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This week we have looked at how our use of the phone has changed over the years.

Many more of us are now ditching the landline at home and just using our mobiles...however how many of you can remember your three digit number...ringing dial a disc...and sharing a party line with the person next door?

We will continue this on Thursday's show with the services on offer many years ago. Does this ring any bells for you? Can you recall calling up to hear a radio station...listen to a recipe...or maybe just hear your favourite tune? Love to hear your memories and experiences of eavesdropping on other people's conversations. cummings@bbc.co.uk

Here are some of the comments from today.

John from Kingsholm...Gloucester use to have two dialling codes covering Gloucester and Bellgate...in 1978 the two codes were merged...they were then changed again in the 1990s when we had local dialling codes for Cheltenham, Stroud and Gloucester.

Andy from Hardwicke...he used to fit party lines for BT in the 1980s...it was hard to maintain as a you have to get the right line connected to the right place or phone calls for the neighbour would be put through to you.

Connie in Gloucester remembers having a party line which her family shared with another around the corner. They were convinced they were being listened to by their neighbours as every time they said don't say anything personal as someone's listening...you would suddenly hear the noise of another phone hanging up.

Jill from Gloucester has experience of sharing a phone line with her neighbour. It was annoying at times because her husband worked abroad at the time and he would always ring when next door was on the phone.