Memories....

You are correct! It was 11F2 back in the early '40s. Then, after WWII it became JO3-2873, with a dial instead of a hand cranik. All the rest are forgotten.

RVGRINGO wrote:You are correct! It was 11F2 back in the early '40s. Then, after WWII it became JO3-2873, with a dial instead of a hand cranik.  All the rest are forgotten.

Mine was Plaza3545 which became 745-3545. It was our phone number always. My mother had the same number until she died in 2003. I do not recall any of the phone numbers of my adult life.

What a relief! I am not alone!

KEnwood 1487 in Seattle until we moved to a suburb in Bellevue in 1949

We were Diamond 7648  (same hometown as Joe Biden)
My aunt who lived outside the city had a prefix of Jupiter

I, too, can remember my childhood phone number. My aunt and uncle and my grandparents lived in the same town and I can remember their numbers, too. I currently have two numbers and constantly fumble trying to remember which one is which.
I have an old wooden coat hanger from my home town. The label on the hanger says: Odorless Cleaners, Telephone number 69.