Rochdale/Heywood Exchange area telephone directory pages, National Telephone Company, 1906
Pages from the earliest telephone directory I have, pre-GPO, as issued by the National Telephone Company. The Rochdale and other local exchanges fell within the Bolton Area. As expected the entries are mostly commercial with few residential numbers in existance at the time so the Heywood numbers are mostly those of local companies - many mills, shops and doctors. The reason I scanned this is to do with the c1950 picture of Heywood town centre I posted, and Wadey's comments - amazingly the Freemasons' Arms pub had a phone - under the name of W P Binns, telephone number 0195. Under the tail end of Rochdale's entries a few of interest. Turner, Samuel - and the infamous asbestos company that was to carry their name. Tweedales & Smalley's were major manufacturers of cotton mill machinery, based in Castleon, Rochdale as were Whipp & Bourne. I recall, as a child, Whatmough's lovely shop on Drake St - and the Yorkshire Penny Bank (on Yorkshire St) were I had my very first bank account in 1962!
Rochdale/Heywood Exchange area telephone directory pages, National Telephone Company, 1906
Pages from the earliest telephone directory I have, pre-GPO, as issued by the National Telephone Company. The Rochdale and other local exchanges fell within the Bolton Area. As expected the entries are mostly commercial with few residential numbers in existance at the time so the Heywood numbers are mostly those of local companies - many mills, shops and doctors. The reason I scanned this is to do with the c1950 picture of Heywood town centre I posted, and Wadey's comments - amazingly the Freemasons' Arms pub had a phone - under the name of W P Binns, telephone number 0195. Under the tail end of Rochdale's entries a few of interest. Turner, Samuel - and the infamous asbestos company that was to carry their name. Tweedales & Smalley's were major manufacturers of cotton mill machinery, based in Castleon, Rochdale as were Whipp & Bourne. I recall, as a child, Whatmough's lovely shop on Drake St - and the Yorkshire Penny Bank (on Yorkshire St) were I had my very first bank account in 1962!