In amongst the "T"s - spot the name from the Oxford 1937 GPO Telephone Directory
I know it is odd but I do like a browse through an old telephone directory as, especially in the pre-WW2 copies, many interesting folk who would be now 'ex-directory' make an appearance. Here, between Captain V G Toler-Aylward (a wonderful name in its own right!) and Wilfred W G Toll (a masseur no less) is the Summertown number 5380, the entry for one Tolkien, JRR, who was to become quite famous in later years.
In amongst the "T"s - spot the name from the Oxford 1937 GPO Telephone Directory
I know it is odd but I do like a browse through an old telephone directory as, especially in the pre-WW2 copies, many interesting folk who would be now 'ex-directory' make an appearance. Here, between Captain V G Toler-Aylward (a wonderful name in its own right!) and Wilfred W G Toll (a masseur no less) is the Summertown number 5380, the entry for one Tolkien, JRR, who was to become quite famous in later years.