Angry of Sheffield - information advert from PO Telephones directory, 1960
A reminder of what happenes when you don't hang up properly and also of the days when 'party' lines were common! At the time exchange capacity was quite an issue for the Post Office Telephones service so for many suburban homeowners the only way to become a subscriber was to share the line with someone else. That meant when they were using it you couldn't and vice versa. This advert was common issue across PO directories of the era and is from the Sheffield 1960 edition.
Angry of Sheffield - information advert from PO Telephones directory, 1960
A reminder of what happenes when you don't hang up properly and also of the days when 'party' lines were common! At the time exchange capacity was quite an issue for the Post Office Telephones service so for many suburban homeowners the only way to become a subscriber was to share the line with someone else. That meant when they were using it you couldn't and vice versa. This advert was common issue across PO directories of the era and is from the Sheffield 1960 edition.