London: Please Hold https://londonpleasehold.podbean.com You know the old compliment, "I’d listen to him read the telephone book aloud"? Comedy performer Saul Henry is taking it very literally.

Swapping the comedy circuit for a microphone and a 1939 London telephone directory, Saul abandons his trademark irreverence to deliver the ultimate exercise in deadpan restraint.

No chat, no analysis, and zero punchlines, this effortlessly engaging MC is sitting down to simply read a vintage phonebook, line by line. It’s a brilliant collision between a naturally warm comedian and the driest source material on earth, resulting in an oddly hypnotic, deeply soothing auditory time capsule.

]]> Sun, 28 Jun 2026 17:21:18 +0100 https://podbean.com/?v=5.5 en Copyright 2026 All rights reserved. Health & Fitness:Mental Health 1440 serial Apparently, reading the phone book is the ultimate test of endurance. I’m trying to bring it to life as something closer to an art form. In this inaugural episode, we begin our journey through the August 1939 London Telephone Directory (Letters A-K). Expect names, titles, vintage exchange names, incredibly short numbers, and the strangely captivating rhythm of a bygone metropolis. Saul Henry Saul Henry No false https://feed.podbean.com/londonpleasehold/feed.xml https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/22152303/LondonPleaseHoldLogo1500x1500.jpg London: Please Hold https://londonpleasehold.podbean.com 144 144 1. Ahoy-Hoy! A1 Abbott to A&H Dining Sets 1. Ahoy-Hoy! A1 Abbott to A&H Dining Sets https://londonpleasehold.podbean.com/e/1-ahoy-hoy-a1-abbott-to-ah-dining-sets/ https://londonpleasehold.podbean.com/e/1-ahoy-hoy-a1-abbott-to-ah-dining-sets/#comments Mon, 08 Jun 2026 14:21:10 +0100 saulhenry101.podbean.com/ede74390-a08c-32ac-92aa-9319d476eb9a Apparently, reading the phone book is the ultimate test of endurance. I'm trying to bring it to life as something closer to an art form.

In this inaugural episode, we begin our journey through the August 1939 London Telephone Directory (Letters A-K). Expect names, titles, vintage exchange names, incredibly short numbers, and the strangely captivating rhythm of a bygone metropolis.

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]]> Apparently, reading the phone book is the ultimate test of endurance. I'm trying to bring it to life as something closer to an art form.

In this inaugural episode, we begin our journey through the August 1939 London Telephone Directory (Letters A-K). Expect names, titles, vintage exchange names, incredibly short numbers, and the strangely captivating rhythm of a bygone metropolis.

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]]> Saul Henry false No 1674 1 1 full 2. Speaking! A H Gowns to Aarvold CD Barrister 2. Speaking! A H Gowns to Aarvold CD Barrister https://londonpleasehold.podbean.com/e/2-speaking-a-h-gowns-to-aarvold-cd-barrister/ https://londonpleasehold.podbean.com/e/2-speaking-a-h-gowns-to-aarvold-cd-barrister/#comments Tue, 16 Jun 2026 08:12:34 +0100 londonpleasehold.podbean.com/041c5e14-3d29-38de-9ad6-336f476fc4a2 We return to the streets of pre-war London with another dive into the 1939 telephone directory. In this episode, we navigate more 'A' names uncovering a cross-section of capital life just months before the outbreak of the WWII.

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]]> We return to the streets of pre-war London with another dive into the 1939 telephone directory. In this episode, we navigate more 'A' names uncovering a cross-section of capital life just months before the outbreak of the WWII.

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]]> Saul Henry false No 1730 1 2 full 3. From Aba-damn! to the bottom of an Abbiss 3. From Aba-damn! to the bottom of an Abbiss https://londonpleasehold.podbean.com/e/3-from-aba-damn-to-the-bottom-of-an-abbiss/ https://londonpleasehold.podbean.com/e/3-from-aba-damn-to-the-bottom-of-an-abbiss/#comments Thu, 25 Jun 2026 19:52:17 +0100 londonpleasehold.podbean.com/a5e2d472-3ab3-3374-8353-4b041d08b7bd Doxing the names, places and numbers of a metropolis of memories once again

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]]> Saul Henry false No 1564 3 full 4. Abbitt & Abbott; sounding like a classic comedy duo that never was 4. Abbitt & Abbott; sounding like a classic comedy duo that never was https://londonpleasehold.podbean.com/e/the-title-of-edited_cut_e4_abbitt_em_to_abbott_george_p_prnt/ https://londonpleasehold.podbean.com/e/the-title-of-edited_cut_e4_abbitt_em_to_abbott_george_p_prnt/#comments Sun, 28 Jun 2026 17:21:18 +0100 londonpleasehold.podbean.com/f1dfa828-4505-3366-b06b-fefb3af0e334 In this fourth instalment of London: Please Hold, comedian Saul Henry continues his hypnotic, line-by-line reading of the August 1939 London Telephone Directory. Picking up exactly where we left off—climbing out from the bottom of the Abbisses—we wade deeper into the 'Ab's, making our way steadily (but very slowly) toward the 'Ac's.

Along the way, we uncover a strangely soothing litany of pre-war businesses, military personnel, hotels and everyday households going about their lives just months before the outbreak of WWII.

 

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]]> In this fourth instalment of London: Please Hold, comedian Saul Henry continues his hypnotic, line-by-line reading of the August 1939 London Telephone Directory. Picking up exactly where we left off—climbing out from the bottom of the Abbisses—we wade deeper into the 'Ab's, making our way steadily (but very slowly) toward the 'Ac's.

Along the way, we uncover a strangely soothing litany of pre-war businesses, military personnel, hotels and everyday households going about their lives just months before the outbreak of WWII.

 

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instagram.com/londonpleasehold 

instagram.com/saulhenry101

Drop us a line londonpleasehold@gmail.com

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