You've Called The Seagull Line On..................

[Hornblower]

Thanks for the memories. When I lived in Crouch End, there was a certain spot in my kitchen where, provided I angled the aerial right, I could just about pick up SCR commentary on the game. However, if anyone came into the kitchen I lost the signal so Mrs H and the kids were banned from the kitchen during albion games.

 

[Tony Meolas Loan Spell]

0849 800 609 I think is the full number

 

[Norman Potting]

0849 800 609 I think is the full number

I am sure that when originally set up it was just a "normal" phone number so not sure if anyone made money. Perhaps Mr M and the Club were just being altruistic?

 

[Mackenzie]

0898 800 609

A number that is etched into my memory.

 

[Easy 10]

0898 800 609

A number that is etched into my memory.

Yup, that's the one.

I was living with my parents at the time, and would often make a late-night call to this just to check a result or to see if there was any exciting news. When they started getting itemised bills, my mum phoned the number because she thought I'd been phoning sex lines.

 

[Sheebo]

8048 - 23 hours a day

 

[Sompting_Seagull]

Ah Tony Millard, can't say the name without putting on his voice. Used to spend many a time hiding round the back of Shoreham B&Q using their phones whilst shirking work calling the seagull line to hear nothing in particular.

 

[Prince Monolulu]

Odd how some phone numbers from 'back in the day' seem ingrained on the mind.

 

[Hampster Gull]

I think it was 8049 but someone else might be able to confirm

 

[Easy 10]

Odd how some phone numbers from 'back in the day' seem ingrained on the mind.

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Blimey. Mick Jagger branched out a bit didn't he.

 

[portslade seagull]

The thing is when that was about there was no other was of keeping up with the score .... BBC radio Brighton as it was then was pretty US and the main TV channels only updated at HT and FT

 

[rudolf hucker]

How times have changed.