What The History Podcast

The Tasty Shed and The Dire Digits

In our first episode of 2018 Suzie visits the infamous Dulwich Shed and Trevor examines the founding of the Anti-Digit Dialing League.

WHAT THE HISTORY?

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Sources:

THE SHED AT DULWICH

Butler O 2017, ‘I Made My Shed the Top Rated Restaurant On TripAdvisor’ https://www.vice.com/en_au/article/434gqw/i-made-my-shed-the-top-rated-restaurant-on-tripadvisor

THE ANTI-DIGIT DIALING LEAGUE

The Anti-Digit Dialing League – Orange Crate Art

Phones are for People – Orange Crate Art

HAYAKAWA, Samuel Ichiye – Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

The Anti-Digit Dialing League – The Village Voice Feb 14, 1963

Bay Area Residents Fight Digit System – The Ogden Standard-Examiner Jul 24, 1962

Now You Need an Area Code Just to Call Your Neighbors – The New York Times May 7, 2001

Our Numbered Days: The Evolution of the Area Code – The Atlantic

Ma Bell’s Officially Recommended Exchange Names

Other stuff:

The word history in the opening theme has been extracted from…

History Never Repeats – Split Enz (1981)

History Repeating – Propellerheads feat: Miss Shirley Bassey (1998)

Flame Trees – Cold Chisel (1984)

You’re History – Shakespeare’s Sister (1989)

Centuries – Fall Out Boy (2015)

Fade out music – Call Me – Blondie (1980)

All music used under fair use provisions.