Many of the staff at both Barnet Borough Council and Barnet Hospital do not know the London telephone code. It is 020, not 0208. After 020 there are eight digits starting with 8 or 7.
Phone users in London dialling seven digits will get no response. I did explain this to someone at Barnet Council customer services but he believed that giving 0208, pause, then a seven digit number was correct.
I believe that the London code has been with us for about 30 years. Hard to believe that some people do not understand the area code system.
William F Shillibeer
Page Street, Mill Hill
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