Telephone novice : Mrs Polly Shakeshaft

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The first time she ever needed to use it she wanted to ring a relative and so she asked me to go with her to show her how to use it and so we went into the phone box and I dialled the number for her and I handed her the phone and she started shouting at the top of her voice and nearly deafened me. I put my hands over my ears and I said 'Mummy you don't have to shout to make them hear, that's what the cord is for, and the connection'. But even so she still shouted. She thought she'd got to make her voice as loud as possible to go through the wires or whatever.