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Cerrertonia Jun 2022 1:32pm, 14 Jun 2022 16,740 posts	Quote Pin Cerrertonia No childhood phone or car for me. My parents used to point out that we would not all have fitted in a car, although it seems to me that most of us could squeeze into the phonebox when we called grandma at Christmas.
chunkywizard Jun 2022 2:34pm, 14 Jun 2022 14,287 posts	Quote Pin chunkywizard I remember my best mate's phone number being 1957 when I was young. His mum's phone number is still the same only it now has 7 more digits in front!
Fitz Jun 2022 3:39pm, 14 Jun 2022 2,749 posts	Quote Pin Fitz We had no phone at home until I was maybe 18-19. Before that it was a hike to the phonebox to feed in 2p pieces and talk to friends. "Urgent messages" for my parents (usually the death of a relative) came via a network of friends & neighbours. Kids today, tsk, don't know they're born, tsk, Eeee lad, we were that poor, etc...
Night-owl Jun 2022 8:14pm, 14 Jun 2022 39,726 posts	Quote Pin Night-owl Also didn't have a home phone in fact my mum didn't get one till a few months after my dad died. We used a payphone if needed to call someone. In emergencies there was a neighbours phone we could call from
UltraDunc Jun 2022 8:18pm, 14 Jun 2022 14,948 posts	Quote Pin UltraDunc Alderley Edge 2121 , changed to having a prefix code around late sixties and my Dad retained it to his last day.
Fragile Do Not Bend Jun 2022 8:20pm, 14 Jun 2022 9,815 posts	Quote Pin Fragile Do Not Bend Can anyone identify what car this is? I found a few photos of it in my mum’s box of photos and it probably belonged to my grandparents.
RichHL Jun 2022 8:32pm, 14 Jun 2022 19,116 posts	Quote Pin RichHL I thought at first it was a Hillman Minx. I was wrong. It's a Ford Prefect, a 100E, I think. Late 50s or early 60s.
LindsD Jun 2022 10:10pm, 14 Jun 2022 55,129 posts	Quote Pin LindsD Ford Prefect
stilldreaming Jun 2022 10:14pm, 14 Jun 2022 937 posts	Quote Pin stilldreaming Why am I suddenly thinking about the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Diogenes Jun 2022 10:32pm, 14 Jun 2022 70,614 posts	Quote Pin Diogenes Must be from Guildford