Club Statement - What Do You Think?

[adrenachrome]

A lot of people did not have a phone in their house at that time, but there was a red public phone box on almost every street, otherwise the bookmakers may have gone out of business.

Tom Jones used to have a British red public phonebox next to the swimming pool at his L.A. mansion. Imagine that, mansion, swimming pool but has to go outside to use the phone.

It's not unusual. 

They had one at a restaurant called Picadilly's in Wichita, Kansas when I lived there.

[Sister of Top Cat]

2- We had a phone in 1975 but it was on a 'party line' (anyone remember them), if you picked up to dial and the people across the road were already talking on the line you had to wait till later.

Yes we had a party line in 1975 too.  We had it for a fair few years before we got our own line.

[Top Cat]

2- We had a phone in 1975 but it was on a 'party line' (anyone remember them), if you picked up to dial and the people across the road were already talking on the line you had to wait till later.

Yes we had a party line in 1975 too.  We had it for a fair few years before we got our own line.

The woman who we were "partied" with was always on the phone from what I remember.