[Leaning Right]

I was on a party line in my first apartment. I doubt if many people under 55 or so even know what a party line is…unless they watch old TV shows.

(And no, kids. It had nothing to do with partying.)

[ChildOfThe60s]

I was a kid in Virginia in the early 60s, our neighborhood was mostly party line. At the time I didn’t really understand what was going on since I was a kid but there was a bunch of infidelity going on with wives whose husbands were overseas in the military. Thanks to the party line it created quite a stir.

In one instance, I was told that Stanley could come over to my house and play anytime. But I was not allowed to play at Stanley’s house. Later, when I was older it was explained to me that Stanley’s mother was bringing in men for fun and games while his dad was stationed overseas. And apparently she was not the only “lonely” wife in the neighborhood.

What was even funnier, was that part of the Scandal was due to the fact that officers wives were boinking enlisted men. Even more exciting one of the white officers wives was doing the dirty with an enlisted black man. This was 1962 after all.

[TribalPrincess2U]

I do. Abt 1958-59 when we first got it. Hated it. Someone was always on
and wouldn’t get off even if you ask the too.

Entertaining gossip tho.

[WVNan]

THERE IT IS! That’s the one I remember as a child, and it was the only phone within miles arou9nd. Us poor folks would go to my Grandparents if it was an emergency, even for us a mile from them. The phone and grandparents were still there for years after we left when I was 8-9. War #2. I think we had a lift phone then.