Phones

Telephones have come a long way!!  My parents had one of these telephone.

Quot from Chapter One- 'Gallivan Years"  

A wooden cased crank-style telephone hung on the wall. Our number was one long ring and two short ones. It was easy to 'rubber-neck' (listen) in on our neighbour's calls. The trick was to lift the receiver very carefully and place a finger in a special position in the receiver cradle. That way the people could not hear any noise and breathing from the listener. 

This picture was taken in the farm house kitchen during the 1950's. It shows the wood burning stove with  a "sad" iron sitting on the top. There was a "warming oven" on top of the stove and a "hot water reservoir" at far end. 

My mother sitting with her back to the camera, Aunt Elsie and my sister Evelyn. On the wall was the telephone of the day. 

Ciria 1950 Evelyn, Aunt Elsie Bertrand and Hughenna Bertrand  

 Now I am a "techy" using a cell phone, a computer and learning to communicate over the internet with ZOOM.