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RE: 📷 Monochrome Monday - Ancient Payphone In The Wild! 📞
I can remember the party line phones where 4 or 5 different households/businesses shared a line,
It had a little crank handle on the side, you would lift the handpiece, have a listen, and if no one was talking, ask "Working?". If there was no response you would turn the little crank handle to send morse code letters to the recipient if they were on your line, or to the operator who would connect you to somebody else's line.
Scandle sure spread fast in those days.
That sounds like it could've been a bit of fun :)
I was at the age where I was only allowed to use it under supervision, otherwise, I still wouldn't be able to sit down by now.
Our letter was D, in a large crowd where it was easy to get lost, Dad would "Shepherd" whistle the letter D, so you knew where to go to, quickly, or else.
Such different times from the present, that's for certain.
I think there may still be a pay phone down town still, will try and get down for a look tomorrow.