The phone book, 1888style the importance for family historians, says a spokesman for the genealogy website. Historic phone books put online even buckingham palace was in the phone book. Search the uk on the international white pages uk for general information from the british web. We continue to monitor the impact of the coronavirus covid19 to ensure we are well prepared to offer assistance to help meet your financial needs and committed to helping our customers who are dealing with financial hardship related to the coronavirus pandemic. By 1880, there would have been more money around, because although in those days of financial honesty money meant gold, more gold had been discovered in the us and australia, but then there were more things to buy too, so i suspect that prices hadnt changed much. Use the uk search box to find information and results only from uk based sites and sources. The british phone book collection is a major resource for genealogy and family history, containing a. It was an outbreak of measles in the town of lowell, ma during late 1879early 1880 that inspired telephone numbers. Search the phone book from bt to find contact details of businesses and people across the uk, or uk and country dialling codes. France gains a national bank over a century after england, holland and sweden. Bt, the former british telecom, has put its archived telephone books dating back to 1880 online. The amazon collectible coins store features rare coins, modern coins, u.
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You can also enter the first part of a postcode in the city field, eg. At least one city has attempted to ban the phone books yellow pages on environmental grounds. Phone books going back to 1880 have been put online, making it easier to trace family histories. Images reproduced by courtesy of bt archives, london, england. Bts historical phone books from 18801984 are available. Vintage 1946 to 1949 bank book from the citizens national bank, martinsburg, w. Ancestry has added the last installment to the british phone book collection which spans the years 1880 to 1984. Find uk people, phone numbers, businesses, services and more with the national enquiry page for the united kingdom. We offer the ability to search by first name, last name, phone number, or business name. The 50 greatest british inventions were a nation of inventors, from the worldwide web to the electric vacuum cleaner heres a rundown of our most influential innovations share on facebook. Uk white pages find people, phone numbers, and more.
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The telephone company issued the first british phone book in 1880. We hold a number of useful bibliographies and guides to tracing business histories. Its purpose is to allow the telephone number of a subscriber identified by name and address to be found. Lookup uk uk birth adoption contact register uk genealogy web uk electoral roll people lookup uk united states phone book. Moses greeley parker was afraid that the towns four operators might all fall ill, and so he suggested that the towns 200 subscribers have numbers so that new operators could easily be trained should the need arise. Page bank, a village in stockley township, brancepeth parish, durham, 2 miles from brancepeth station on the n. Nevertheless, there they remain as an essential part of what makes britain, britain. They date back to 1880, the year after the public telephone service was introduced into great britain. Today the mobile phone generation have probably never stepped inside a phonebox, let alone used one. What would an income of 250 british pounds a year in 1880. By 1914, the phone book was the largest single printing contract in the country, running off 1. Included are the phone books for england, scotland, ireland and wales.
Farm wages by state 1880 this table is shown in a section of the book for wages on farms, and includes breakouts for blacksmiths, carpenters, machine makers, wheelwrights and shoemakers. Bt archives is an archive preserving the documentary heritage of bt and its public sector. We have compiled the ultimate database of phone numbers from around the state and country to help you locate any lost friends, relatives or family members. The united kingdom 4 countries and british territories. Calls to 118 directory enquiries numbers often cost over.
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Read, highlight, and take notes, across web, tablet, and phone. British phone books 18801984 from the collection held by bt archives. The city of new britain is located in the state of ct. The global cigarette provides the first authoritative account of the british american tobacco companys evolution and growth up until the second world war.