Who remembers Telephone Party Lines. Party lines were extremely common in the 40 and 50s time period, especially in rural areas where wires had to be run miles to remote homes and shared service meant that more homes could be served with fewer wires. They were also very common when suburbs were being expanded rapidly from some towns, and in many cases a party line was the only option for a few years until the phone company could catch up and run all the extra lines needed out to the new development. The drawbacks were outweighed by the reduced monthly cost. If you picked up your phone while somebody else on your party line was talking, youd overhear their conversation (and could join in). The shared line meant not only that you could not make a call if somebody else was using the line, but that nobody else could call you. If one person on the party line was using it, anybody trying to call any of the other people on that same line would get a busy signal.
Posted on: Thu, 03 Jul 2014 02:36:33 +0000
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