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Colin Rosenstiel · January 10th 05, 01:01 AM posted to uk.transport.london

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I've seen quite a few vehicles which even to this day bear phone
numbers such as 01532 xxxxxx or 01734 xxxxxx, having blindly
applied the "insert a 1" rule to codes that changed completely - eg
to 0113 or 0118.

I don't know about Leeds, but Reading changed to 01734 in 1995
(phONEday). The new code of 0118 was introduced in 1996, in parallel
with 01734 which was withdrawn in 1998.

My memory must be playing tricks with me (nothing new there!) - I could
have sworn that Leeds changed to 0113 2 at the same time as most other
exchanges had a 1 inserted in their code. I used to phone my grandpa in
Leeds every so often and I'm sure I had to change from 0532 671xxx to
0113 2671xxx without an intervening 01532 671xxx. Now I think about it
more, I believe that Reading did change from 0(1)734 to 0118 later than
phONEday, so maybe 01734 was valid for a while.

Your memory is not playing tricks. 01532 was never a valid area code, nor
were 01742 (actually 0114 Sheffield), 01602 (0115 Nottingham), 01533 (0116
Leicester) or 01272 (0117 Bristol).

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Colin Rosenstiel