Ghozer   112 #13 Posted September 25, 2016 I think you are confused too, your area number is 0114 not 01143 or 01142 I think you mean your home number begins with 3 and not the usual 2 that most of us have. I believe most new landline numbers now begin with has 3.  I had a number starting with a 3 back in 2010/11 - but lost it when I moved and i'm back on a 2 now... they are mostly for businesses, but if there's no 2's available in the area when you sign up, you'll get a 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Jeffrey Shaw   83 #14 Posted September 25, 2016 Slightly different I know but when in another town/city have you been asked for your home post code and been told that "S" is incorrect there must be two alpha digits before the numeric digit(s) of the post code, all post codes start with 2 alpha digits i.e. according to them S8 must have an alpha digit between the S and the 8. I know they are wrong, you know they are wrong but try get them to accept they are wrong It's not just Sheffield! Several postcode towns have a single letter: B Birmingham E East London G Glasgow L Liverpool M Manchester N North London W West London Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Monitor   11 #15 Posted September 26, 2016 My number was 0742 33**** or 33**** if dialling from Sheffield. It is now 0114 2 33****, or 2 33**** if you're dialling from Sheffield (on a landline).  The 2 was part of the area code, but became part of actual number. The same applies to Leeds numbers, and some other cities I can't remember, about half a dozen in all IIRC.  You can of course still dial the area code from within Sheffield on a landline, which you have to do from a mobile phone anyway. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
RonJeremy   10 #16 Posted September 26, 2016 I have noticed that quite a few businesses in Sheffield are still giving their numbers in print as 01142 xxxxxx. Potential customers may not hnow what to dial.  If they are that illiterate (or innumerate, I suppose), then I tend not to use them in business. It really doesn't show much understanding to begin with. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
alchresearch   206 #17 Posted September 26, 2016 It makes me laugh and just reinforces the stereotype of stubborn Yorkshirefolk when, 21 years on from Phoneday, people still put the number in this way!  The other cities (Leeds and Bristol to name but two) never had a problem. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Ghozer   112 #18 Posted September 26, 2016 (edited) My number was 0742 33**** or 33**** if dialling from Sheffield. It is now 0114 2 33****, or 2 33**** if you're dialling from Sheffield (on a landline). The 2 was part of the area code, but became part of actual number. The same applies to Leeds numbers, and some other cities I can't remember, about half a dozen in all IIRC.  Nah, It was 01742 XXX XX... and they started running out of numbers, so made them 6 digits long....  Then the area code changes, 011X came in, and for a while it was just 0114 XXX XXX  Then, they started running out of numbers again, so added a 2 on the front, and a couple of years later the 3, and recently I have seen a 4 (can't remember where)  So now its 0114 2XX XXXX.... they added the 2 because they were running out of available numbers....  I guess the confusion comes in from older people / businesses who had "01742 XXX XXX" as the phone number, and this eventually changed to "0114 2 XXX XXX" it's only 1 digit...  01742 XXX XXX 0114 2XXX XXX  (01742 was an interim between 0742 and 0114, wasn't around for long as far as i'm aware, as when we (and 4 others) changed to 011X, other places had a 1 added, so 0742 became 01742)  Rotherham was - 0709 now 01709 Edited September 26, 2016 by Ghozer Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
willman   10 #19 Posted September 26, 2016 Nah, It was 01742 XXX XX... and they started running out of numbers, so made them 6 digits long.... Then the area code changes, 011X came in, and for a while it was just 0114 XXX XXX  Then, they started running out of numbers again, so added a 2 on the front, and a couple of years later the 3, and recently I have seen a 4 (can't remember where)  So now its 0114 2XX XXXX.... they added the 2 because they were running out of available numbers....  Nah  It was 0742 - i still have some business cards printed from before then. It then became 0114 and the 2 was transposed onto the number (so in reality they changed the 7 to an 11) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Ghozer   112 #20 Posted September 26, 2016 Nah  It was 0742 - i still have some business cards printed from before then. It then became 0114 and the 2 was transposed onto the number (so in reality they changed the 7 to an 11)  I know it was 0742, that was before my time, there was a 'stop gap' for about a year or even less when it became 01742... then changed to 0114  not that they advertised it, but all places had a 1 inserted (like rotherham as I said above) - including Sheffield, then it changed to 0114  ---------- Post added 26-09-2016 at 16:05 ----------  And apparantly..  here's where the 2 / 3 and 4 come in to it...  2xx xxxx local numbers transferred from 0742 3xx xxxx new local numbers created by move to 0114 (issued from 2004) 4xx xxxx new local numbers created by move to 0114 (issued from 2010) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Jeffrey Shaw   83 #21 Posted September 26, 2016 My number was 0742 33**** or 33**** if dialling from Sheffield. It is now 0114 2 33****, or 2 33**** if you're dialling from Sheffield (on a landline). The 2 was part of the area code, but became part of actual number. The same applies to Leeds numbers, and some other cities I can't remember, about half a dozen in all IIRC. 0113 Leeds 0114 Sheffield 0115 Nottingham 0116 Leicester 0117 Bristol 0118 Reading Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
hicksy3   10 #22 Posted September 26, 2016 Quote:  Originally Posted by Phili Buster  Slightly different I know but when in another town/city have you been asked for your home post code and been told that "S" is incorrect there must be two alpha digits before the numeric digit(s) of the post code, all post codes start with 2 alpha digits i.e. according to them S8 must have an alpha digit between the S and the 8.  I know they are wrong, you know they are wrong but try get them to accept they are wrong v  It's not just Sheffield! Several postcode towns have a single letter: B Birmingham E East London G Glasgow L Liverpool M Manchester N North London W West London  This was a question on only connect last week   Posted from Sheffieldforum.co.uk App for Android Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
*_ash_*   87 #23 Posted September 26, 2016 It's not just Sheffield! Several postcode towns have a single letter: B Birmingham E East London G Glasgow L Liverpool M Manchester N North London W West London  I wonder whether we sneaked the S before S South London caught on to postcodes?  Could make a few quid out of this with a bit of thought Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Monitor   11 #24 Posted September 27, 2016 (edited) Nah, It was 01742 XXX XX... and they started running out of numbers, so made them 6 digits long.... ...  Nope. EDIT - back in those days 01 was exclusively used for all London numbers.  Nah  It was 0742 - i still have some business cards printed from before then. It then became 0114 and the 2 was transposed onto the number (so in reality they changed the 7 to an 11)  Thanks.  ---------- Post added 27-09-2016 at 08:10 ----------  0113 Leeds 0114 Sheffield 0115 Nottingham 0116 Leicester 0117 Bristol 0118 Reading  That's them Edited September 27, 2016 by Monitor Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...