Who remembers their old telephone exchange name?

[Monello]

Growing up for me it was PLymouth. Not sure when they ditched that naming convention.

All the old TV & movies used the non existent KLondike. Now it's 555 for the fake phone numbers.

 

[Tech]

Growing up for me it was PLymouth. Not sure when they ditched that naming convention.

All the old TV & movies used the non existent KLondike. Now it's 555 for the fake phone numbers.

Madison here. Noticed the new touch phone exchanges were not given names. At the time the old exchanges were not compatible.

 

[Grumpy]

CEdar 6-8554

 

[black dog]

My gfathers house in Bethesda on Roosevelt St was OL4-5706

 

[phreddyp]

Jupiter JU7-6010 Takoma Park

 

[Kyle]

Harrison 2-7383

Other family members and friends numbers ended in 4125, 9296, 9294, 8638, 2473, 1594, 2832...

I dont' forget numbers.

Jennifers was UNION 7-5309.

 

[RoseRed]

Harrison 2-7383

Other family members and friends numbers ended in 4125, 9296, 9294, 8638, 2473, 1594, 2832...

I dont' forget numbers.

Jennifers was UNION 7-5309.

Sugar packet Jennifer?

 

[Kyle]

Sugar packet Jennifer?

Nah.

Tommys girl.

 

[stgislander]

The Cumberland exchanges were PArkview 2 and PArkview 4.

 

[vraiblonde]

I'm not old enough to remember exchange names associated with telephone numbers. I think I was in Jr. High when I first heard that was a thing outside of old movies set in NYC. My friend and I spent hours trying to figure out what each prefix of all the telephone numbers in Lincoln might stand for.

 

[GregV814]

TO(wer)9-6065

 

[Sneakers]

SH(oreham) 4

 

[DaSDGuy]

LA (La Mesa, suburb in San Diego)

 

[GURPS]

Growing up for me it was PLymouth. Not sure when they ditched that naming convention.

All the old TV & movies used the non existent KLondike. Now it's 555 for the fake phone numbers.

At grandma's house through the 90's 5 digit dialing .....

Patton PA, small town phones ... here were doing 7 until the mandatory area code usage
then you could not tell if you were dialing local or local long distance

 

[ArkRescue]

Finally something I'm too YOUNG to personally know about ....

 

[Merlin99]

Ours was FEderal5-2529

 

[luvmygdaughters]

Grandparents in Suitland (when it was all farms) REdwood, RE5-8289

 

[mitzi]

Ours was LO7 but can't remember the rest.

 

[DogWhisperer]

Jenny's number was 867-5309 that's all they provide from the song.

What is the age or regional, year when they stopped naming the lines? I don't remember it and I was born in "58.

 

[Grumpy]

Jenny's number was 867-5309 that's all they provide from the song.

What is the age or regional, year when they stopped naming the lines? I don't remember it and I was born in "58.

In the area of Md I grew up in, I believe it was late 50s / early 60s