 1950/60's, it would need to be one appropriate for a manual exchange. By the time it went auto, the label would have been a grey 'Label 486' - the older familiar red and black 'Label 160' - 'In case of Emergency dial 999' - would never have been produced for Goole. |
31st Dec 2017, 1:34 am | #7 |
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Re: Dial Label Exchange Names
Would it have been GPO or Hull city telephones?
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31st Dec 2017, 10:59 am | #8 |
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Re: Dial Label Exchange Names
Is there anywhere that one can download "blanks" for labels as I would also like to make some for my old phones?
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31st Dec 2017, 11:09 am | #9 |
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Re: Dial Label Exchange Names
I got one off an old phone, scanned it and doctored it with a photo editing program( paint.net ISTR, but others are available). Then you can apply your desired number etc. and print out as many as you like. Times new Roman looks quite good.
I think I have also Googled and found some.
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31st Dec 2017, 11:32 am | #10 |
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Re: Dial Label Exchange Names
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https://www.google.co.uk/search?rlz=....0.kYPEfF8y8NA Download a likely candidate, then use your favorite image editing application to replace the number with your own.
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31st Dec 2017, 5:59 pm | #12 |
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Re: Dial Label Exchange Names
Here you go.
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31st Dec 2017, 8:10 pm | #13 |
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Re: Dial Label Exchange Names
Goole was GPO Telephones.
Hull Corporation area owned 15 exchanges in its area - Civic* Mytongate* Newland* North* South* East* West* Beverley* Bilton Bar* Brough Cottingham* Ferriby Hedon* Hessle* Kirk Ella* Those marked with * took/take the name 'Hull' in 1964 and by the mid 1970's they all had adopted the name 'Hull' with STD code 0482. There were also two other exchanges in the Hull Corporation Area - the GPO had an exchange that went by the name of Hull (Anson) which was a Non-Director Group Switching Centre for the GPO exchanges in the GPO Charge group areas which were adjacent (local calls) to the Hull Corporation area. These were the 0401 X group on level 5X off Anson; 0430 X in Level 4X; 0964 X group on Level 6X and 0966 X group on Level 7X. 0430 46XXX were GPO Telephones within the Hull Corporation area used for GPO purposes i.e. 0439 46290 was the fault reporting telephone for 'Anson' exchange. There was also a GPO auto-manual exchange to handle all the manual traffic from the above GPO STD code areas. I've uploaded a map of the GPO exchanges in the Hull Corporation local call charge area and you see it doesn't even reach as far as Goole. Ian J |
31st Dec 2017, 8:48 pm | #14 |
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Re: Dial Label Exchange Names
Thanks for all the information.
Mark |