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I imagine the latter is the case, and the Newcastle number is the company’s regional office. Nowadays it would probably have a non-geographic number.
I've seen a set of Border TV adverts from the 1980s, on youtube, where one of the adverts was for Weight Watchers classes. The telephone number given at the end was not for any place in the Border TV area, but said Tyneside, which was firmly Tyne Tees. However, I can think of two reasons why an out of area phone number was given.
Firstly, at the time, Border TV served North Northumberland, so people in Berwick, the tyneside number would've been the most appropriate. Secondly, perhaps it was a call centre for weight watchers, for the whole of the north of England.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xqf5sa4MG0g
The advert in question is at 1:08 in the video
Firstly, at the time, Border TV served North Northumberland, so people in Berwick, the tyneside number would've been the most appropriate. Secondly, perhaps it was a call centre for weight watchers, for the whole of the north of England.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xqf5sa4MG0g
The advert in question is at 1:08 in the video
I imagine the latter is the case, and the Newcastle number is the company’s regional office. Nowadays it would probably have a non-geographic number.