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November 19th 07, 01:40 AM
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The change in dialling code from 01 for London to 0171 & 0181 - Why t
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November 19th 07, 09:16 AM
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The change in dialling code from 01 for London to 0171 & 0181 - Why t
Colin Rosenstiel wrote:
In article , (Mortimer) wrote: Anyway, the code didn't go directly from 01 to 0171/0181 - it went to 071/081 and only gained the leading 1 at the time of PhONEday when almost all other codes also gained a 1. There were exceptions like Leeds, Nottingham, Bristol and Reading - living near Reading I saw quite a few shopfronts and vans with "01734 xxxxxx" instead of "0118 9xxxxxx" ;-) Wasn't Reading the exception that did go to 01734 first and only later to 0118? Yes. I think that 01734 was considered adequate for Reading in 1995 (PhONEday), but demand for numbers grew rapidly, and 0118 was introduced from 1996. The change wasn't very popular with businesses who had changed stationery etc. only a year or two earlier. -- Richard J. (to e-mail me, swap uk and yon in address) |
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