Greymouth Telephone Directory found at the Cobden Dump.

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Date Created16th February 2020CommentsHeather Newby Our Greymouth phone number was 6331.. i think its was only 3 digits in the early days.

Marie Summers what was ur name then heather i cant find newby under greymouth

Heather Newby Marie Summers Newby... that was in the late 50`s and early 60`s
Phyllis Aberhart Its so sad when people trow old things out that's often part of history
Glenys Elizabeth Martin My maiden name was Cochrane 31 fox street cobden earliest ph no I remember 604S
Glenys Elizabeth Martin My friends number 1116D Honey Firth street
Linda Hughes First phone number was 1172 K later 6904.
Brent Tomlinson In Shakespeare st our phone number was 7517, that was in the 60’s
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Anne Honey Rang 604s most days Glenys and we had been at school all day and they wonder where kids today get it.
Heather Newby I remember when my youngest brother was born.. About 1958 and Dad was waiting by the public phone booth outside Sheards shop in Blaketown for a call from the hospital.. Because we didnt have a phone
Sonia Dando Our number in Dando was 1054m so I’m 73 now and remember that as a kid in Greymouth
When i lived in Runanga 1964/68
5229 was our number amazing I have never forgot them no sign of Alzheimer’s yet

Sue Scott We had a party line first and the number we got my parents still have with a few prefixes added now.... probably same number for 60 years

Doris Blanchard My family’s number in Greymouth was 451 we got the phone in 1939.
Les Bryce our number at Camerons was 868
JenDick Stevens Yes ours was 5995 it's was a party line
Mike Minehan Ours on the farm at Lake Ryan on Beach Road ( later Dommett Esplanade Noelene!! ) was 1126M, two long rings, and I remember Dad saying "I can´t discusss that on the phone". Can anyone nowdays imagine that, considering all that is gladly freely divulged, disseminated and distributed in social media today?Noelene Longley Ours was 670D. A PARTY LINE. O dear did it get us into lots of trouble

Merle Brown Ours was 974R Hibbs Doyle St Blaketown

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