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13th Feb 2020, 6:24 pm | #1 |
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Dialling Codes from Ledbury area
Can anyone help with the dialling codes from Ledbury (0531) to its adjacent
charge groups/STD codes? The groups are - Cheltenham (0242) - No direct code found to Ledbury Evesham (0386) - No direct code found to Ledbury Gloucester (0452) - 961 to Ledbury from Gloucester Hereford (0432) - 97 to Ledbury from Hereford Malvern group (0684 X = 92X fm Worcester (0905)) 82 to Ledbury from Malvern Bromyard group (0885/6 X = 91X fm Hereford (0432)) Worcester (0905) - No direct code found to Worcester Ross on Wye (0989) - 96 to Ledbury from Ross-on-Wye Direct routes from other exchanges to UAXs but what are the 'reverse codes' to Gloucester & Ross-on-Wye? Newent (0531 82 ) 942 from Gloucester (0452), 97 from Ross-on-Wye (0989) Dymock (0531 85) - 943 from Gloucester, Any help appreciated |
13th Feb 2020, 7:07 pm | #2 |
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Re: Dialling Codes from Ledbury area
Ah, the old "9" codes, it was said you could dial from exchange to exchange using them to get a "long distance" call for the price of a local one. I bet the quality was bad though.
I do remember Cambridge to Royston was 95, and to Ely 98. |
13th Feb 2020, 8:21 pm | #3 | |
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Re: Dialling Codes from Ledbury area
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On CNet, we haven't got quite that level of barring, and I do know someone who dialled in excess of 70 digits all around North and Mid Wales on the various 'junction' routes and back to his other telephone - but with modern technology, there was no loss of speech quality Odd that I've never seen anything with the 9X codes from Ledbury and I have a huge collection of old code lists. |
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13th Feb 2020, 9:08 pm | #4 | |
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13th Feb 2020, 11:21 pm | #5 |
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Re: Dialling Codes from Ledbury area
ISTR Malvern might have been 93 from Ledbury. I remember it being 993 from Colwall or Much Marcle (not sure whether one or both).
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14th Feb 2020, 5:40 pm | #6 |
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Re: Dialling Codes from Ledbury area
The codes from Ledbury in the late 70s were:
Adjacent charge groups Hereford 91 Gloucester 92 Malvern 93 Ross on Wye 94 Hanley Swan (other than Malvern) 0684 Bromyard 0885 Upper Sapey 0886 Dependent exchanges Bromsberrow 81 Newent 82 Trumpet 83 Much Marcle 84 Dymock 85 Bosbury 86 Hope this helps Paul |
16th Feb 2020, 4:18 pm | #7 |
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Re: Dialling Codes from Ledbury area
Great - many thanks Paul. I'd got the 8X codes for the 'dependents' as those can be worked out from the STD code and I have several hundred STD code books gathered over the years. Sadly codebooks and the earlier dialling ode cards never made it to the GPO/PO/BT Archives as did the telephone directories. At least the surviving local codes still in use made it onto the 'Phonebook' when that was introduced in 1984 onwards but by then many local codes had gone.
Ian J |
16th Feb 2020, 4:41 pm | #8 | ||
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In fact I never use my landline number, I've got several VoIP PSTN numbers and those are the ones I use. Plus they have the advantage that they ring simultaneously on my VoIP phones at home and on my mobile. Hence I don't have to pay the huge fee BT charge for the same facility! Ian J |
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18th Feb 2020, 9:00 pm | #9 |
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Re: Dialling Codes from Ledbury area
Ian is right time is ticking away here, I work with the person whos job it is to switch off the analogue network, there are various security issues to resolve but you will start to see areas gong over soon. when it happens the 5,000 exchanges wont be required anymore, and the equipment in them is getting harder to maintain.
End of March will see things like Kilosteam switched off.
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