frankj1 wrote:no problem remembering the exchanges growing up
LAsalle 7- 5555
DEcataur 2-5555
BIgelow 4-5555
people were so conditioned to it that when someone told you his/her number you'd actually write the letters!
I grew up in Seattle in the late 40s, and our numbers up until we moved in 1956 were:
FRanklin 0263
FRanklin 2-0263
EAst 2-0263
Another interesting note is that when the prefix changed from Franklin to East so did our street change from 19th Avenue North to 19th Avenue East.
And no, that is not a typo. Our first phone number was only 6 characters, and a party line of course.
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