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22nd Nov 2017, 1:37 am | #21 |
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Re: Southampton - number of digits on dial label in 1958
Would an engineer carry the means to print a subscriber's number onto a label in his van?
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22nd Nov 2017, 6:20 am | #22 |
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Re: Southampton - number of digits on dial label in 1958
I believe there was an ink stamping thing, a bit like the ones used for stamping dates onto paper, which was used for this. See, for example,
https://www.vintassion.com/vintage-6...r-labels/I3923 |
22nd Nov 2017, 9:04 am | #23 |
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Re: Southampton - number of digits on dial label in 1958
Thanks very much Ian, that really is very helpful and thanks everyone else - I know a lot about Oxford and it's neighbouring villages now!
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22nd Nov 2017, 11:17 am | #24 |
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