Dial-a-Disc

[PC66]

Re: Dial-a-Disc

Hello - Haven't been here long myself.

Sometime into the 1980's with BT and privatization Dial-A-Disc became Discline and was sponsored by Woolworth. There was then also a separate Woolworth Albumline on a different number - Maybe that's what you have in mind?

[Twocky61]

Re: Dial-a-Disc

Later than this you could make free phone calls from a phone kiosk as long as you listened to the advert first. I think it only ran for a few months

[George 1978]

Re: dial a disc

There was also a recipe hotline called Dial A Dish.

In the 1980s & 90s there seemed to be all sorts of information services on the phone, but I guess after the worry about dodgy 0898 numbers, stories of people running up massive bills by not hanging their phones up properly & the internet they lost their niche.

Yes, I am strongly against anyone using those sort of telephone numbers.

[80sChav]

Re: Dial-a-Disc

Wow - what a great thread .... I was unbeleveably only thinking about this minutes since, prior to visiting DYR, just now

We had these machines (or 1 rather) in our local Library before it got demolished and became all modern in another locatiopn in Town. I recall it had a Music Catalouge Company on or 1 and I think a Home study Company for GCSEs tooa nd others - though I am unsure

I often used to marvel at this machine and be scared of useing it and think "is it native only to my area/region" lol


80sChav

[Twocky61]

Re: Dial-a-Disc

Another number was the engineer's number 175

If you phoned this number you could test your line