Friday Flashback #164

Posted on October 18, 2019 | 10 Comments

I’m not sure why a funeral home thought it was a good idea to send out clocks with their name on it. Can you imagine seeing this, every time you checked the time?

(Photo courtesy of Seth Schachter)

On the other hand, if you ever needed to call them — well, their 4-digit number was right there, staring you in the face.

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10 responses to “Friday Flashback #164”

  1. Barbara Greenspan | October 18, 2019 at 12:14 pm |

    What were the first three digits in the phone number? Asking for a friend….

  2. John L Krause | October 18, 2019 at 12:36 pm |

    Was this a Promo item? Or did it maybe hang in their offices?

  3. Alan Phillips | October 18, 2019 at 12:38 pm |

    it was important to have a clock with the funeral home’s phone number..
    In case you ran out of time!

  4. Bob Grant | October 18, 2019 at 2:05 pm |

    Neil Harding bought the business from Charlie Lewis’s widow. Harding funeral home telephone # is still :227-3458. As Casey Stengel used to say “you can look it up”

  5. Collette Winn | October 18, 2019 at 2:48 pm |

    Times up! Lol. 

    Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone

  6. Ray OSullivan | October 18, 2019 at 5:28 pm |

    I think that one was a Party Line.

  7. Richard fogel | October 18, 2019 at 7:04 pm |

    They are advocating killing time

  8. Seth SCHACHTER | October 24, 2019 at 11:14 am |

    This piece of Westport history can be yours for $175 (opening bid) — The item is listed on Ebay:

    https://www.ebay.com/itm/372814405638?ul_noapp=true