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Question: Area dialing code 01158, can you give me any idea where this is please !?
My reason for asking is that I am a metal detectorist, and have found an item which contains, two parts of, what would appear to be from some kind of identity tag, and a full telephone number is there on!.

It may relate to the last war, and in such cases, it is nice to try to reunite the item with a family member!. I did 'phone the full number yesterday, and left a message so the the present occupant of the property can contact me, if they wish to!. I WILL NOT, contact them again, unless requested to do so, but I am wondering whether there was a wartime armed forces base nearby, where possibly American or Canadians may have been based!.Www@QuestionHome@Com


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UK dialing code for Nottingham, NottsWww@QuestionHome@Com

This would not have been a wartime telephone number!. There was no STD (Subscriber Trunk Dialling) at that time, indeed very few non-professional homes would have been able to afford the luxury of a telephone, so there would have been no reason to put it on an identity tag!.

My guess is that the first few digits have misled you into thinking that it is a telephone number, when in fact it is not!. Www@QuestionHome@Com

I'm afraid Tom S is right, there were no STD dialling codes in the UK during that period, they came much later!. It looks like it may be some sort of serial number or service number, unless it is much, much later!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

There seem to be no place whose area code is 01158!.
01185-382 is Rakardhba
01186-Najafgarh
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in United Kingdom, NottinghamWww@QuestionHome@Com