Yes, I was in high school when that number existed. 1958....seems a long time
ago.
Mordy was probably in Kindergarten
In a message dated 10/23/98 9:39:48 PM, jonmac@ndirect.co.uk wrote:
<<
> OK, John beat me to it on the telegram.
> BTW, the Berkley Square phone number in London was Grosvenor 8181
> I think John worked there at one time and likely can confirm this.
Ah, well here we venture into strange country. It might well have been 8181
but
I'm assuming that sometime post 1960 when Leyland took over STI, the number
became GROsvenor 6050. It was this number when I worked there and as this
was
Leyland's own number on the sixth floor of Berkeley Square House, one can
only
speculate on the fate of 8181. My personal view is this change was not in
the best
interests of STI because it took longer to dial 6050 than 8181. A lot
harder on the
index finger
Splitting hairs perhaps, but these things should be considered
Regards
John
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