My grandparents had one of these until about 1957 or so. A woman named Carolyn was the operator in their small country town and, bless her heart, she was the town's de facto secretary. But everyone liked Carolyn and she was never given to gossip.
My parents never had a phone as a child, especially one like that. I remember having to answer the phone when I started work and was almost scared to answer it! How times have changed.
Ann Kennedy Oh, over in the US too. We get lots of such calls, often from Asia, they always seem to call at lunch time or evening meal time. Very annoying.
Yes, Operator, I can hear you!
ReplyDeleteMy grandparents had one of these until about 1957 or so. A woman named Carolyn was the operator in their small country town and, bless her heart, she was the town's de facto secretary. But everyone liked Carolyn and she was never given to gossip.
ReplyDeleteMy parents never had a phone as a child, especially one like that. I remember having to answer the phone when I started work and was almost scared to answer it! How times have changed.
ReplyDeleteMike Perry I'm still scared to answer the phone:-) Too many robo-calls and impossible to have an unlisted number anymore!
ReplyDeletegonna go offtopic here...what about party lines...they were fun...u did have your own ringtone
ReplyDeleteAnn Kennedy Oh, over in the US too. We get lots of such calls, often from Asia, they always seem to call at lunch time or evening meal time. Very annoying.
ReplyDeleteWill Griffin I remember party (shared) lines, though never had one. I believe you could listen to the other parties conversations - if you were quiet!
ReplyDeleteyes...i remember the old folks talking about what others had said when they were listening in
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