Rotary Dial Telephone

[queensplazasouth]

wow uk phones really sucked compared to american bell phones... and our gov't saw it fit to destroy at&t??

[grafonolafavorite]

I found a phone that was introduced in Britain in 1940, an "interthrough" office phone. I found it while antiqueing in La Porte, Indiana a couple of years ago. I almost didn't buy it because of the cost but I am so glad I did. It's quite a different looking phone. Nice rotary dial sound too.

[avcomth]

I don't think he's so stupid not to know how to gesture the hand. But it looks more like he dialled it that way so that we could clearly see what number he was dialing, for the sake of demonstration.

[forkfour]

that must take soooo long to call ppls

[Doggiegirl678]

you don't seriously use that do you?

[sassyface1943ho]

where can I get one

[gramule]

@sassyface1943ho it is a British Telecom Trimphone form the 60's/70's

[ipodtester1]

345 area code? Cause if that is that area code is for the cayman islands.

[JimmyJagg]

The luminous dial is radio active!!!

[anderalex129]

hey guys, i'm gonna build a skype telephone by taking an old telephone, emptying it's guts,and sneak a microphone and headphone jack where the tel. line goes

[rotarydialz]

Radio phone in contests sucked with those phones.

[inocente106]

Old School....

[Miguel1962]

its called aTrim phone and they used to have illuminous dials so you could see the numbers in the dark

[An805Guy]

The hand demonstrating looked very awkward/unnatural, as if the person had never actually used a rotary dial before.

[mulletor5000]

that's cool, i'm 23 and just scored myself a 746 phone off the wall of a customer's house who didn't want it anymore. can't get it to ring though as i don't know how to wire it for 2 wire. here in NZ our pulse dialing is around backwards, 9 pulses dials the number 1 and visa versa.

[holydiver73]

I've just got an old gpo 706 dial phone from ebay. The sound that an old dial phone makes is almost orgasmic.....Do you think I need to see a shrink?

[bluefiredart]

Very cool, what was it wired up too. I like phone for its simple lines and boxy look.

[Dms12444]

The device it was wired up to was an Oscilloscope.

[JamieFrost1234]

I have one of those! Mines green though, with a dark green handset. It's cool 'cause we can use it here because my exchange still accepts pulse dialling.

[1987ian]

wierd

[MintChocChipLtd]

I still use one of these, same colour too- Resepct!