EASY TELEPHONE NUMBERS
Which is the most easily remembered telephone number? According to experts, the bivt-known telephone in England i« that of Scotland Yard—Whitehall 1212. Other numbers are easier to remember —lOfifi. for instance. On London's Whitehnll exchange, the "hub of the Empire, ,, 106(> k the number of a bank. Kegent 10(>6 is a private subscriber, and f!errard lOOfi a shop. Most easily remembered "phone number of all i* that of Viscount Hastings—lot><> on a Xorth London exchange, according to the "Daily Telegraph." A big London store believes that 1234 the easiest telephone number to rememl>er. Many business firms prefer numbers containing plain thousands, such n* 1000 or 2000. or combinations of numbers like 8888 or 2222.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXVIII, Issue 236, 5 October 1937, Page 6
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