"thoss" wrote in message
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On Wed, 28 Mar 2007 MaxB wrote:

You still see a lot of headed stationary, van sides, shop fronts etc
with the 7 or 8 detached from the rest of the number. Actually, the
change was a nuisance for everybody since long established easy to
remember numbers, for example, 222 (formerly ABBey) 1234 became the less
memorable 7222 1234. In fact TfL spent a lot of money buying 222 2222
(formerly belonging to a shop in Broadway next to St. James' station)
but I am not sure what use they have ever made of it. Probably Bob
Kiley's direct line!

Have you tried dialling it?

A recorded message tells you your '2' key is probably bust?

Isn't it suspected that much of the reluctance to use the codes properly
comes from people who believe there is a social cachet to (what they believe
is) the inner London area?

However, the BT system is not consistent nationally. Their web dialling
code finder tells you that 0207 and 0208 are not recognised codes, but they
did the same type of change in Portsmouth (023 92nn nnnn) and Southampton
(023 80nn nnnn), but 023 is not a recognised area code, 02392 and 02380 show
up as good. Local dialling definitely requires 8 digits, can anyone explain
that?

Paul