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This is copy #60. 4to. And why do we still ‘dial’ a number when there are no longer dials on phones? First US edition. (Note that Montreal slightly outranked Toronto — 514 is one click less than 416). I haven’t been by there in years so I have no idea if the place is still there or long gone. And a piece of telephone trivia I found while researching another book: the world’s smallest telephone company was the Methodist Episcopal Corporation of Kingston, Ontario. This is actually diary excerpts from this man who spent nearly 4 years at the front on the German side. Or perhaps more accurately, numbers could no longer be trusted to be geographically rooted. Then it turned to HUdson7-1267 (even into the 60’s my parents just said Huson-1267; even though the 7 had been officially added), and then 487-1267. There is also a bridal shop on Danforth Ave. near Chester that used to have a small sign in the window that still had the HO. This company had exactly one subscriber: the Methodist church in Carmanville, Ontario. Offsetting from leather turn-in to adjoining sheet, edges dusty, otherwise interior clean and crisp. With an introduction by R. H. Mottram. We are members of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of Canada, and the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers. First Edition. Now housed in a newly supplied cream coloured cloth slipcase to keep the book tight and from warping. Ontario in our little house of all sorts in the shadow London: George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd., 1920. Occasional foxing. Last summer, I was walking along Queen Street in Parkdale with the Globe and Mail’s David LeBlanc, the Architourist columnist. Mobile phone numbers are not currently provided in any online directory. Do Spacing readers know of any other store signs that contain “historic” phone numbers? As Parkdale’s commercial strips change over time, this storefront and sign will be most likely be replaced (though, this strip of Queen Street has numerous store vacancies). Not a letter prefix but a great old sign regardless. Internet links to e-mail and street addresses, telephone directories, zip codes, state abbreviations, package delivery information. Separately published county directories that did not include the name of an Ontario city, town or village on the title page are not listed at this time. Covers slightly scuffed, however, the orange onlays (particularly on the spine) remain unfaded as is usual with this binding, covers somewhat bowed. Underneath it was more window. Almost as insulting as forcing all Canadian airports to start with a Y…. Personally, I only know of one other storefront sign, somewhere on Roncesvalles, that still contains an alpha-prefix phone number. He pointed to the store sign of Queen Automatic Laundries: it had one of those old phone numbers still on display (above photo). Phone books are fully recyclable. Use the box at the top to search the Toronto White Pages for the owner of any phone #. 416-757-3636. But TruthFinder offers a way to look up phone numbers, plus a lot more information, that can’t be found in old phone books: public records. Ah yes, my first phone number in Canada; OXford 9 4605 (Beaches). prefix in the phone number. Ah, seconds later and Kevin solves the Chino question too: Kudos to businesses that move in but at least reference the heritage of the spaces they’re in. My father explained to me, at the tender age of 10, that phone numbers used to contain letters. Plow business was KL5-3226, the KL representing TV’s fake 55 prefix). 8vo. Phone books often only list a person’s landline phone number. A little off topic, but here’s another tidbit – when area codes were introduced in 1947, the numbers corresponded, more or less, to the city’s stature at the time. ... 1966, phone book, which excluded exchange names for … Brampton (the old part) has numbers starting with 45, and had the GLendale exchange. What was even more exciting to discover was that the store’s illuminated sign that hung out over the sidewalk also used the alpha-prefix, but with different letters and seven digits (LE3-8903 — the LE stands for Lennox). Rural areas (and all of Canada outside Ontario and Quebec) got stuck with the dreaded “0” digit. 1963 Toronto Y.P., Ontario. Growing up in Burlington, at that time all of the phone numbers started with 63 for NElson (as in Nelson township, the old name for Burlington). Well-worn at the cloth edges. Binding designed by Paul Nash in very dark green/black morocco decorated with onlaid abstract initials of GBS in orange and with a variation on the lower cover, a horizontal band of orange onlay at foot of both covers, only one raised band at bottom quarter of spine with an orange onlay strip beneath, titles in orange direct to spine, top edge trimmed, others deckled, stamped at bottom edge of rear pastedown: ‘Gregynog Press Bindery ... Paul Nash'. Everybody’s prefix clearly let one know where they lived in the city. My first phone number was HA8563 (HArgrave) in East York. For a long time there was a sheet metal place of some kind on the south side of Danforth Ave. near the intersection with Danforth Rd. Latest Phone Numbers Searched in Toronto, ON. The shortest possible code on a rotary phone (in terms of clicks) was 212, which went to New York. Another set of grand-parents close by was RAndolf (I forget the numbers). There's multiple locations of this independent bookstore brand around the city, but this … This phone number practice was reinforced a little later in my life when I watched a number of Simpsons’ episodes in which the characters give out the family phone number (Homer’s Mr. So, he had a simple switch built in the church, ran some poles and line out to the nearest Bell connection, and had a phone installed in the church. Online: Visit delivery.yp.ca http://www.flickr.com/photos/kevinsteele/89109811/. And here’s David Leblanc’s G&M article on the same topic from 2006: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20061116.archi17/REStory/RealEstate/. 1971 Metro Toronto Northwest, Ontario. There is still at least one in the Annex, although I cannot (of course) remember which store/sign specifically contains it. The Hargrave and the Grover in the beaches is still around last time I checked…. This edition limited to 250 copies, of which this is number 229, signed by illustrator Harry Clarke. The Queen Automatic Laundries sign just came down, after being there for as long as I can remember. We just used to call it Lawrence Park. Sometime in the ’40s, the minister there got sick of having to drive home to Enterprise (a fair distance) to use the telephone. Bukowski has added a tiny sketch beside his signature. Lookup Businesses, Phone Numbers, Store Locations, Hours & more in Toronto, ON. http://ourwebhome.com/TENP/Recommended.html. Find Australian phone numbers, with residential and business numbers from White Pages, and Yellow Pages online phone books. When I was growing up in the Toronto suburb of Willowdale, the community where “Downtown North York” is located, almost all of my friends had phone numbers that started with 22 (as in 226-2174, the home number of my youth, now in use by a real estate agency). The Sea-Hi Chinese Restaurant on Bathurst south of Wilson still has a sign (a great neon one at that) with RU9-1258. Melrose was Downsview. I knew that, but totally forgot. Ill. J. G. Keulemans. Bell does not produce or distribute phone books, and they’re not available in its stores. I knew the exchanges growing up in the east end as a chain of pub/bars. For landline numbers, these online phone books … 40 St Leonard's Ave, Toronto. The following may be of interest, and bring back many, many memories. 8vo. I may be wrong but the bar “Chino” in Parkdale has an old sign with a bike on it that *might* have an old letter-prefix number on it. BMV Books. In the west end we had, as noted, CHerry in Weston, BElmont in Islington and CLifford in Mimico/New Toronto. However, they were published for libraries and archives on microfiche by Bell Canada, so I suggest you check university libraries in your area of the UK. This was what my parents still called it from the 50’s. Silver lettered blue cloth in pictorial dust jacket. 1977 Medicine Hat and District, Alberta 1954 Calgary and District, Alberta 1977 Calgary and District, Alberta Non-Dial and Auto Dial Phones. You knew the general area people lived. 1978 Toronto, Ontario. An Autobiographical Miscellany. You can use The Ontario A to Z Name Directory to Find a Resident of Ontario by Last Name. The RUssell exchange. Businesses could have several lines, and when the first line was busy, the incoming calls would cascade over to the next line. Back in the ’60s, when my mom was a kid, the local exchange was “Victor” (VI) and most people had 4-digit numbers. We lived in “Lawrence Park Estates”. London: John Van Voorst, 1873. Dustjacket with scuffing and a crease but complete. http://ourwebhome.com/TENP/Historical.html It looks like that location might be getting some love. Really cool article. A History of the Birds of New Zealand. It has been touted as the most accurate portrayal of life on the Western Front in World War 1. Connie Prevost. Too young too remember the KL’s and etc, but the city of Windsor was mapped out in my head by telephone exchange. just found this gem (further proof that the internet really does have everything): Hope this fills in some blanks. We lived on 24 Glengrove and our number was originally HUdson-1267. And giving New York the quickest-to-dial area code (what uSkyscraper described is called “dial pull”) was a big cost-saving measure — the faster the most-called numbers could be dialed, the fewer switching machines the phone companies needed to build. If you want a printed directory, please contact the Yellow Pages directly. We are located at 491 Davenport Road, Toronto, 416-769-4202. 8vo. 1971 Metro Toronto West, Ontario. Shaw Gives Himself Away. Quarter yellow cloth over pale yellow decorated pictorial boards with paper title to spine. When I was growing up in the Toronto suburb of Willowdale, the community where “Downtown North York” is located, almost all of my friends had phone numbers that started with 22 (as in 226-2174, the home number of my youth, now in use by a … Contact Editions is Toronto's largest used book store, specializing in rare & used books on art, history, literature, & the humanities, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. SpyralSearch offers a variety of historic city and community directories, such as old phone books, old white pages and old yellow pages from cities across the United States. Telephone switching systems were/are so interesting. Contents: U.S. Phone/Address Directories International Directories Area Code Locators State Abbreviations Zip Codes Package Delivery Services U.S. Remember when the front of the phone book had “Zenith” toll-free numbers? Edition limited to 350 numbered copies signed by the author. Uncommon. The Archives also has copies of microfilmed Bell telephone books for Ontario for 1879-1979. 1979 Metropolitan Toronto, Ontario. Also for many years until the past decade I used to see Howard taxicabs with the light on top showing HO.1/3/6-1111 with the first digit after the HO. When I moved to Toronto, digital had made that (as mentioned above) not so much of a thing anymore (plus cell phones) and I remember noticing that the phone numbers in Toronto had no geographic connections (though I did begin to notice older numbers in the Annex and etc that still hung around). Toronto Public Library holds a complete set of Toronto city directories from the first in 1833 (published in 180 pages when the municipality was known as York) until the last in 2001 (in five separate volumes covering Toronto Central East and East York, Toronto Central … Blue morocco leather. Canadian Directories Collection introduction. 1962 Toronto, Ontario. Franco Prevedello. E. L. Dutton one of the original subscribers (listed inside) Marbled endpapers with elaborate dentelles. Use the box at the top to search the Toronto White Pages for the owner of any phone #. As a branch of Research Etc. I don’t know of any others, but I do recall my mom telling me that growing up in Weston her phone number was often referred to as “CHerry”-1-8-0-6-7. First edition. K Preville. Find useful information, the address and the phone number of the local business you are looking for. I briefly tried giving out my phone number as “Lennox 3”-blahblahblah. Newtown, Montgomeryshire: The Gregynog Press, 1939. Bound by LEIGHTON. C’est la vie. I always wondered what that was all about until I looked it up. What else are you looking for in Australia? With gilt emblem of the House of Dutton on front panel. Antique Phones by Oldphoneworks. when the Methodist Episcopal Corporation was bought by Bell. Now, with digital switches, they can assign any number to any location. Pp. As far as I know, Toronto telephone directories for the 1940s have not been digitized. Many historical city directories for the province also listed surrounding counties and towns, but only places that were included on the title page of a directory are included here. You can consult the directory online at Canada411.ca or by calling the 4-1-1 directory assistance service. It had the name of the company in large metal letters (I completely forget what it was called) and its phone number OX9#### on the side of the building. [Harrop #40.]. Edition limited to 500 copies only. Lennox! Whitepages provides the top free people search and tenant screening tool online with contact information for over 250 million people including cell phone numbers and complete background check data compiled from public records, white pages and other directories in all 50 states. Whitepages is the largest and most trusted online phone book and directory. What is Whitepages people search? Places to donate old books in Toronto will accept your old editions, even if they're a little dog-eared. http://www.flickr.com/photos/kevinsteele/89109811/, http://www.flickr.com/photos/kevinsteele/150411237/, http://ourwebhome.com/TENP/Historical.html. A couple of Danforth pubs, The Hargrave Exchange and the Grover Exchange take their names from the old telephone exchange names. Ontario Residential Phone Book, White Pages Canda. Bookplate on endpaper. According to this handy but very slow website (and another list I saw ages ago but can’t find now), LE stood for “Lennox”. [they were much easier to remember (as long as you didn’t dial the ‘ford’ part!)]. 19 Moreau Trail, Toronto. WHITE PAGES RESIDENTIAL PHONE BOOK, YELLOW PAGES, AND PEOPLE SEARCH IN AUSTRALIA: THE INTERNATIONAL DIALLING CODE FOR AUSTRALIA IS + 61. They have a huge collection of old phone books and perform a lookup service at a nominal fee. So complex, yet so analog and basic. Magic. See our Comment Policy. Latest Phone Numbers Searched in Toronto, OH. For Toronto and London city directories, check Library finding aids L 15 Toronto City Directories on Microfilm and L 19 London, Ontario City Directories on Microfilm BiBLIONin . Inc., we have been collecting city phone books for research purposes since the 1990s. Find a person in Ontario by Name, Address, Postal Code or By Reverse Phone Number Lookup. It wasn’t that long ago that phone numbers could only be found in bulky phone books. Library and Archives Canada's (LAC) collection of directories includes national, provincial, territorial, as well as county and city directories, primarily of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, in print, microform and electronic formats. 35 hand coloured plates. And who can forget KL5-4796, the phone number for the Plow King (as sung by Linda Ronstadt). 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