"Clive" wrote in message
...
In message , Dr John Stockton
writes
At least around 1960, most London police stations were exchange 1113;
the idea is not entirely new.

When I was a boy, I frequently heard on the radio "Would X please contact
the police on Whitehall 1212 where urgent news awaits him. What has
happened to that number now

1212 (in various exchanges) is still widely used by the Met:
http://www.met.police.uk/contacts/AZPhonenumbers.htm
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David Biddulph