Some TVs would show you which page was currently being sent in addition to the page number you were currently viewing. It went up sequentially, starting at 100 (which was the "home page"). That way you could time typing in the number (I remember on Ceefax 601 was the TV listings for BBC1) - say when it was at around 540 - and then you wouldn't have to wait so long for the page to "load".
Most pages had multiple "sub-pages" - so the BBC TV listing would start in the morning, as 1/5 - then on each refresh, it would show 2/5, 3/5 etc. If you really wanted to study a particular page before it would reload, there was often a "Hold" button that paused the refreshes. Then, when you "un-held" it would jump to whichever page was sent on the next update.
Watching the scores on a Saturday afternoon, updating across the various leagues, was a ritual for every football fan. (Maybe page 302 for football scores?)
Bamboozle was page 451 on Channel 4 - everyone loved that.