An endless source of amusement for those of advancing years can come from handing a rotary phone to a teenager and asking them to dial a number with it. It’s rare for them to be stumped by a piece of ...

Such has been the success of the mobile phone that in many places they have removed the need for wired connections, for example where this is being written the old copper connection can only be made ...

For all you whippersnappers out there who never had the experience, here’s a primer on how to use a rotary dial telephone. Produced by Big Brother … I mean, the telephone company … in the 1930s, the ...