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Lauren Sweeny 10-17-2014 06:30 AM
We had a party line, ( No , not that kind of party! )
Maybe you remember, back in the day , it meant sharing your telephone line with another party. Our family shared with a family of 12 down the block!

eweissenbach 10-17-2014 07:59 AM
Two longs and a short. You would crank the magneto and when "central" answered you would tell her who you wanted to call and she would plug you into the right party on her switchboard. It was a party line as well, with several neighboring families on nearby farms. When the system was upgraded in the mid fifties it was AXminister 6-3887.

Shimpy 10-17-2014 03:26 PM
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Originally Posted by manaboutown (Post 952331)
This was back in the 1940's. Our family's had five digits which I remember clearly. We had a two party line. The parties had different rings so you knew when to pick up and when to pass. We had a rotary dial on our heavy single black telephone. Long distance cost a fortune and was operator assisted either station to station or person to person (even more costly).

Sometimes we used telegrams.
Can you imagine trying to explain to us back then what phones we would have today? It would seem like Buck Rogers. I can't even imagine trying to explain the computers we have. I can't tell you how many hours I spent in a library doing research for papers when now all we need is Google.

courtyard 10-23-2014 10:24 AM
When I was asked to RESET my PASSWORD by answering a customized security question (on my healthcare website), one of the questions to choose was:

"What was your first phone number?" So, I would be careful what you put out there...

Also, another question was: "What was your nickname"

villagetinker 10-23-2014 11:48 AM
We had EL (Elgin) 6 - ####, forgot the four digits, this was from the Broomall, PA area. I remember my parents and grandparents talking about the party lines, but as I recall we actually had our own line, this was about 1950 or so.


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