THE VOICE ON THE TELEPHONE
A very good story is told by a man in a village, who was once a telephone operator, and who received a cal! from Bayham Abbey, on the Kent and Sussex border. “ I want 19 cows, please,” said the voice, and the operator replied: 44 Excuse me, sir, this is a telephone exchange, not a dairy farm.” To which the answer came: 44 1 am sorry. I want Cowes, Isle of Wight, Number 19, the Royal Yacht Club.” The voice was that of King George the Fifth, then Prince of Wales.
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Evening Star, Issue 22893, 26 February 1938, Page 8
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96THE VOICE ON THE TELEPHONE Evening Star, Issue 22893, 26 February 1938, Page 8
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