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In order to deliver mail, carriers needed a way to identify houses from the outside. A simple number system was developed using even numbers on the left side of the street/road and odd numbers on the right side of the street/road. Numbers had to be posted prominently, near the front door (most doors had mail slots back then).
Later, fire and police services required large reflective numbers on all houses.
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Why are house numbers 8 numbers apart?
well where i live the houses are 2 numbers apart but they can be 8 numbers apart its the way they was planned to be built the other numbers are oviously in a diffrent part of the estate. hope i helped :)
If the houses on main street are numbered 1 to 150 how many house numbers contain a least one digit 91 and 4?
10293330201309i31841481389
Is a house 30 yards long?
It depends on the house! All houses are different.
Why are there even house numbers on one side of the street and odd numbers on the other side?
No specific reason - and they don't always follow that pattern... There are many streets in the UK that have sequential numbers on one side, continuing on the other. This can happen when a row of houses is built next to private land.
What is house fellowship?
House fellowship is where Christians worship with fellow-christians in private houses and not in Church buildings.
