Listing for IRELAND (not Northern Ireland)
can be found here.
| Local Date/Time - 3 Dec 2024 17:26 | ||||||
| For UK Tandem List - click here | For North American Listings - click here | For Australasia Listings - click here | For Continental Europe Listings - click here | |||
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland -- Country Code +44
| Non-UK callers replace initial '0' with +44 |
|
STD CODE |
EXCHANGE NAME |
TELEPHONE NUMBER |
NAME/SERVICE | DESCRIPTION/COMMENTS |
| (0) 421 23 | Rownhams | 211 | No1 of my 4 VEF phones | |
| (0) 421 23 | Rownhams | 212 | No 2 of my 4 VEF phones | |
| (0) 421 23 | Rownhams | 213 | No3 of my 4 VEF phones | |
| (0) 421 23 | Rownhams | 214 | No4 of my 4 VEF phones | |
| (0) 421 | HARRUK0CDS0 | 6425 | Modem listening - login with 'tfsi' and you'll be redirected to a BBS | |
| (0) 535 8 | Worth Valley | 620 | * Adrian Rodsett | Keighley & Worth Valley Railway Telecoms |
| (0) 495 36 | Aberbeeg | 622 | * Hywel Clatworthy | Home number |
| (0) 1-657 | London Sanderstead & Selsdon | 7000 | *Alex Clark | Not after 9pm GMT please |
| (0) 246 82 | Bolsover | 2267 | *Andy Cooper | Grandstream 502 termination on a trunk on a BT Revelation PABX on which are my collection of old pulse dialling telephones |
| (0) 246 82 | Bolsover | 3814 | *Andy Cooper | Grandstream 502 termination on a trunk on a BT Revelation PABX on which are my collection of old pulse dialling telephones |
| (0) 580 4 | Cranbrook | 291 | *Andy Matthews | PAP2 ATA |
| (0) 622 | Maidstone | 61818 | *Andy Matthews | PAP2 ATA |
| (0) 977 | Pontefract | 2211 | *Colin Butterfield | Currently a Tele 782 on an FXS port on an ATA |
| (0) 447 28 | Senghenydd | 278 | *Dave Humphreys | Currently on ATA |
| (0) 900 83 | Brigham | 503 | *Dave Moll | Via an IAX ATA to an Omnicom 1515 PABX |
| (0) 601 4 | Chapel Brampton | 2580 | *Dave Shawyer | Grandstream HT502 ATA |
| (0) 843 81 | St Nicholas-at-Wade | 290 | *David Dibley | If no reply, try +45 9 6-41-00 before 9pm Danish local time. |
| (0) 273 | Brighton | 68999 | *David Dibley, The Pianola Shop(Brighton) | Terminates on BT Pentara Plus |
| (0) 551 4 | Carno | 290 | *David Edwards | Currently a hosted ATA. No calls after 9pm please |
| (0) 248 | Bangor | 2121 | *David Lear | ATA |
| (0) 248 | Bangor | 3283 | *David Lear | Hosted ATA |
| (0) 532 | Leeds | 788596 | *Don Bunce | |
| (0) 742 | Sheffield | 343856 | *Don Bunce | |
| (0) 894 3 | South Shields | 65146 | *Don Lerche | Home number |
| (0) 766 81 | Blaenau Ffestiniog | 217 | *Eurwyn Jones | PAP2 ATA |
| (0) 582 84 | Markyate | 227 | *Gerry Bolger | Not after 9pm UK time please. |
| (0) 1-306 | DOMinion | 2580 | *Gerry Roberts | Office Telephone. No calls after 9PM GMT please. |
| (0) 1-246 | Holborn | 8290 | *Gerry Roberts | Exchange Telephone. No calls after 9PM GMT please. |
| (0) 926 | Leamington Spa/Kenilworth/Warwick | 52858 | *Graham Gould | ATA hosted on 0352 Mold Tandem |
| (0) 421 23 | Rownhams | 2323 | *Graham Jones | House phone. Nortel I2004 on unistim. |
| (0) 421 23 | Rownhams | 234 | *Graham Jones | Cordless phone in bedroom via Rownhams |
| (0) 352 | Mold | 2345 | *Ian Jolly - Home number | Best Number to call me on but not after 9pm UK time...Linksys SPA962 IPphone by my armchair! If no reply try - 0352 2468 IP Dect cordless telephone. |
| (0) 601 4 | Chapel Brampton | 2190 | *Ian Rivett | PAP2 ATA |
| (0) 601 8 | Brixworth | 290 | *Ian Rivett | Main number |
| (0) 1-526 | London LANgham 526 | 1526 | *Ian Stubbs | C*Net working on IncrediblePBX Asterisk GMT 0800 - 2200 only please. |
| (0) 640 83 | St Mary Mead | 248 | *Ian Stubbs | St Mary Mead 248 |
| (0) 1-523 | London LADbroke | 9605 | *Ivor Flint | Main number |
| (0) 266 86 | Broughshane | 234 | *Jim Robinson - House after 5.00pm | Via GEC SE50 PAX |
| (0) 266 86 | Broughshane | 221 | *Jim Robinson - Workshop 10.00am - 5.00pm | Via GEC SE50 PAX |
| (0) 298 81 | Chapel-en-le-Frith | 3079 | *John Baines | |
| (0) 1-738 | London SEVen Kings | 6736 | *John Chenery | Not after 9pm GMT please |
| (0) 495 32 | Abertillery | 3111 | *John Griffiths | Sipura ATA |
| (0) 929 5 | Wareham | 2615 | *John Macguire | |
| (0) 420 3 | Bordon | 4555 | *John Nice | Tele 332 on a Grandstream HT502 ATA. |
| (0) 455 7 | Desford | 161 | *Jon Sketchley | Desford, Leicestershire. Terminates on Line 5 of BT Pentara. Originally a subs number on Desford UAX13 which had subs on Level 1 |
| (0) 532 | Leeds | 58413 | *Malcolm Hindes, WHHR | Home phone - no calls after 9pm |
| (0) 535 3 | Crosshills | 2190 | *Mark Cook | |
| (0) 244 51 | Connah's Quay | 3845 | *Mark Sheen | Home number - terminates on home PABX. |
| (0) 923 | Watford | 23684 | *Matthew Harrold | Hosted on Grandstream ATA |
| (0) 923 | Watford | 24326 | *Matthew Harrold | Hosted ATA line |
| (0) 277 | Brentford | 213193 | *Matthew Taylor | Hosted on Mold Tandem |
| (0) 246 | Chesterfield | 77609 | *Michael Ashley | An old phone from my collection through an ATA |
| (0) 773 86 | South Normanton | 569 | *Michael Ashley | An old phone from my collection through an ATA |
| (0) 542 2 | Keith | 2480 | *Michael Last | Grandstream ATA connecting two telephones |
| (0) 606 81 | Winsford | 2240 | *Mike Ankers - home | PAP2 ATA |
| (0) 21-308 | FOUr Oaks | 0200 | *Mike Fletcher - Four Oaks Exch | The Four Oaks exchange is connected to CNet via a Supura SPA3000 to my TSX50 housed in my new telephone building. The following number ranges are presently active: 0200 - 0280, 0300 - 0340, 0401 - 0408. |
| (0) 543 43 | Shenstone | 264 | *Mike Fletcher - home | Please ring between 7pm and 10pm. |
| (0) 737 84 | Betchworth | 2231 | *Nicholas Booth | A line presented on a Grandstream GXP2100 in the workshop |
| (0) 580 6 | Tenterden | 3190 | *Nick Wellington Kent & East Sussex RailwayTelecom | Home line - OK to ring weekdays before 9PM UK Time - working via Sipura 2000 ATA. |
| (0) 253 | Blackpool | 28393 | *Paul Ash | |
| (0) 936 3 | Alsager | 4706 | *Paul Ash | First phone connected |
| (0) 239 71 | Aberporth | 200 | *Paul Evans - Home Number | Nortel IP2004 (unistim) before 9:00 pm |
| (0) 707 87 | Cuffley | 3778 | *Peter Walker | Digium IAXy - terminates on London 8 trunk with DISA - dial 21 to reach me. Not after 9pm please. |
| (0) 036 | Midlands Radiophone | 7524 | *Phil Dyer - Radiophone | Zoiper running on iPhone |
| (0) 224 | Aberdeen | 23654 | *Ria Gray-Jones | On a green NZ Tele 746 - OK to call 24/7 |
| (0) 336 | Alford | 2580 | *Ria Gray-Jones | On a green NZ Tele 746 |
| (0) 537 29 | Narborough | 2000 | *Rob Grant | Living Room Phone (answering machine after 9pm). http://robgrant.ddns.net/tones/ |
| (0) 803 | Torquay | 66498 | *Shane Warnes | Direct line to a telephone. Best number to contact me on from Sunday to Thursday during the day or evening up to 9pm. |
| (0) 522 | Lincoln GSC | 32265 | *Shaun BC | 24/7 Office Panasonic KX-UT133 |
| (0) 522 | Lincoln GSC | 32260 | *Shuan BC | Office Mitel 5360 |
| (0) 252 | Aldershot | 22112 | *Simon Chappell | First phone connected |
| (0) 1-354 | London ELGar | 1956 | *Simon Chappell | ELGar 1956 |
| (0) 603 | Norwich | 45575 | *Simon Shreeve | Original Home number |
| (0) 603 | Norwich | 45575 | *Simon Shreeve | Hosted ATA |
| (0) 706 | Rochdale Central | 45111 | *Steve Barlow - Best Contact Number | Calls only between 10am and 10pm UTC/GMT please |
| (0) 795 | Sittingbourne | 76692 | *Steve Walker-Manuell | Home number - PAP2 currently |
| (0) 321 6 | Hellingly | 290 | *Steve Woodgate | Hosted ATA on Mold Tandem |
| (0) 706 81 | Todmorden | *Strowger* GPO PABX1 - 7+35 - Circa 1965 | Todmorden Exch (TOD) - 0706 81 2xxx, 3xxx & 4xxx - was a Non Director Satellite Exch. off Rochdale GSC - now a Strowger based GPO PABX1 (Private Automatic Branch Exchange) with Uniselectors, 2000 type Selectors... etc | |
| (0) 372 31 | Long Buckby | 211 | *Terry Billington | Home number |
| (0) 532 | Leeds | 641002 | *William Carroll | Grandstream ATA connected to a Panasonic A624 with collection of old GPO telephones |
| (0) 537 29 | Narborough | 2729 | 16 Sound Effects | Wilkinson's Novelty Sound Effects Box |
| (0) 537 29 | Narborough | 3490 | 1980s Answering Machine | Family Guy stuff - 3490-3494 |
| (0) 537 29 | Narborough | 4901 | 2VF Demo 78 RPM Record | Demonstration of 2 VF Signalling System taken from 78 RPM Gramophone Record 1957 |
| (0) 537 29 | Narborough | 3103 | 78 RPM Record | The Telephone No Ring - Ziggy Talent - Vaughn Monroe's Orchestra |
| (0) 537 29 | Narborough | 3104 | 78 RPM Record | Lady of the Telephone |
| (0) 537 29 | Narborough | 3335 | 78 RPM Record | Major records - Telephone Bells |
| (0) 537 29 | Narborough | 3337 | 78 RPM Record | Cohen on Telephone Etiquette |
| (0) 537 29 | Narborough | 3338 | 78 RPM Record | Cohen at the Telephone |
| (0) 537 29 | Narborough | 4904 | 80th Anniversary of The Speaking Clock 2013 | Historic |
| (0) 537 29 | Narborough | 4907 | A BT Christmas Carol | Poignant tale... |
| (0) 537 29 | Narborough | 3966 | AC9 CSA Clear | AC9 signalling - Answer tone - lady speaks then clears. Courtesy of Noel Edmonds Prank Calls! |
| (0) 537 29 | Narborough | 3967 | AC9 CSA Medley | Various calls answer with AC9 CSA tone 'blip'. Courtesy of Noel Edmonds Prank Calls! |
| (0) 537 29 | Narborough | 3505 | Adventure Game | IVR Adventure Game |
| (0) 537 29 | Narborough | 3491 | Alan Rickman | Family Guy stuff - 3490-3494 |
| (0) 244 60 | Bedlam | 299 | Alarm test number | |
| (0) 1-647 | Wallington and Carshalton | 6470 | Alex Clark | I will answer if I am there! |
| (0) 537 29 | Narborough | 3516 | Alexander Graham Bell - Hear My Voice | Vintage Recording |
| (0) 970 | Aberystwyth GSC | 9193310 | All change at Rhandirmwyn | This secret unit on level 919 off Aberystwyth has many interesting announcements stored. See 192. |
| (0) 537 29 | Narborough | 2626 | Alliance & Leicester | |
| (0) 244 | Chester | 24414 | Alzheimers Research Centre | 24/7 |
| (0) 706 | Rochdale Central | 8077 | An Ology - Beattie (Maureen Lipman) - 24/7 | A British Telecom Television Advertisement screened in 1987 |
| (0) 867 | Gwaelod Mel MNDX | 425411 | Announcer 12a | An announcement found on eproms lurking in disused Tol B, worse for wear. Due to a current mal-function in ckts.info code cannot be correctly shown as 086742 |
| (0) 537 50 | Hungarton | 291 | Answering Machine | Vintage Answering Machine |
| (0) 203 33 | Keresley | 2222 | Answering machine | on London 32 PABX extn 222 |
| (0) 537 29 | Narborough | 2290 | Apparatus Room | Recording made at Narborough TXS |
| (0) 537 50 | Hungarton | 290 | Apparatus Room | Recording made at East Langton UAX |
| (0) 865 | Oxford GSC | 83110 | Ascii message | ASCII QBF 110 baud NP 2SB V21 |
| (0) 865 | Oxford GSC | 83200 | ASCII message | ASCII QBF 200 baud NP 2SB V21 |
| (0) 865 | Oxford GSC | 83300 | ASCII message | ASCII QBF 300 baud NP 2SB V21 |
| (0) 537 29 | Narborough | 4106 | ASMR | Documentary by 20KHz #40 ASMR |
| (0) 737 | Redhill | 8082 | Asterisk time | Read by the Asterisk server |
| (0) 537 29 | Narborough | 3922 | AT&E PAX Busy Tone | Tone Demo |
| (0) 537 29 | Narborough | 3920 | AT&E PAX Dial Tone | Tone Demo |
| (0) 537 29 | Narborough | 3921 | AT&E PAX Ring Tone | Tone Demo |
| (0) 537 29 | Narborough | 3331 | ATV Answering Service | |
| (0) 1-283 | AVEnue | 6111 | Australian Busy Tone | |
| (0) 1-283 | AVEnue | 6113 | Australian Congestion Tone | |
| (0) 1-283 | AVEnue | 6112 | Australian Number Unobtainable Tone | |
| (0) 1-283 | AVEnue | 6116 | Australian Ringing Tone | |
| (0) 537 29 | Narborough | 4902 | Automatic Announcements | Gramophone Record 1957 |
| (0) 575 7 | Glenprosen | 202 | Balnaboth House | |
| (0) 867 | Gwaelod Mel MNDX | 99285 | Barton on Heath 285x | Special OOA circuit to Village Kiosk |
| (0) 268 | Basildon | 8081 | Basildon UAX | Speaking clock service (running on a Raspberry Pi) routed via UAX 13 step by step switch. Between the hours of 23:30 & 08:30 service is provided by an Asterisk macro - the UAX is too noisy for night time! |
| (0) 537 29 | Narborough | 4998 | BBC World Service | Live Feed |
| (0) 244 60 | Bedlam | 290 | Bedlam Exchange Telephone | |
| (0) 867 | Gwaelod Mel MNDX | 99500 | Bedtime story-Abingdon Transfer | Commentary on transfer of Abingdon manual exchange to crossbar, 1975. For many other interesting numbers to listen to consult the file mentioned on 192 at Oxford. |
| (0) 867 | Gwaelod Mel MNDX | 994331 | Bedtime story-Atlantic Cable | Radio programme about the new Atlantic cable in 1956. Sir Gordon Radley, GPO Director General |
| (0) 867 | Gwaelod Mel MNDX | 994322 | Bedtime Story-End for Abingdon | Full item from Radio Oxford reporting on the transfer of Abingdon Manual Exchange to automatic 26th June 1975. |
| (0) 253 | Blackpool | 20002 | Blackpool Milliwatt Test Tone | |
| (0) 277 21 | Brentwood | 3193 | Brentwood | Matthews GPO 746 connected to UAX 13 rack. Last 3 digits routed via U13 selectors. No calls after 9pm please |
| (0) 537 29 | Narborough | 3340 | Brentwood Telephone Exchange documentary | |
| (0) 924 85 | Bretton | 261 | Bretton Hall College | (which closed in 2007) |
| (0) 537 29 | Narborough | 3277 | British Methane | Frighteningly realistic IVR Maze |
| (0) 486 2 | Woking | 5168 | British Paints | 1962 Australian radio |
| (0) 352 82 | Bryn-y-Baal | 90 | Bryn-y-Baal Exchange Telephone | Only manned when in the exchange! |
| (0) 537 29 | Narborough | 3962 | BT 2+8 Busy Tone | 2+8 Keysystem Tone Demo |
| (0) 537 29 | Narborough | 3960 | BT 2+8 Dial Tone | 2+8 Keysystem Tone Demo |
| (0) 537 29 | Narborough | 3963 | BT 2+8 Number Unobtainable Tone | 2+8 Keysystem Tone Demo |
| (0) 537 29 | Narborough | 3961 | BT 2+8 Ring Tone | 2+8 Keysystem Tone Demo |
| (0) 706 | Rochdale Central | 70220 | BT Inspiration - extn 20 - Study | BT Inspiration Digital PABX (8+18) - System Phone |
| (0) 706 | Rochdale Central | 70226 | BT Inspiration - extn 26 - Garden and Garage | Tele 745 (External Waterproof Wall Phone) and Tele 741 (Internal Ivory Wall Phone) in a Plan 1A configuration |
| (0) 321 82 | Alfriston | 265 | Busy Tone - STC PAX | |
| (0) 244 60 | Bedlam | 201 | Busy Tone demo | |
| (0) 537 29 | Narborough | 3512 | Call Centre Sounds | |
| (0) 1-647 | Wallington and Carshalton | 8000 | CallerID Readback | |
| (0) 537 29 | Narborough | 3503 | Calling London | Artistic Telephonic Sound Collage |
| (0) 1-333 | FEDeral | 7005 | Car pool | A dingy underground carpark in west london |
| (0) 1-333 | FEDeral | 2219 | Central Clearing Exch | daytime only as via cell-router |
| (0) 244 | Chester | 8044 | Childrens Story | Rerecordings of the Post Offices original childrens stories. |
| (0) 51-645 | Rock Ferry | 1000 | Chris Clark | Currently 3CX softphone to be replaced by ATA with Tele 332 |
| (0) 244 60 | Bedlam | 200 | Chris Clark | Terminates on a Tele 706 |
| (0) 244 60 | Bedlam | 258 | Chris Clark | Terminates on Tele 332. |
| (0) 537 29 | Narborough | 3100 | Classic MOH | Music on Hold |
| (0) 537 29 | Narborough | 8904 | CLI Readback | |
| (0) 537 29 | Narborough | 2004 | CLI Readback | |
| (0) 537 29 | Narborough | 4112 | CLI Readback | Reads your CLI back... |
| (0) 706 | Rochdale Central | 17070 | CLI readback - 24/7 | Reads back to you your Calling Line Identity |
| (0) 537 29 | Narborough | 3918 | CNA 0240 29 | Vintage recording. |
| (0) 537 29 | Narborough | 3422 | Colin Phones a Friend | Gripping listening from 'Who Wants to be a Millionaire' |
| (0) 537 29 | Narborough | 3334 | Comedy Automatic Answering | Comedy |
| (0) 737 84 | Betchworth | 2276 | Comms Room | A Jubilee telephone instrument located near the server rack. |
| (0) 537 29 | Narborough | 2111 | Conference Call | Open Party Line |
| (0) 537 29 | Narborough | 8927 | Confessions Box | Leave words to be absolved |
| (0) 537 29 | Narborough | 3900 | Congestion Announcement Bristol | Vintage recording |
| (0) 537 29 | Narborough | 3901 | Congestion Announcement London | Recording of vintage announcement |
| (0) 537 29 | Narborough | 3906 | Continuous Ring Tone | Ringing Machine No. 2A - demo |
| (0) 575 7 | Glenprosen | 204 | Cormuir | |
| (0) 970 | Aberystwyth GSC | 9193391 | Corris 299 | Not just a test number- as the numbers have changed! See 192 for other interesting welsh announcements etc. |
| (0) 203 | Coventry | 22966 | Coventry 22966 | on Asterisk tandem |
| (0) 203 | Coventry | 26414 | Coventry 26414 | on Asterisk tandem |
| (0) 537 29 | Narborough | 4567 | Crackles | Crackle and Noise Montage |
| (0) 575 7 | Glenprosen | 214 | Craig Lodge | |
| (0) 867 | Gwaelod Mel MNDX | 99339 | Crawford 299 announcement | Recorded announcement after changeover of last strowger exchange in Scotland mainland. |
| (0) 537 29 | Narborough | 8010 | Cromer UK Daily Tide Times | AGI Script reads BBC Web Page then Text2Wave/Festival converts text to speech. It's slow but works! |
| (0) 537 29 | Narborough | 2291 | Crossroads Motel | Adam Chance lives on... |
| (0) 537 29 | Narborough | 4545 | Crosstalk | Evington Exchange cable fault 1989 |
| (0) 244 | Chester | 21687 | CS DTN Station (QCS) | The telephone number of the former Defence Telecoms Network (DTN) Station deep under HQ Western Command in Chester. Rings Ian Jolly (who used to look after it!) |
| (0) 1-606 | London MONarch | 2130 | CURRENTLY UNAVAILABLE | MONarch 2130 Office Telephone, terminated on Line 1 of a Answering Set 1A, fitted with a 782 MF telephone. (LN) |
| (0) 1-606 | London MONarch | 211X | CURRENTLY UNAVAILABLE | MONarch 2110-2119 OK 24/7 BT MONARCH SYSTEM (LN) |
| (0) 1-606 | London MONarch | 210X | CURRENTLY UNAVAILABLE | MONarch 2100-2109 OK 24/7 BT MONARCH SYSTEM (LN) |
| (0) 1-606 | London MONarch | 2137 | CURRENTLY UNAVAILABLE | OK 24/7 (LN) |
| (0) 537 29 | Narborough | 2760 | Daniel O'Donnel | Everything You Could Wish For Yourself |
| (0) 1-333 | FEDeral | 3377 | Data-loopback modem | also on DEC VT-terminal |
| (0) 706 | Rochdale Central | 8075 | Date & Time from my Asterisk - 24/7 | Alison (I think that is what she is called...) reads out my Asterisk Date and Time |
| (0) 537 29 | Narborough | 4912 | Datel Tones Demo | Old GPO information line |
| (0) 537 29 | Narborough | 3517 | Dave Allen on the Phone | Warning - contains adult content! |
| (0) 594 4 | Dean Forest Railway | 8081 | Dean Forest Railway | Pat Simmons Speaking Clock Asterisk macro. |
| (0) 594 4 | Dean Forest Railway | 8000 | Dean Forest Railway | "About the DFR" - this number is our default outbound Caller ID, calling it will get you a description of our exchanges. |
| (0) 594 4 | Dean Forest Railway | 8082 | Dean Forest Railway | Gordon Gow - Australian Speaking Clock Asterisk macro. |
| (0) 537 29 | Narborough | 3279 | Decision Maker | Yes or No? She decides... |
| (0) 352 | Mold | 16 | Dial a Disc | A GPO service from the Days before MPs players and iPods ! 24/7 |
| (0) 865 | Oxford GSC | 16 | Dial a Disc | |
| (0) 970 | Aberystwyth GSC | 16 | Dial a Disk | |
| (0) 537 29 | Narborough | 4174 | Dial Intergalactica | Call forward into outer space |
| (0) 754 | Skegness | 161 | Dial loads of discs random start point. | |
| (0) 754 | Skegness | 16 | Dial-a-disc | Over forty tracks that are rotated dialy, between 18:00 and 08:00 and all day Sunday's |
| (0) 537 29 | Narborough | 3916 | Dial-a-Disc recording | Vintage recording 1971. |
| (0) 865 | Oxford GSC | 192 | Directory Enquiries | http://www.aeolian-hall.myzen.co.uk/directory/ |
| (0) 970 | Aberystwyth GSC | 192 | Directory Enquiries | http://www.aeolian-hall.myzen.co.uk/directory/ |
| (0) 974 | Llanon | 3192 | Directory Enquiries | At Crosswood UAX |
| (0) 974 | Neuadd Wyntog | 3192 | Directory Enquiries | At Crosswood UAX |
| (0) 537 29 | Narborough | 3865 | Divert-a-Call | Standard recording from a Divert-a-Call call diversion machine used in analogue exchanges in UK. |
| (0) 486 2 | Woking | 5165 | Doctor James Wright | 1979 Austrailan radio |
| (0) 537 29 | Narborough | 4104 | Documentary | Documentary by 20KHz |
| (0) 640 83 | St Mary Mead | 239 | Dr Haydock | St Mary Mead 239 |
| (0) 537 29 | Narborough | 2991 | DTMF Test | Reads back DTMF digits dialled |
| (0) 352 82 | Bryn-y-Baal | 86 | Early GPO Automatic Tones | A demonstration of GPO automatic tones c1930 from an old GPO 78rpm single sided record. 24/7 |
| (0) 537 29 | Narborough | 3519 | Early Text to Speech | https://archive.org/details/HeeSawDhuhKaet - Bell Telephone Laboratories Inc. 1963 |
| (0) 737 84 | Betchworth | 8043 | Echo test | |
| (0) 537 29 | Narborough | 2003 | Echo Test | |
| (0) 865 | Oxford GSC | 20003 | Echo test | |
| (0) 867 | Gwaelod Mel MNDX | 994325 | Eddie Birch in museum | Oxford telephone museum |
| (0) 867 | Gwaelod Mel MNDX | 994323 | Elsie Jones Abingdon exchange | Interviewed in 1970 |
| (0) 352 | Mold | 999 | Emergency Services' | From the BBC Sound Archive at the introduction of the 999 service in the 1930's |
| (0) 537 29 | Narborough | 3526 | Ethel Cain - Voice of the Speaking Clock | British Movietone News - Ethel (Jane) Cain wins 1935 competition to be the voice of the UK Speaking Clock. |
| (0) 537 29 | Narborough | 4913 | European Calls Info | Vintage announcement - Making calls to Europe guidance - Freephone 2070 |
| (0) 537 29 | Narborough | 4910 | European Tones Demonstration | Old GPO information line |
| (0) 1-246 | Holborn | 8299 | Exchange Alarm Test Number | UAX Test Number. Inverted Ringing Tone if normal. NU Tone if alarm present. |
| (0) 1-246 | Holborn | 8209 | Exchange Alarm Test Number | Exchange Test Number. Inverted Ringing Tone if normal. NU Tone if alarm present. |
| (0) 1-647 | Wallington and Carshalton | 0001 | Exchange Description | Details about the current setup for Wallington and Carshalton. |
| (0) 321 82 | Alfriston | 290 | Exchange Telephone | On hosted ATA off Mold Tandem |
| (0) 404 | Honiton | 2190 | Exchange Telephone | |
| (0) 266 86 | Broughshane | 290 | Exchange Telephone | Via GEC SE50 PAX |
| (0) 803 | Torquay GSC | 65290 | Exchange Telephone | OK,24/7 Test Telephone at UAX13 |
| (0) 8045 | Torquay Ring | 2290 | Exchange Telephone | Routes to UAX13. |
| (0) 537 29 | Narborough | 3504 | Fantastic Fone Funnies | Wacky Answering Machine Tunes |
| (0) 706 | Rochdale Central | 174 | Faultsman's Ring Back | You ring the Number (0706 174) you clear down your call, and it rings you back. |
| (0) 352 | Mold | 174 | Faultsmans Ring Back | Reads back the 'Calling Line Identity' of the caller's line and then performs a 'Ring Back' Works for UK Calls only. |
| (0) 244 | Chester | 174 | Faultsmans Ring Back | Reads back the 'Calling Line Identity' of the caller's line and then performs a 'Ring Back' Works for UK Calls only. |
| (0) 037 | S.Lancs Radiophone | 2233 | First STD Call | Made by H.M. The Queen from Bristol in 1958. 24/7 |
| (0) 706 | Rochdale Central | 8074 | Flyfishing by J R Hartley - 24/7 | This was a Television advertisement in 1983 for British Telecoms Yellow Pages Telephone Directory |
| (0) 575 7 | Glenprosen | 213 | Forestry Commission | |
| (0) 307 | Forfar GSC | 16 | Forfar | Fofar GSC Dial a Disc |
| (0) 393 3 | Foula | 3229 | Foula Exchange Alarm Test | |
| (0) 393 3 | Foula | 3226 | Foula Exchange Telephone | |
| (0) 393 3 | Foula | 3221 | Foula Post Office | 24/7 |
| (0) 238 | Bedrock | 2 | Fred Flinstone | OK to call 24/7 |
| (0) 867 | Gwaelod Mel MNDX | 39549 | Frilford Heath 549X | Village kiosk. |
| (0) 537 29 | Narborough | 3507 | Fun with Thatcher | Margaret Thatcher random words |
| (0) 737 84 | Betchworth | 2236 | Garden | A Gai-Tronics Titan weatherproof telephone outside the workshop |
| (0) 970 | Aberystwyth GSC | 83390 | Glandyfi 390 | Changed numbers at Glandyfi via special OOA level. |
| (0) 575 7 | Glenprosen | 201 | Glenprosen PO | Recorded message on PO number about Glenprosen U12 |
| (0) 575 7 | Glenprosen | 218 | Glenprosen School | |
| (0) 575 7 | Glenprosen | 217 | Glentarry Lodge | |
| (0) 537 29 | Narborough | 4141 | GLOBAL HELPDESK! | Friendly Advice from Caring People! |
| (0) 1-283 | AVEnue | 6786 | GPO Brains Trust - old 78rpm record | |
| (0) 537 29 | Narborough | 4905 | GPO Telephones | Gramophone Record telling you all about GPO Telephones |
| (0) 742 | Sheffield | 51963 | Graham Gould | Original telephone that had this number! |
| (0) 575 7 | Glenprosen | 205 | Grieves House | |
| (0) 537 29 | Narborough | 3993 | Guestbook | Leave your comments/suggestions after the tone! |
| (0) 867 | Gwaelod Mel MNDX | 425290 | Gwaelod Mel service phone | T.O. in charge, Martin Loach. Due to a current mal-function in ckts.info code cannot be correctly shown as 086742 |
| (0) 865 | Oxford GSC | 8081 | Gwaelod Mel speaking clock | |
| (0) 486 2 | Woking | 5162 | Hair Beauty with Anne | 1962 Australian radio |
| (0) 867 | Gwaelod Mel MNDX | 99388 | Harwell 388 | Special circuit to Harwell U12. For other interesting numbers see the directory on 192. |
| (0) 321 6 | Hellingly | 490 | Hellingly UAX Service Phone 2 | US 500 seeries wallmount |
| (0) 537 29 | Narborough | 3668 | Hells Bells | A Radio History of the Telephone (parts 1 to 8) |
| (0) 537 29 | Narborough | 3332 | High School Answering Service | Comedy |
| (0) 575 7 | Glenprosen | 219 | Home Farm | |
| (0) 737 84 | Betchworth | 2232 | House | A line presented on a Grandstream GXP2100 in the sitting room. (not after 2200hrs UTC please) |
| (0) 034 | London Radiophone | 31222 | Iain MacDonald | Mobilephone running SIP app |
| (0) 1-432 | HEAdquarters | 1234 | Ian Jolly | Not after 9pm please. |
| (0) 352 | Mold | 2190 | Ian Jolly | Not after 9pm UK time please. |
| (0) 352 | Mold | 2979 | Ian Jolly | 'Radiophone' ! |
| (0) 037 | S.Lancs Radiophone | 2979 | Ian Jolly | 'Radiophone' mobile phone - SIP App on mobilephone |
| (0) 352 82 | Bryn-y-Baal | 26 | Ian Jolly - Home Number | Through a 1929 Unit Automatic eXchange No 5. Not after 9pm UK time |
| (0) 601 8 | Brixworth | 299 | Ian Rivett | UAX Test Number |
| (0) 537 29 | Narborough | 3999 | Info about this exchange | Visit me at https://sites.google.com/site/tonesplus/home |
| (0) 486 2 | Woking | 5161 | Innoxa Routine for Beauty | 1962 Australian radio |
| (0) 706 | Rochdale Central | 8076 | Instructions for using the Dial Telephone - 24/7 | A recording issued in the 1920s to assist subscribers in using the new automatic telephone exchange system. It presents recordings of the various call progress tones provided by the network |
| (0) 537 29 | Narborough | 4704 | International Call Noise | Metering Over Junction noise on vintage UK International Call |
| (0) 537 29 | Narborough | 4906 | Intro to GPO 1954 | For new employees at GPO. |
| (0) 537 29 | Narborough | 8900 | Introduction | PlantageNet - Medieval Speaking Engine introduction... |
| (0) 037 | S.Lancs Radiophone | 2100 | Introduction of South Lancs Radiophone Service | In October 1959 ! |
| (0) 266 86 | Broughshane | 399 | inverted ring tone, NU if prompt alarm present | Tones from a ringing machine 2A |
| (0) 640 83 | St Mary Mead | 235 | John Baines | Miss Marple on St Mary Mead 235! |
| (0) 1-738 | London SEVen Kings | 2208 | John Chenery | Not after 9pm GMT please |
| (0) 495 32 | Abertillery | 2190 | John Griffiths | 2nd line on ATA |
| (0) 530 3 | Coalville | 2999 | Jon Sketchley | This number was the former kiosk in Memorial Square when Coalville was a manual exchange and the number was ported to the crossbar replacement. The coinbox has been removed and the number is terminated in the local radio station Hermitage FM on the switch |
| (0) 1-333 | FEDeral | 5209 | K6 Kiosk | with 700 series POA phone. |
| (0) 706 | Rochdale Central | 78412 | K6 Public Telephone Box/Kiosk - circa: 1940 | Box CCB 14C & Telephone 238 - The K6 is on my Drive at the side of the House - so Calls only between 10am and 8pm UTC/GMT please |
| (0) 537 29 | Narborough | 4971 | KPFA Radio Station | Live feed |
| (0) 537 29 | Narborough | 4970 | KZSU Radio Station | Live feed from California |
| (0) 867 | Gwaelod Mel MNDX | 99400 | Last Call Abingdon 4 | The last call made on Abingdon manual exchange in 1975. |
| (0) 537 29 | Narborough | 3919 | Leicester 5 fig to 6 fig Annct | Vintage recording. |
| (0) 537 29 | Narborough | 3917 | Leicester SCA Closure | Vintage recording 11th Jan 1994. Announcements for Leicester Short Code Access closure. |
| (0) 533 | Leicester | 59781 | Leicester Trunk Test | |
| (0) 421 23 | Rownhams | 218 | Leningrad | Old Soviet approximately milliwatt tone. A bit cranky! |
| (0) 537 29 | Narborough | 4111 | Lenny | Call me any time for a chat |
| (0) 537 29 | Narborough | 8973 | Leonardo Square | Bird sounds in a medieval square |
| (0) 537 29 | Narborough | 3531 | Les' Answering Machine | From Evan Doorbell |
| (0) 266 86 | Broughshane | 313 | Level 3 test number & guestbook | Recorded message and answering machine. |
| (0) 537 29 | Narborough | 4980 | Lily Tomlin | Lily Tomlin as Ernestine the Telephone Operator |
| (0) 522 | Lincoln GSC | 22142 | Listen Live PABX Room | Monitor the PABX Room (listen only). PABX-1 & PABX-7 |
| (0) 522 | Lincoln GSC | 22141 | Listen Live UAX Exchange | Monitor the UAX13 (listen only). |
| (0) 706 | Rochdale Central | 70201 | Littleborough ATE Rest Room (Linksys PAP2) | Littleborough Exchange (LFC) - 0706 7xxxx was a Non Director Satellite Exch. off Rochdale GSC and part of the Rochdale GSC Link Numbering Scheme. Normally on this number at "Brew Time" (9.30 - 10.00 & 14.30 - 15.00) |
| (0) 974 | Llanon | 8299 | Llanon UAX | Llanon area UAXs are 0974x |
| (0) 974 | Neuadd Wyntog | 8299 | Llanon UAX | Llanon area UAXs are 0974x |
| (0) 537 29 | Narborough | 2123 | Local Time | Speaking Clock - Rob Grant |
| (0) 537 29 | Narborough | 2124 | Local Time | Speaking Clock - Gordon Gow |
| (0) 537 29 | Narborough | 2125 | Local Time | Asterisk Time |
| (0) 203 33 | Keresley | 2221 | London 32 console | on London 32 PABX extn 221 |
| (0) 203 33 | Keresley | 220x | London 32 tones | London 32 PABX tone demos (extn 200-209) - see switch description |
| (0) 1-283 | AVEnue | 6787 | London Trunks Magazine - June 1947 | From an old GPO 78 rpm record. |
| (0) 420 4 | Bentley | 2108 | Lord Baden Powell | The home of Lord Baden Powell, Founder of the Scout Movement, in Bentley, Hampshire. Last message to Boy Scouts recorded in 1937. 24/7 |
| (0) 537 29 | Narborough | 3721 | Lots of Tones etc | Rob Grants Telephone Tone Menagerie Medley |
| (0) 582 | Luton | 31292 | LTH Ex 292 | 746 in the IF Museum Telecoms Shed visitor area |
| (0) 582 | Luton | 31242 | Luton Town Hall Ex 242 | 746 in the IF Museum Telecoms Shed visitor area on the ex Luton Town Hall.Nene Valley PABX3 |
| (0) 582 | Luton | 31291 | Luton Town Hall Switchboard | PABX3 Removed from LTH in the 1980s |
| (0) 537 29 | Narborough | 3508 | Lyndon B Johnson Whitehouse Recordings | Random selection of recordings from the Whitehouse phone lines |
| (0) 537 29 | Narborough | 3199 | MAC Test Number | Special test number used by Maintenance Analysis Computer for centralised network fault finding. |
| (0) 537 29 | Narborough | 2766 | Madame Julia Fortune Teller | |
| (0) 1-526 | London LANgham 526 | 1000 | Main Number Paul Ash | C*Net working on IncrediblePBX Asterisk GMT 0800 - 2200 only please. |
| (0) 766 | Porthmadog | 4790 | Malcolm Hindes, WHHR | |
| (0) 803 | Torquay | 61123 | Manual Exchange | Line terminating on a 10+50 manual switchboard via an Ericsson step by step Strowger PAX |
| (0) 537 29 | Narborough | 3330 | Maples Surgery | Contradictory Doctors Surgery Line |
| (0) 582 84 | Markyate | 201 | Markyate Exchange | Terminates on a 1940 GPO PMBX 5+20 switchboard. Not after 9pm UK time please. |
| (0) 961 | cutel | 8888 | Matthew Test | A number for testing how configuration works |
| (0) 537 29 | Narborough | 8902 | Medieval Milliwat 1066Hz | |
| (0) 537 29 | Narborough | 8928 | Medieval Music | ‘Anthem for a Simpleton’ |
| (0) 537 29 | Narborough | 8909 | Medieval Music | A selection of Bladderpie and Crumhorn Hits |
| (0) 537 29 | Narborough | 8923 | Medieval Time | Clocke of the hours |
| (0) 537 29 | Narborough | 3341 | Messages | Found messages from ancient Panasonic answering machine |
| (0) 537 29 | Narborough | 2190 | Meter Racks | Recording |
| (0) 246 | Chesterfield | 38645 | Michael Ashley | Via SIP app. No calls after 9pm please |
| (0) 036 | Midlands Radiophone | 6426 | Mike Fletcher - Radiophone | 0036 6426 works via a SIP 'app' on my mobile phone! |
| (0) 537 29 | Narborough | 2002 | Milliwatt | |
| (0) 865 | Oxford GSC | 20002 | Milliwatt | |
| (0) 1-647 | Wallington and Carshalton | 0002 | Milliwatt Test Tone | |
| (0) 936 3 | Alsager | 2002 | Milliwatt Test Tone | |
| (0) 1-523 | London LADbroke | 0002 | Milliwatt Test Tone | |
| (0) 537 29 | Narborough | 4510 | Misc Announcements from Canada | |
| (0) 537 29 | Narborough | 4511 | Misc Announcements from USA | Includes other World Zone 1 Countries |
| (0) 537 29 | Narborough | 3506 | Misc Answering Service Recordings | Soundgrabs Found Answering Machines |
| (0) 537 29 | Narborough | 4514 | Misc recordings from Sydney | International recordings of tones and announcements |
| (0) 537 29 | Narborough | 4512 | Misc recordings from World Zone 2 | International recordings of tones and announcements |
| (0) 537 29 | Narborough | 4513 | Misc recordings from World Zone 3 & 4 | International recordings of tones and announcements |
| (0) 537 29 | Narborough | 4515 | Misc recordings from World Zone 5 | International recordings of tones and announcements |
| (0) 537 29 | Narborough | 4516 | Misc recordings from World Zone 6 | International recordings of tones and announcements |
| (0) 537 29 | Narborough | 4517 | Misc recordings from World Zone 7 | International recordings of tones and announcements |
| (0) 537 29 | Narborough | 4518 | Misc recordings from World Zone 8 | International recordings of tones and announcements |
| (0) 537 29 | Narborough | 4519 | Misc recordings from World Zone 9 | International recordings of tones and announcements |
| (0) 537 29 | Narborough | 2721 | Misc Vintage Tones | Copy of a cassette I made in the early 1990's |
| (0) 537 29 | Narborough | 4903 | Miss Ethel Cain | Ethel Cain (winner of The Golden Voice Award) teaches you how to speak proper... Gramophone record. |
| (0) 537 29 | Narborough | 3734 | Miss Trisha | Fully Equipped and Fully Experienced |
| (0) 537 29 | Narborough | 3101 | MOH Jukebox | |
| (0) 1-606 | London MONarch | 4898 | Monarch Console 1 | Console-1 (MONarch@TQY) |
| (0) 1-606 | London MONarch | 4896 | Monarch Console 2 | Console 2 (MONarch@TQY) |
| (0) 537 29 | Narborough | 3667 | Montfort TXK1 | Vintage 1980's recordings of various parts of a crossbar exchange in Leicester. |
| (0) 537 29 | Narborough | 3494 | Mr Herbert messages | Family Guy stuff - 3490-3494 |
| (0) 239 71 | Aberporth | 301 | Museum events line | Listing of forthcoming events at Internal Fire Museum of Power |
| (0) 537 29 | Narborough | 4105 | Muzak | Documentary by 20KHz #34 Muzak |
| (0) 537 29 | Narborough | 4114 | Muzak | |
| (0) 522 | Lincoln GSC | 32264 | Narrowboat Hazel Grace | Yes this truly does ring a sip phone on a narrowboat. Dependent on location coverage. |
| (0) 974 | Llanon | 255299 | Neuadd Wyntog Test Number | MNDX 341 in its new home |
| (0) 974 | Neuadd Wyntog | 255299 | Neuadd Wyntog Test Number | MNDX 341 in its new home |
| (0) 1-283 | AVEnue | 6411 | New Zealand Busy Tone | |
| (0) 1-283 | AVEnue | 6413 | New Zealand Congestion Tone | |
| (0) 1-283 | AVEnue | 6412 | New Zealand Number Unobtainable Tone | |
| (0) 1-283 | AVEnue | 6414 | New Zealand Old Overflow Busy Tone | Used on 11th step of Group selectors. Remained in use on NZUAX13s long after being replaced on other exchanges. |
| (0) 1-283 | AVEnue | 6416 | New Zealand Ringing Tone | |
| (0) 537 29 | Narborough | 3513 | Noise Recordings | Elmer Cat’s Noise File IVR |
| (0) 601 3 | Pitsford | 227 | Northampton & Lamport Railway | Booking Office number for enquiries |
| (0) 537 29 | Narborough | 3942 | NT-104 Busy Tone demo | Nippon Telephony Inc/Newtech NT-104 ‘Easyswitch’ Intercom/PABX Busy Tone demo |
| (0) 537 29 | Narborough | 3940 | NT-104 Dial Tone demo | Nippon Telephony Inc/Newtech NT-104 ‘Easyswitch’ Intercom/PABX Dial Tone demo |
| (0) 537 29 | Narborough | 3943 | NT-104 Music on Hold demo | Nippon Telephony Inc/Newtech NT-104 ‘Easyswitch’ Intercom/PABX Music on hold demo |
| (0) 537 29 | Narborough | 3941 | NT-104 Ring Tone demo | Nippon Telephony Inc/Newtech NT-104 ‘Easyswitch’ Intercom/PABX Ring Tone demo |
| (0) 244 60 | Bedlam | 300 | Number Unobtainable tone | |
| (0) 537 29 | Narborough | 3520 | Off The Hook - Program about Telephones | 1989-07-25 https://www.wbai.org/ (Technical fault at beginning - station just playing music - but program does begin later) |
| (0) 537 29 | Narborough | 3521 | Off The Hook - Program about Telephones | 19881007b https://www.wbai.org/ |
| (0) 537 29 | Narborough | 3522 | Off The Hook - Program about Telephones | 19890725 https://www.wbai.org/ |
| (0) 537 29 | Narborough | 3523 | Off The Hook - Program about Telephones | 19931222 https://www.wbai.org/ |
| (0) 537 29 | Narborough | 3524 | Off The Hook - Program about Telephones | 19940202 https://www.wbai.org/ |
| (0) 524 | Lancaster | 2345 | Old BT/BBC Radio Lancashire Tape | A cassette tape issued by BT in conjunction with BBC Radio Lancashire on the introduction of DIY extension socket wiring kits! All the technical help you need :-) |
| (0) 537 29 | Narborough | 4965 | Open Source Telephony | Using Asterisk and VOIP by Daryll Strauss / SCALE 3x |
| (0) 239 71 | Aberporth | 100 | Operator | Should respond to numbers for Luton (+3 digits), Rhydlewis (+3), York (+2) and Croydon (+2) |
| (0) 1-283 | AVEnue | 6789 | Operator Procedure - Clear Down | From an old 1940s GPO 78rpm record |
| (0) 537 29 | Narborough | 3970 | Opticom 7 Answerphone | Opticom 7 Answerphone - not taking a message |
| (0) 537 29 | Narborough | 3971 | Opticom 7 Answerphone | Opticom 7 Answerphone - taking a message |
| (0) 537 29 | Narborough | 8917 | Oral Entrapment Device | Your words shall be heard and heeded upon |
| (0) 537 29 | Narborough | 2672 | Organic Sonic Collective | Top Ten Hits |
| (0) 865 | Oxford GSC | 8091 | Oxford Weather Line | Listen to the weather forecast from July 1970, 40 years old and still typical! Probably played on the worn out tape of an announcer 9A! |
| (0) 537 29 | Narborough | 3927 | PABX No. 6 Busy Tone | Tone Demo |
| (0) 537 29 | Narborough | 3925 | PABX No. 6 Dial Tone | Tone Demo |
| (0) 537 29 | Narborough | 3928 | PABX No. 6 NU Tone | Tone Demo |
| (0) 537 29 | Narborough | 3926 | PABX No. 6 Ring Tone | Tone Demo |
| (0) 754 | Skegness | 18 | PABX No.3 Switchboard | Assigned Skegness Manual - 10 Lines B/W in addition there are 20 Lines K&L using extra springs on jacks, red lamps, steady busy flashing ringing. |
| (0) 706 81 | Todmorden | 2111 | PABX1 - Operators Switchboard | Incoming Exchange Line - calls outside of Office Hours (9am until 5pm) will ring the Gatehouse and Night Service Bells, and then answered by any PABX1 Extension dialling 8. |
| (0) 706 81 | Todmorden | 2177 | PABX1 Busy Tone - 24/7 | |
| (0) 706 81 | Todmorden | 2150 | PABX1 Exchange Telephone - Extn 50 | Calls only between 10am and 10pm UTC/GMT please |
| (0) 706 81 | Todmorden | 2120 | PABX1 NU Tone - 24/7 | |
| (0) 706 81 | Todmorden | 2144 | PABX1 Ring Tone - 24/7 | |
| (0) 738 81 | Bridge of Earn | 21 | PABX6 ext 21 | Answering Unit 1A ( Line 1 ) on the PABX6 , will only answer if in the garage - not after 23:00 please |
| (0) 738 81 | Bridge of Earn | 26 | PABX6 ext 26 | Black 746 NOT AFTER 23:00hrs GMT Please. In Most evenings/weeekends ( except Fri - pub night ) |
| (0) 738 81 | Bridge of Earn | 30 | PABX6 ext 30 | pabx6 extn 30 , not connected at present - ringing tone only |
| (0) 738 81 | Bridge of Earn | 31 | PABX6 ext 31 | Answering Unit 1A ( Line 2 ) on the PABX6 , will only answer if in the garage - not after 23:00 please |
| (0) 738 81 | Bridge of Earn | 37 | PABX6 ext 37 | Ivory 8746G NOT AFTER 23:00hrs GMT Please. In Most evenings/weeekends ( except Fri - pub night ) |
| (0) 537 29 | Narborough | 4175 | Pat Fleet novelty announcement | Rib tickling spoof announcement by Pat Fleet |
| (0) 272-624 | Westbury-On-Trym, Bristol | 000 | Pat Simmons Speaking Clock | This number is a placeholder for my default outbound caller id |
| (0) 1-647 | Wallington and Carshalton | 0123 | Pat Simmons TIM | Very clear and accurate! |
| (0) 1-580 | London LANgham | 4468 | Paul Ash | BBC Broadcasting House |
| (0) 1-636 | London MUSeum | 6323 | Paul Ash | London MUSeum |
| (0) 537 29 | Narborough | 3904 | Pay Tone Demo | Pay On Answer Coinbox - tone heard when payment was required. |
| (0) 537 29 | Narborough | 3342 | Payphone Recognition Tone | (simulated recreation) |
| (0) 537 29 | Narborough | 4900 | Penetration | Mr Concept's cover of 'Penetration' by The Ventures. |
| (0) 537 29 | Narborough | 3492 | Peter and Consuela | Family Guy stuff - 3490-3494 |
| (0) 766 | Porthmadog | 2280 | Peter Freeman, WHHR | |
| (0) 1-WHI | WHItehall | 4832 | Phil & Liz Windsor (WHItehall 4832) | It is OK to call us 24/7 as the call will initially be taken by an answering machine. |
| (0) 244 | Chester | 20202 | Ping Pong Chinese Restaurant | 24/7 |
| (0) 537 29 | Narborough | 3333 | PO Test Transmission | Test Number |
| (0) 537 29 | Narborough | 3532 | Pulse Click | Pulse click Põlva County Estonia - pulsing click sound on old telephone wires by John Grzinich |
| (0) 537 29 | Narborough | 4919 | Pulse Generator 23A | Portable Pulse Generator for use with Printer Meter Check |
| (0) 537 29 | Narborough | 4991 | Radio Station IVR | Misc Streaming Radio Station IVR |
| (0) 1-333 | FEDeral | 9897 | Radio Workshop | (lines up daytime only) |
| (0) 537 29 | Narborough | 4981 | Random Tunes by Mr Concept! | A selection of on hold music from CONCEPT CITY : https://sites.google.com/site/openupthenetwork/ |
| (0) 537 29 | Narborough | 3915 | Reading CNA | Vintage recording. |
| (0) 537 29 | Narborough | 3502 | Recordings of Calls | Fone79 Misc Vintage Calls in USA |
| (0) 537 29 | Narborough | 4703 | Recordings of Noise | Elmer Cat's Noise from YouTube |
| (0) 537 29 | Narborough | 3296 | Reservoir Level | Telemetry device at reservoir - indicates depth of water. |
| (0) 321 82 | Alfriston | 201 | Ring Tone from STC PAX | |
| (0) 537 29 | Narborough | 3930 | Ring Tone Medley | All your favourite Ring Tones back-to-back! |
| (0) 537 29 | Narborough | 3501 | Ring Tones | Selection of Toy Telephone Ringtones |
| (0) 537 29 | Narborough | 3952 | Ringer 2A Busy Tone | Tone Demo |
| (0) 537 29 | Narborough | 3953 | Ringer 2A Cont Ring Tone | Tone Demo |
| (0) 537 29 | Narborough | 3950 | Ringer 2A Dial Tone | Tone Demo |
| (0) 537 29 | Narborough | 3954 | Ringer 2A Inverted Ring Tone | Tone Demo |
| (0) 537 29 | Narborough | 3955 | Ringer 2A Number Unobtainable Tone | Tone Demo |
| (0) 537 29 | Narborough | 3951 | Ringer 2A Ring Tone | Tone Demo |
| (0) 244 60 | Bedlam | 222 | Ringing tone | |
| (0) 803 | Torquay | 61120 | Ringtone from Ericsson PAX | Has been modified to use a Dynamotor 44A |
| (0) 706 | Rochdale Central | 35111 | Rochdale Meadows SFC | Rochdale Meadows ATE (0706 3xxxx) was on the 1st Floor of the HPO (Head Post Office) building, the 2nd Floor housing the Manual Board. It was originally known as Rochdale Automatic Telephone Exchange when opened in 1928, closed circa. 1980 |
| (0) 537 29 | Narborough | 3965 | RT with EET Bleedthrough | Ring Tone |
| (0) 865 | Oxford GSC | 83170 | RTTY message | RTTY QBF 50 baud European low AFSK tones |
| (0) 865 | Oxford GSC | 83470 | RTTY message | QBF 45 baud European low AFSK tones |
| (0) 865 | Oxford GSC | 83270 | RTTY message | RTTY QBF 50 baud USA high AFSK tones |
| (0) 865 | Oxford GSC | 83870 | RTTY message | RTTY QBF 45 baud USA high AFSK tones |
| (0) 865 | Oxford GSC | 83800 | RTTY News | Not yet implemented |
| (0) 575 7 | Glenprosen | 210 | Runtleave House | |
| (0) 537 29 | Narborough | 3102 | Sankyo MOH | Music on Hold music box culled from YouTube |
| (0) 537 29 | Narborough | 3105 | Sankyo Music on Hold | Sankyo clockwork music on hold box bought from eBay. |
| (0) 537 29 | Narborough | 3903 | Scarborough Fire Announcement | 1990. Scarborough public telephone exchange suffered a catastrophic fire. |
| (0) 1-WHI | WHItehall | 1212 | Scotland Yard also on 01-944 1212 | |
| (0) 594 4 | Dean Forest Railway | 801x | Severn Bridge Disaster | Change the last digit [0..9] to hear audio files describing the Severn Rail Bridge Disaster. This forms part of an interactive display about the disaster in the Dean Forest Railway Museum. |
| (0) 039 | Southern Radiophone | 65064 | Shane Warnes | SIP App on mobilephone |
| (0) 803 | Torquay GSC | 65064 | Shane Warnes | Home number, not after 21.00 hours Uk time. |
| (0) 537 29 | Narborough | 3231 | Sine Wave Tones | Rising frequencies |
| (0) 537 29 | Narborough | 3232 | Sine Wave Tones | Random Frequencies |
| (0) 803 | Torquay GSC | 66375 | SIP phone in UAX13 | OK 24/7 Miltel 5312 |
| (0) 537 29 | Narborough | 4108 | Sonic Utopia | Documentary by 20KHz #109 Sonic Utopia |
| (0) 352 82 | Bryn-y-Baal | 81 | Sound of Living | A GPO record 1965 narrated by Kenneth Horne. Includes opening of UK to New Zealand cable. 24/7 |
| (0) 537 29 | Narborough | 4102 | Space | Documentary by 20KHz #11 Space Sounds |
| (0) 1-606 | London MONarch | 4123 | Speaking Clock | Speaking Clock (MONarch@TQY) |
| (0) 737 | Redhill | 8081 | Speaking Clock | Pat Simmons |
| (0) 737 84 | Betchworth | 8081 | Speaking Clock | Pat Simmons |
| (0) 1-647 | Wallington and Carshalton | 0005 | Speaking clock | A ten second interval speaking clock (Asterisk, not TIM). Should be accurate! |
| (0) 537 29 | Narborough | 8081 | Speaking Clock | Pat Simmons |
| (0) 352 | Mold | 8081 | Speaking Clock | |
| (0) 244 | Chester | 8081 | Speaking Clock | |
| (0) 524 | Lancaster | 8081 | Speaking Clock | |
| (0) 738 | Perth | 8081 | Speaking Clock | Unix time speaking clock on my * server |
| (0) 803 | Torquay GSC | 22123 | Speaking Clock | OK 24/7 TIM 2015. Directly connected to Extension on Monarch PABX. |
| (0) 80361 | Torquay (Shiphay) | 202 | Speaking Clock | OK, 24/7 TIM 2000 on UAX13. |
| (0) 352 82 | Bryn-y-Baal | 80 | Speaking Clock - UAX5 | |
| (0) 339 | Aboyne | 8081 | Speaking Clock - with a difference | For some reason the voice on this Speaking Clock is a little different! Said to be someone with a local connection but who? |
| (0) 537 29 | Narborough | 3525 | Speaking Clock 1954 | Short documentary from British Pathe News |
| (0) 537 29 | Narborough | 3911 | Speaking Clock Demo 1 | Vintage recording. |
| (0) 537 29 | Narborough | 3912 | Speaking Clock Demo 2 | Vintage recording. |
| (0) 537 29 | Narborough | 3913 | Speaking Clock Demo 3 | Vintage recording. |
| (0) 537 29 | Narborough | 3914 | Speaking Clock Demo 4 | Vintage recording. |
| (0) 537 29 | Narborough | 4103 | Spooky Sounds | Documentary by 20KHz #27 Spooky Sounds |
| (0) 575 7 | Glenprosen | 206 | Spott | |
| (0) 537 29 | Narborough | 2280 | SSAC9 Simulated call | Simulation of Signalling System AC9 call using 2280Hz. |
| (0) 537 29 | Narborough | 3339 | Staines Telephone Exchange | Staines Telephone Exchange Sound Sculpture - Saturday Live |
| (0) 537 29 | Narborough | 4000 | STD Test | STD Test Number c/o Andrew Emmerson |
| (0) 1-283 | AVEnue | 6788 | Step by Step !! | But not what you think! A major change in trunk operator procedure in Jun 1947 - from an old GPO 78 rpm record. |
| (0) 672 81 | Burbage | 241 | Stephen Clark | IRSE |
| (0) 706 | Rochdale Central | Steve Barlow | Rochdale GSC (RO GSC) - Opened 7th Dec. 1965 with subs on 4xxxx & 5xxxx. Rochdale Meadows (RO MEA) 3xxxx, Littleborough (LFC) 7xxxx and Todmorden (TOD) 81 2xxx, 3xxx & 4xxx ATEs | |
| (0) 321 82 | Alfriston | 250 | Steve Woodgate | 300 series Wallphone in garage |
| (0) 321 82 | Alfriston | 259 | Steve Woodgate | 741 wallphone in garage |
| (0) 321 82 | Alfriston | 230 | Steve Woodgate | US 500 series deskphone |
| (0) 321 6 | Hellingly | 298 | Steve Woodgate - Office | |
| (0) 321 6 | Hellingly | 296 | Steve Woodgate - Workshop | |
| (0) 449 2 | Stowmarket | 2190 | Stowmarket Exchange Mtce TO | PAP2. Not after 9pm please. |
| (0) 6585 | Winceby | 290 | Subs 200-599 | 24/7 Winceby, part of the mid Lincolnshire charge group. STD code 06585. |
| (0) 537 29 | Narborough | 3905 | Sweep Oscillator Test No. | |
| (0) 1-647 | Wallington and Carshalton | 0004 | System Time | Gives the current system time on Asterisk - used for checking the server! |
| (0) 1-825 | VALentine | 4226 | TALiban HQ | Out Of Area line to Pakistan/Afganistan border ;-) Just dial 01-TALIBAN ! If you cannot get through - try the US lines 010 1 349 9981 or 010 1 349 9982. |
| (0) 537 29 | Narborough | 4982 | Talk Radio | Streaming Audio |
| (0) 244 60 | Bedlam | 271 | Tele 745 | Weatherproof telephone. |
| (0) 537 29 | Narborough | 3518 | Telephone Effects 78 RPM record | |
| (0) 239 71 | Aberporth | 300 | Telephone operators song | |
| (0) 706 | Rochdale Central | 8078 | Telephone Sounds in Great Britain, Part 1, (1971) | 24/7 - Produced and narrated by Andrew Emmerson - 25 minutes long |
| (0) 706 | Rochdale Central | 8079 | Telephone Sounds in Great Britain, Part 2, (1971) | 24/7 - Produced and narrated by Andrew Emmerson - 30 minutes long. |
| (0) 537 29 | Narborough | 4976 | Telephone Talk | by Kristen Hammer & Denilso de Lima |
| (0) 865 | Oxford GSC | 83123 | Telex message | These numbers are experimental numbers which give test messages for teleprinters connected by modem or other AFSK unit. This one is 50 baud V21 answer mode |
| (0) 865 | Oxford GSC | 83456 | Telex message | Telex 50 baud V21 originate mode |
| (0) 865 | Oxford GSC | 83175 | Telex message | Telex 75 baud V21 answer mode |
| (0) 865 | Oxford GSC | 83123 | TELMAN OXFORD | Telex terminal for Oxford Telephone Manager |
| (0) 1-333 | FEDeral | 0022 | Test Buzzer | near exchange. (Incoming Only) |
| (0) 537 50 | Hungarton | 211 | Test Desk | Cisco SPA525G2 |
| (0) 80362 | Torquay (Shiphay) | 291 | Test Desk | OK, 24/7 Phone at Test desk position. UAX13 Sub. |
| (0) 737 | Redhill | 0000 | Test Number | |
| (0) 737 84 | Betchworth | 0000 | Test Number | |
| (0) 537 29 | Narborough | 2199 | Test Number | |
| (0) 537 29 | Narborough | 2592 | Test Number | |
| (0) 537 29 | Narborough | 2236 | Test Number | |
| (0) 537 29 | Narborough | 3192 | Test Number | |
| (0) 537 29 | Narborough | 3401 | Test Number | |
| (0) 537 29 | Narborough | 4199 | Test Number | |
| (0) 537 29 | Narborough | 8181 | Test Number | 8181 Jingle |
| (0) 537 50 | Hungarton | 299 | Test Number | |
| (0) 867 | Gwaelod Mel MNDX | 425299 | Test Number | 1000 Hz tone intermittent. Due to a current mal-function in ckts.info code cannot be correctly shown as 086742 |
| (0) 266 86 | Broughshane | 299 | Test Number - Inverted Ringing Tone | Via GEC SE50 PAX |
| (0) 266 | Ballymena | 2199 | Test Number - Inverted Ringing Tone | |
| (0) 537 29 | Narborough | 3515 | Text to Speech | Donald-Sherman-orders-pizza-04-12-1974 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=htP57yTTLFo |
| (0) 486 2 | Woking | 5164 | The Berger Paint Show | 1962 Australian radio |
| (0) 537 29 | Narborough | 4109 | The Buzzer | Documentary by 20KHz The Buzzer |
| (0) 51-236 | CENtral | 1591 | The Cavern - home of The Beatles | The original phone number of the Cavern Club in Liverpool - the legendary home of the Beatles. Call Adam Forrest for a chat if you are a fan of the Beatles. Also see - http://www.beatlesagain.com/ |
| (0) 393 3 | Foula | 3227 | The late Isobel Holbourn talking about Telephones | on Foula - from BBC Radio 4 programme "Secret Life of the Telephone Number" - OK 24/7 |
| (0) 575 7 | Glenprosen | 200 | The Manse | |
| (0) 244 | Chester | 8051 | The oldest Speaking Clock | |
| (0) 537 29 | Narborough | 4107 | The Theramin | Documentary by 20KHz #52 The Theremin |
| (0) 1-542 | London LIBerty | 1699 | THG | The Telecommunications Heritage Group - www.thg.org.uk |
| (0) 537 29 | Narborough | 4950 | Thomas Watson | Historic recording of Thomas Watson |
| (0) 537 29 | Narborough | 4909 | TMC SSU Announcements | PYE TMC Supplementary Services Unit - Voice Prompts |
| (0) 865 | Oxford GSC | 8021 | Traffic report | The London area traffic report for December 28th 1970 |
| (0) 537 29 | Narborough | 4908 | Transit MF Tones | Tones heard in background on ancient international call |
| (0) 754 | Skegness | 19 | UAX No.6 Hunting | Sound of UAX No.6 hunting on level 0 for a free line. Starts with the alloter choosing a free connector, followed by stepping of connector to level 0, then hunting for a free line, finally the release. Listen hard for the NU buzzer in the background. |
| (0) 239 71 | Aberporth | 299 | UAX Test Number | Exchange test number for the UAX 13 |
| (0) 321 6 | Hellingly | 201 | UAX13 Busy Tone | |
| (0) 321 6 | Hellingly | 200 | UAX13 Ringtone | No telephone fitted |
| (0) 352 82 | Bryn-y-Baal | 21 | UAX5 Ring Tone | This was the 'single beat' ringtone used on UAX5's until the final one ceased in service in 1974 in the Inner Hebrides. |
| (0) 352 82 | Bryn-y-Baal | 99 | UAX5 Test Number | Inverted UAX5 (Singe beat) ring tone NU tone if there is a fault |
| (0) 1-283 | AVEnue | 0811 | UK Busy Tone | |
| (0) 1-283 | AVEnue | 0813 | UK Congestion Tone | |
| (0) 1-283 | AVEnue | 0814 | UK Dialling Tone | |
| (0) 1-283 | AVEnue | 0812 | UK Number Unobtainable Tone (NU Tone) | |
| (0) 1-283 | AVEnue | 0818 | UK Older 400/17 c/s Ringing Tone | |
| (0) 1-283 | AVEnue | 0817 | UK Older 400/25 c/s Ringing Tone | |
| (0) 1-283 | AVEnue | 0815 | UK Pay tone | |
| (0) 1-283 | AVEnue | 0816 | UK Ringing Tone | |
| (0) 706 | Rochdale Central | 8081 | UK Speaking Clock - Pat Simmons - 24/7 | Pat Simmons replaced Ethel Jane Cain to become the 2nd permanent voice of the UK Speaking Clock from 1963 until 1985 |
| (0) 537 29 | Narborough | 2222 | Update Line | Not updated very often but worth a try! |
| (0) 537 29 | Narborough | 4914 | USA Calls Info | Vintage announcement - Making calls to USA guidance - Freephone 2071 |
| (0) 537 29 | Narborough | 4911 | USA Tones Demo | Old GPO information line |
| (0) 537 29 | Narborough | 8903 | Utterance Repeater | Medieval echo test |
| (0) 1-647 | Wallington and Carshalton | 100n | Various tones for test | Replace n - 100Hz(1), 200Hz(2), 500Hz(3), 1KHz(4), 2KHz(5), SineSweep 20Hz-20KHz(6) |
| (0) 575 7 | Glenprosen | 216x | Village Kiosk | |
| (0) 537 29 | Narborough | 3530 | Vintage Answering Machine | Excerpt from 78 RPM record |
| (0) 537 29 | Narborough | 3509 | Vintage Radio Commercials | |
| (0) 537 29 | Narborough | 3666 | Vintage Radio Programs IVR | Select a Radio Program and enjoy! |
| (0) 1-647 | Wallington and Carshalton | 0003 | Wallington Echo Test | Wallington (Wallington & Carshalton) was manual until 11th December 1968. |
| (0) 766 | Porthmadog | 3456 | Welsh Highland Rly Talking Timetable in Welsh | Welsh Highland Railway Talking Timetable(in Welsh)- somewhat outdated now! |
| (0) 537 29 | Narborough | 3511 | Whitehouse Crossed Lines | |
| (0) 486 2 | Woking | 3302 | Will Collison | SWITCHBOARD |
| (0) 537 29 | Narborough | 4101 | Windsor Hum | Documentary by 20KHz #03 Windsor Hum |
| (0) 737 84 | Betchworth | 2216 | Workshop Desk | A red 300 type telephone located on the main desk in the workshop |
| (0) 537 29 | Narborough | 3514 | Worlds First Talking Clock turns 80 | |
| (0) 537 29 | Narborough | 3493 | Yearly Call to Aunt Helen | Family Guy stuff - 3490-3494 |
| (0) 537 29 | Narborough | 3531 | Your Call Is In A Queue | Comedy |
| (0) 486 2 | Woking | 5163 | Your Health and You | 1962 Australian radio |
Questions? Comments?
C*NET is a project of participating members of TCI, ATCA, the UK's Telecom Heritage Group, and interested others.
Voice Over IP Tandem for Analog Switches 172.104.9.200