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Originally Posted by rambo1152
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Obviously 999/112 is not a good test number 
but neither is 123. I remember when it was TIM and you got the time of day free of charge, these days it costs something like 40p a go, and I don't think it's included in call packages. |
When was the Speaking Clock free to call?
During my GPO days in the 1950's until it became the PO in 1969, it was always chargeable.
See attached from the Manchester Directories over the years from before the days of TIM where it was charged as a local call even if you just asked the operator for the time until the end of TIM after which it became 123 by 1967 .