When phone numbers had names?

[dobielvr]

Clinton 8965
AMherst..

 

[LadyEmeraude]

Broadway 24376.

 

[StarSong]

I incorporate my childhood telephone number (including the name) as part of one of my passwords. Nobody else would remember it except a couple of my siblings...

 

[Llynn]

Yukon

 

[Nathan]

Our home phone number in Westchester,Ca in the late 50s: ORchard 41197.

 

[Buckeye]

EMerson >EM7-7324

 

[hawkdon]

359-J......old home number indiana....

 

[Ken N Tx]

Also paid long distance to call the next state!! Sure would stop spammers!!

 

[OneEyedDiva]

Yes I do. What @Lewkat posted (post #10).

 

[Lewkat]

Yes I do. What @Lewkat posted (post #10).

I also remember many more, Diva, but just kept it to a few that quickly came to mind.

 

[Mrs. Robinson]

JUno 8-62XX

JUno 9-6000

 

[hearlady]

Yes, Fleetwood 8139.

 

[jujube]

My first one started with ME (MElrose) then 4 numbers. Then it changed to BE (BElmont) with the same 4 numbers. When I was 10, the 5th number was added and the exchange was called CH (CHapel).

Let's talk about "party lines".......

 

[OneEyedDiva]

I also remember many more, Diva, but just kept it to a few that quickly came to mind.

Actually, I was just skimming when I saw your post. Going back and looking at it again, I realized, I didn't notice TErhune was there. I don't remember that one, nor any more than the others you mentioned.

 

[fuzzybuddy]

In Mass. USA, we were PORter -7321. Nope, it isn't mine. After 70 years, it stopped being my mom & dad's number.

 

[Chet]

Glenwood 7- XXXX

 

[Ruthanne]

Shadyside 1 1272

 

[Fyrefox]

And, of course, this Glenn Miller big band standard…

 

[Sassycakes]

My phone number was Fulton 9-4763 You had to put in FU-94763 My Brothers was Sunset 9-4763

 

[Been There]

In my day, the phone number everyone sang about was 867-5309 by Tommy Tutone in 1981. I never knew of any phone numbers with names in front of them. I did hear the song mentioned earlier, Beachwood 4-5789.

 

[Tommy]

Yukon

Mine in Michigan was YUkon as well. It occurs to me that this wouldn't work if the numbers were 1 or 0. There are no letters associated with those. Possible had something to do with the decision to use 0s and 1s at the beginning of national and international dialing schemes, maybe?

 

[Lewkat]

Actually, I was just skimming when I saw your post. Going back and looking at it again, I realized, I didn't notice TErhune was there. I don't remember that one, nor any more than the others you mentioned.

Terhune was formerly a Pompton Lakes exchange, Devi. I believe parts of Wayne used the Terhune exhange as well. It was named after Albert Payson Terhune who was an author of many dog books. His estate is in Wayne, and he's buried in the Pompton Reformed Cemetary on Hamburg Tpke and Ringwood Ave. in Pompton Lakes.

 

[ronaldj]

VI king, 35...

 

[Been There]

And, of course, this Glenn Miller big band standard…

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My parents played a lot of the big bands’ albums. I remember this album as one of my mom’s favorites, especially the song “String of Pearls” that Glenn played for his wife on their anniversary when he gave her pearls for a gift. I don’t know if that story is true or legend. My mom and dad would dance when they played some of these old albums. My dad liked the trumpet player Harry James.

 

[charry]

Brilliant