Do you hear what I hear?
- Thread starter AnneTeak
- Start date
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Bloke with a camera
- Location
- Lancashire
Looks yummy! It would be hard to choose which one.we still have them all the time.. they're everywere in the UK.. they plays various tunes but mostly...... Yankee doodle Dandy
..and in 2025 this is what they sell...
Sunkist
Member
I remember that, too!
hollydolly
SF VIP
- Location
- London England
if it;s me out on a hot day and the ice cream van is there, I'll usually have cone with a flake.....
hollydolly
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- Location
- London England
We had a party line when we were kids, but each house didn't have their own ring tone, if just didn't ring in a house that it wasn't meant for..instead it just dinged once and we knew the call was for next door...
To make a call out from the party line we had to press the button on the top of the phone to clear the line to allow the exchange to know who was making the call.... Can you see the button on the top of the phone?
I vaguely remember hitting a button on the receiver..We had a party line when we were kids, but each house didn't have their own ring tone, if just didn't ring in a house that it wasn't meant for..instead it just dinged once and we knew the call was for next door...
To make a call out from the party line we had to press the button on the top of the phone to clear the line to allow the exchange to know who was making the call.... Can you see the button on the top of the phone?
Sunkist
Member
Two short rings meant it was for our house.We had a party line when we were kids, but each house didn't have their own ring tone, if just didn't ring in a house that it wasn't meant for..instead it just dinged once and we knew the call was for next door...
To make a call out from the party line we had to press the button on the top of the phone to clear the line to allow the exchange to know who was making the call.... Can you see the button on the top of the phone?
Good memory! I don't remember the amount of rings. I do remember our phone number at the time. I remember when someone wanted to call out, that some people would say it was an emergency (whether it was or not) so the other party would get off of the line. Those were the days!
Sunkist
Member
Yup!
Lilac
Well-known Member
- Location
- Flyover Country
TV channels signing off at night playing the National Anthem.
Pappy
Living the Dream
The sound of a bell ringing when you pulled into the gas station for gas and service.
The sound of Mr. Lester’s voice when we stoled apples from his tree.
The sound of Mr. Lester’s voice when we stoled apples from his tree.
Tommy
Senior Member
- Location
- New Hampshire
Pray that future generations never have to hear them.
jujube
SF VIP
And the old busy-bodies listening in to the calls. We had an old lady who listened in (you could hear her breathing) and my dad would say, "Mrs. ______, GET OFF THE LINE!" and she'd say, "Well, I NEVER! I'm not on the line!"
Pappy
Living the Dream
Our busybody was Mrs. Crumb who lived next door. Always on or listening.
Gardenlover
The world needs more love
Filmstrip projector noises. I loved it when we got to watch a movie in grade school.
Pappy
Living the Dream
And the flapping noise when the film runs out.
Michael Z
Senior Member
- Location
- Northern Wisconsin
The static sound of a (non-digital) tv channel that is barely coming in.
jujube
SF VIP
The big "emergency bell" in my elementary school. It was a huge gong bell with a striker and it was on the first floor. It was hand activated and cables went through the ceiling to the third floor and down through the floor to the basement, so it could be rung from anywhere. I think it could be heard halfway to Canada.
It was rung mostly for fire drills (thankfully), but it was there for fires, Cuban missile strikes, tornados, alien invasions, etc. It meant for us to run outside in the snow (fire) or get under our desks (missile strikes, alien invasions) or get out in the hall and curl up (tornados). Any of the above and we were going to die for sure.
The remembrance of the particular sound of it will never leave me. One GONG! and my stomach was up in my throat. I actually have heard it in my dreams and it still makes me clinch.
Nowadays, they just have announcements or alarm buzzers.
It was rung mostly for fire drills (thankfully), but it was there for fires, Cuban missile strikes, tornados, alien invasions, etc. It meant for us to run outside in the snow (fire) or get under our desks (missile strikes, alien invasions) or get out in the hall and curl up (tornados). Any of the above and we were going to die for sure.
The remembrance of the particular sound of it will never leave me. One GONG! and my stomach was up in my throat. I actually have heard it in my dreams and it still makes me clinch.
Nowadays, they just have announcements or alarm buzzers.
Quackers
Member
The Sharpeners... of knives, scissors, shears, whatever needed sharpening.
They would come round the streets on their bikes or with their handcart, ringing a bell.
They'd sharpen the objects using a grindstone attached to a bicycle which was powered by pedalling, or on their handcart.
They would come round the streets on their bikes or with their handcart, ringing a bell.
They'd sharpen the objects using a grindstone attached to a bicycle which was powered by pedalling, or on their handcart.