poppet2 Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 Did anyone used to dial 160 each night, either from a phone box or their home phone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Interlaken Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 Yes, from a payphone and try to guess the tune before having g to put the money in! Can't believe I'm posting this from Saigon whilst waiting for a flight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dreb48 Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 Yes remember it like it was only 50 years ago. 3 or 4 of us crammed in a phone box on Baslow Rd passing the handset between us. Groundbreaking technology in those days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poppet2 Posted January 1, 2016 Author Share Posted January 1, 2016 If you by pressed the coin half way in the slot, you could listen for free. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Interlaken Posted January 2, 2016 Share Posted January 2, 2016 Now you tell me! 3 of us used to do this 'listen' thing regularly crammed in a box - too young to go into pubs and nowt else to do. It was all part of the evenings entertainment - er well that was it:rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allwednesday Posted January 2, 2016 Share Posted January 2, 2016 Yes I remember dial a disc and also the speaking clock Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cycleracer Posted January 2, 2016 Share Posted January 2, 2016 Yes I remember dial a disc and also the speaking clock It was 16 for dial a disc and 18 for the speaking clock,,good times had for a tanner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
40summat Posted January 2, 2016 Share Posted January 2, 2016 Mississippi by Pussycat and Lost in France by Bonnie Tyler were two i can remember hearing on Dial a Disc, if i remember right they were just random songs from the pop charts, you couldn't choose, is that correct? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dreb48 Posted January 2, 2016 Share Posted January 2, 2016 As far as I remember it was totally random and you'd no idea what you'd get till you phoned. I googled it earlier and it said it started in 66, though I thought it was earlier than that, and ran till 91. How could that have run 25 years? That's amazing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poppet2 Posted January 2, 2016 Author Share Posted January 2, 2016 The record for the night was printed in the Evening News. You could listen from 6pm. But it always sounded so tinny. Could you imagine kids of today standing for that sort of technology? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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