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Definitely were a fair few in Sussex, although I'm quite surprised about Bexhill.

Ha, yes, I was always taught to answer the phone with the number. Strange behaviour.

I think it must have been to do with the local exchanges. Interesting logic re: disconnections. I don't know the answer to that one. My parents number in Queen's Park was six digits from the start (about 1968). But I also saw a number around the time less than half a mile away that was five...

It's surprisingly wrong. Woodingdean/Rottingdean were still five numbers in the mid 80s as was the centre of town. Being a pedant, I've just looked at the 1983 phone book in Ancestry.

I think I can help, well, a little. There was no set date. It was phased. In the area I grew up in, Queen's Park, six digit numbers existed from before 1960 (but some stayed at five digits after then). However, in Patcham there are 5 digit numbers going to later in that decade and possibly...