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[email protected] · July 20th 09, 12:46 AM posted to uk.transport.london

In article ,
(Tim Roll-Pickering) wrote:

wrote:

No, no, no! The two areas have been merged into one so all have 020.
London is unified again.

The old xxx exchange codes have become 7xxx if their area was 0171 or
8xxx for those whose area was 0181.

No wonder no-one in London gets their phone numbers right if they
think about it like you seem to.

Well that is precisely how the media reported the change and
invariably many people went and wrote their code number in the
format 020x xxx xxxx. Plus with mobiles so common by 2000 many
people need all 11 didgets anyway.

Despite the London split only lasting for 10 years, an alarming number of
people in London seem to think it's still there.

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Colin Rosenstiel