British General P.O. Phones

I remember when my parents taught me how to call their office number on our rotary phone.

10 Comments leave a comment below

  1. numbers with lots of zeros were the worst…. :P

    Lisa
    Sep 28th, 2011 / 12:54 pm

  2. I would love to give one of these to a 13 year old and ask them to make a call. :)

    Melissa
    Sep 28th, 2011 / 3:01 pm

  3. My parents in Europe still have a similar rotary phone:)

    joana
    Sep 29th, 2011 / 12:18 pm

  4. Second row, the all white/cream model on the right – I grew up with that at my parents house – it was terribly traumatic when they had to be switched to a’modern’ push button phone a few years ago!

    Stephen Shillito
    Sep 29th, 2011 / 2:29 pm

  5. What a cool post! I’d love some of those old phones! classics

    Paul
    Sep 29th, 2011 / 3:43 pm

  6. My favorite is the Ericsson Dialog Telephone – love the typeface
    http://www.etsy.com/listing/77774673/design-classic-1960s-ericsson-dialog

    JD
    Sep 29th, 2011 / 4:48 pm

  7. I’m sorry, some things were better back in the day. Well, at least they looked better anyway. As for functionality, let’s not discuss it.

    Xurmat Xara
    Sep 30th, 2011 / 2:27 am

  8. Xurmat Xara: We second that.

    Thinkso Creative
    Sep 30th, 2011 / 4:44 pm

  9. Love the photo- I would hang it on my wall :)

    Kierston
    Sep 30th, 2011 / 7:45 pm

  10. Love the vintage look – these are great

    Mdidit
    Oct 5th, 2011 / 1:10 pm