London 01 numbers

My friend has a demo recording tape with the London 01 number.

She says she got it in the Rheingold in Oxford street which is closed down.

Anyone, know when this was closed down?

Can anyone tell me when the London number was changed?

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think his talking about the 0181 and 0171 numbers here people!
"Tiny Ramsden" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:40f5042b$0$64233$(E-Mail Removed) ...
> My friend has a demo recording tape with the London 01 number.
>
> She says she got it in the Rheingold in Oxford street which is closed
down.
>
> Anyone, know when this was closed down?
>
> Can anyone tell me when the London number was changed?
>
> --
> Lioncom adsl 4 port router, Nildram adsl running on Redhat 7.3. You can
see
> and hear me and my pal Joe Longthorne on uktalent.org.

On Wed, 14 Jul 2004 12:10:50 +0100, in article
<40f514bb$0$6440$(E-Mail Removed)>, "MagicUK"
<c_boys_uk@REMOVE yahoo.com> wrote:

>think his talking about the 0181 and 0171 numbers here people!
>

LOL. Unless he *really* is talking about 01 numbers! That goes back
quite a bit eh?

No, the OP us talking about the very old 01 numbers which London used to
have before they had the 0171/0181. I can remember the BBC saturday morning
show using 01 811 8055

S

"MagicUK" <c_boys_uk@REMOVE yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:40f514bb$0$6440$(E-Mail Removed)...
> think his talking about the 0181 and 0171 numbers here people!
> "Tiny Ramsden" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:40f5042b$0$64233$(E-Mail Removed) ...
> > My friend has a demo recording tape with the London 01 number.
> >
> > She says she got it in the Rheingold in Oxford street which is closed
> down.
> >
> > Anyone, know when this was closed down?
> >
> > Can anyone tell me when the London number was changed?
> >
> > --
> > Lioncom adsl 4 port router, Nildram adsl running on Redhat 7.3. You can
> see
> > and hear me and my pal Joe Longthorne on uktalent.org.
>
>

ABC wrote:
> No, the OP us talking about the very old 01 numbers which London used to
> have before they had the 0171/0181. I can remember the BBC saturday morning
> show using 01 811 8055

That would be Swap Shop!

Glenn...
>
> S
>
> "MagicUK" <c_boys_uk@REMOVE yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:40f514bb$0$6440$(E-Mail Removed)...
>
>>think his talking about the 0181 and 0171 numbers here people!
>>"Tiny Ramsden" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>>news:40f5042b$0$64233$(E-Mail Removed) et...
>>
>>>My friend has a demo recording tape with the London 01 number.
>>>
>>>She says she got it in the Rheingold in Oxford street which is closed
>>
>>down.
>>
>>>Anyone, know when this was closed down?
>>>
>>>Can anyone tell me when the London number was changed?
>>>
>>>--
>>>Lioncom adsl 4 port router, Nildram adsl running on Redhat 7.3. You can
>>
>>see
>>
>>>and hear me and my pal Joe Longthorne on uktalent.org.
>>
>>
>
>

On Wed, 14 Jul 2004 12:10:50 +0100, "MagicUK" <c_boys_uk@REMOVE
yahoo.com> strung together this:

>think his talking about the 0181 and 0171 numbers here people!

Not neccesarilly, could be talking about the London 01 area code, as
the subject says.
Either way, it's a bit of a vague question.
--

SJW
A.C.S. Ltd

On Wed, 14 Jul 2004 12:59:16 +0100, glennmillar
<(E-Mail Removed)> strung together this:


>I can remember the BBC saturday morning
>> show using 01 811 8055
>
>That would be Swap Shop!
>
Christ, you really are old!
--

SJW
A.C.S. Ltd

"Lurch" <(E-Mail Removed) > wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)
> On Wed, 14 Jul 2004 12:59:16 +0100, glennmillar
> <(E-Mail Removed)> strung together this:
>
>
>> I can remember the BBC saturday morning
>>> show using 01 811 8055
>>
>> That would be Swap Shop!
>>
> Christ, you really are old!

London changed from 01 to 071 and 081 on 6 May 1990, it wasn't *that* long ago!

On Wed, 14 Jul 2004 12:59:16 +0100, glennmillar
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>I can remember the BBC saturday morning
>> show using 01 811 8055
>
>That would be Swap Shop!

Among others, see:- http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/2561459.stm

Which includes this comment:-

"I asked a knowledgable friend, who said: "Heh heh - well, I *could*
always add my 2 penn'orth and make the following points:

1) Saturday Superstore's number was ALWAYS 01-811 8055 as it ran from
1982- 1987, well before the 071/081 split and PhONEday.

2) Going Live (1987 - 1994) also used 01-811 8055 until the 071/081
split (on May 6th 1990), when they then switched to 081-811 8181.

3) 081-811 8181 was carried over to Live and Kicking in 1994 for part
of the first series, before PhONEday in 1995 when of course it then
changed to 0181- 811 8181 (it was sometime in March 1995, IIRC) and
they kept until the introduced their 0845-610 1515 number sometime in
the last 2 years of the programme.

4) If I were being *really* pedantic, Multi-Coloured Swap Shop's
ORIGINAL number (from the first series, 1976-1977) was actually 01-288
8055 - they only moved to the 01-811 8055 number in time for the
second series in 1977.

I COULD, but I won't "


--
Hiram Hackenbacker

In article <(E-Mail Removed)>,
(E-Mail Removed) (Lurch) wrote:

> On Wed, 14 Jul 2004 12:59:16 +0100, glennmillar
> <(E-Mail Removed)> strung together this:
>
>
> >I can remember the BBC saturday morning
> >> show using 01 811 8055
> >
> >That would be Swap Shop!
> >
> Christ, you really are old!
> --
>
> SJW
> A.C.S. Ltd
>
I remember Radio one using 01 637 4343

Steve