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Did Anyone Not Have One Of These In Their Kitchen's?
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brettsomers
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my grammas was blue/turquoise. she taught me to take the handset off the hook with a broom in an emergency. she passed in 84. i wish i coulda known her better.
hooverwheelaway
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We didn't...
Instead, I remember having a dark brown touch-tone "trimline" wall-mount only phone. I may still have it somewhere.
Instead, I remember having a dark brown touch-tone "trimline" wall-mount only phone. I may still have it somewhere.
hoover1060
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Ours was black...
Only phone in the house til I was 14 or so too!
Only phone in the house til I was 14 or so too!
whirlcool
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We had one of these
in basic White. I think it was made by Western Electric rather than GE. We also had a 13' cord(the longest you could get at the time)on it as my sister liked to walk up and down the hallway adjacent to the kitchen while she was on the phone. This, of course left the phone cord in such a tangle you only had about a foot of cord left. You had to untangle it before you would use it!
This was all of course before cordless phones, which came out around 1981-82 or so.
in basic White. I think it was made by Western Electric rather than GE. We also had a 13' cord(the longest you could get at the time)on it as my sister liked to walk up and down the hallway adjacent to the kitchen while she was on the phone. This, of course left the phone cord in such a tangle you only had about a foot of cord left. You had to untangle it before you would use it!
This was all of course before cordless phones, which came out around 1981-82 or so.
brettsomers
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this phone on eBay MUST be Western Electric. the seller prolly doesnt know what they are talking about.
hoover1060
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Ours was Western Electric...
of course my dad worked for them, so what else could we have?
of course my dad worked for them, so what else could we have?
Yes it's a Western Electric or Northern Electric if it came from Canada. It's also mid to late 70's if it has the mini jack. We had the basic black model growing up. These sets were were used mainly on Bell. Small independents and GTE phone companies used GTE or AE (Automatic Electric) sets
Ours was the big black
"desk" phone, but it was in the kitchen. It was in this dear little niche in the wall.
For YEARS it was the ONLY phone on the first floor. The line cord was a pathetic six feet or something, and the handset cord was not long at all.
I really wonder if there are kids today who could even operate a rotary dial set?
Lawrence/Maytagber
"desk" phone, but it was in the kitchen. It was in this dear little niche in the wall.
For YEARS it was the ONLY phone on the first floor. The line cord was a pathetic six feet or something, and the handset cord was not long at all.
I really wonder if there are kids today who could even operate a rotary dial set?
Lawrence/Maytagber
kevinpreston8
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I have this exact phone...
Same color, exactly the same. This was in our kitchen on the wall of our old house. It took alot of the house's ringing voltage.
It absolutely is a Western Electric.
And this:
"SEXY HOT LOVE GHOST MY BE DIALING YOU FOR NAUGHTY CALLS"
She goes on and on and on about that, to the point of it not being so funny, but actually kind of wierd.
Same color, exactly the same. This was in our kitchen on the wall of our old house. It took alot of the house's ringing voltage.
It absolutely is a Western Electric.
And this:
"SEXY HOT LOVE GHOST MY BE DIALING YOU FOR NAUGHTY CALLS"
She goes on and on and on about that, to the point of it not being so funny, but actually kind of wierd.
One of my cousins taught us how to "dial" the phone by using the handset to make the required clicks. This came in handy when one year a lock was put on the rotary dialer when adults were not home to keep the phone bill down. Of course after the first few phone bills came in, a rat (or rather several) were smelled and the game was up. Think we couldn't sit down for about a week. *LOL*
The one thing about having only one phone (grandma's was in the kitchen) was that late night phone calls were always scary to me. By "late" I mean after 9PM or so since in those days no one but family or real emergencies telephoned "late".
IIRC one got those phones when service was hooked up by Ma Bell, and one paid each month for the equipment on your phone bill. If the service was disconnected, one was supposed to return the phone. Still have my very first Bell Trimline phone somehere.
L.
The one thing about having only one phone (grandma's was in the kitchen) was that late night phone calls were always scary to me. By "late" I mean after 9PM or so since in those days no one but family or real emergencies telephoned "late".
IIRC one got those phones when service was hooked up by Ma Bell, and one paid each month for the equipment on your phone bill. If the service was disconnected, one was supposed to return the phone. Still have my very first Bell Trimline phone somehere.
L.
polkanut
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Both of my Grandma's had the beige version, while all of the other relatives had them in black. I'm thinking that practically the whole U.S.A. must have had one at one time or another.
Yellow here
For decades wall-mounted. When *Hang-up the phone* meant it literally.
I have grandpa's black rotary desk-phone. Stupid me, I had them exchange a metal dial wired-in model for a *New* modular one with a plastic dial.
My aunt had an avocado colored one on the wall in her kitchen.
We were all scandalized when the boroughs became area code 718 from 212. NOT be 212 *EEEEEK* Aeea code change without moving. SCANDAL!
Thanks for triggering some good memories!
For decades wall-mounted. When *Hang-up the phone* meant it literally.
I have grandpa's black rotary desk-phone. Stupid me, I had them exchange a metal dial wired-in model for a *New* modular one with a plastic dial.
My aunt had an avocado colored one on the wall in her kitchen.
We were all scandalized when the boroughs became area code 718 from 212. NOT be 212 *EEEEEK* Aeea code change without moving. SCANDAL!
Thanks for triggering some good memories!
vinvac
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We had one!
We had one, but we also had a black one. My dad was on the Fire department so we had two phones, and the red one was the fire phone. On top of the phone was a switch that you would use to blow the fire whistle. You would take the fire call and write down the message, then hold the switch for 15 seconds or until you heard the whistle wind up all the way and then release the switch until the sound of the whistle wound down.. you would do this for 3 minutes. If it were a tornado call from the weather bureau you would hold the switch for a solid three minutes... then when the storm was clear it was 3 short blasts...when the fireman all arrived they would pick up the phone and you would give them the instructions. They in turn wrote it on a chalk board next to the phone at the fire house so if volunteers arrived later they could respond to the fire....
Brings back lots of memories.
We had one, but we also had a black one. My dad was on the Fire department so we had two phones, and the red one was the fire phone. On top of the phone was a switch that you would use to blow the fire whistle. You would take the fire call and write down the message, then hold the switch for 15 seconds or until you heard the whistle wind up all the way and then release the switch until the sound of the whistle wound down.. you would do this for 3 minutes. If it were a tornado call from the weather bureau you would hold the switch for a solid three minutes... then when the storm was clear it was 3 short blasts...when the fireman all arrived they would pick up the phone and you would give them the instructions. They in turn wrote it on a chalk board next to the phone at the fire house so if volunteers arrived later they could respond to the fire....
Brings back lots of memories.
I really wonder if there are kids today who could even operate a rotary dial set?
My nieces asked me if grandpa's rotary was a phone.
I had to plug it in and call my own cell to PROVE it worked.
They can't conveive of an age/time with no electronics around, save a TV and a radio.
My nieces asked me if grandpa's rotary was a phone.
I had to plug it in and call my own cell to PROVE it worked.
They can't conveive of an age/time with no electronics around, save a TV and a radio.
Ours was Bell System pink and in the kitchen
And our first phone number began with letters:
TRiangle 5-5374
And our first phone number began with letters:
TRiangle 5-5374
rayjay
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My parents had one in beige in 1962 when they bought their first house. My neighbor had one in yellow up until about 10 years ago.
deeptub
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Ours was a yellow rotary wall phone. Mom and dad still have the same number which mom was issued when she got her bachelorette pad in 1966. My dad's fax line was originally his parents' phone number going back to the 1940s. Sort of cool that we can hang on to these kinds of things when so many things change. My parents have been through a number of area codes, starting with 312 (which was originally Chicago and all of its suburbs, then 708 (when 312 was chicago only and 708 was the suburbs), then 847 (which is the north suburbs), and NOW, rather than split the area further, they've added an "overlay" code, so now the region has two area codes and calling ANYONE, in or our of your area code, even your next door neighbor, requires dialling 1-XXX-XXX-XXXX. It's annoying to say the least.
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