RE: DEvonshire 8-6700 (RE: The 931 exchange)

[Ron Bello <rbello@BelloAssoc.com>]

There are a few places you can still make a
7 digit phone call in eastern Massachusetts.

In my town from some phones you still do not
have to dial the area code if calling within in town.


1/24/02 -0500, Paul Hopfgarten wrote:
>Speaking of 5 digit phone calls.....
>
>I know that as late as 1978, there were still 5-digit calls that could be
>dialed in Taunton MA (delivered furniture, man did I hate triple-deckers)
>within the "82x" group of exchanges like 2-2000 or 3-2387 or 4-9192. I
>assume those were history shortly thereafter.
>
>-Paul Hopfgarten
>-Derry NH
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-boston-radio-interest@bostonradio.org
> > [mailto:owner-boston-radio-interest@bostonradio.org]On Behalf Of Bill
> > O'Neill
> > Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2002 5:47 PM
> > To: Peter Q. George
> > Cc: Boston-Radio-Interest (E-mail)
> > Subject: RE: DEvonshire 8-6700 (RE: The 931 exchange)
> >
> >
> > Pete writes:
> >
> > >      And don't forget WEEI's Talkshow Line  (during
> > > the 590 "Talk of Boston" days) was DEvonshire 8-6700.
> >
> > An old standby talk topic that always grabbed calls <jingle:
> > "Remember..."> were the former exchange names in Greater Lowell.  WCAP
> > was "GLenview 8-9123".  I used to joke that "if you have a really old
> > phone, dial "GLenview 8-9123" and one caller actually wrote me a note to
> > "inform" me that "we must all dial seven digits now...."  I think most
> > got the joke, however.  We'd build the list of ULyses, MYrtle, TUxedo,
> > ALpine, and others in the area.
> >
> > Bill O'Neill
> >