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Do you remember collecting train numbers back in the very old days?
I'm sure I go back further and collected car numbers or have I imagined that one?
I'm sure I go back further and collected car numbers or have I imagined that one?
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.I used to collect bus and train numbers. It could be quite dangerous, as we often sneaked into bus depots and engine sheds to get a good collection. We could get a bus and train Rover ticket for about 2s6d if I recall to travel all over London hunting down our quests. Happy days.
When the Routemasters came out, the Ian(?) Allen book I had contained only the first 100 or so numbers as they were so new. For some reason, RM8 was never spotted. Fast forward many years, I saw the bus in London. Crept up to the loft, got the bus book out and proudly underlined RM8. Result!
When the Routemasters came out, the Ian(?) Allen book I had contained only the first 100 or so numbers as they were so new. For some reason, RM8 was never spotted. Fast forward many years, I saw the bus in London. Crept up to the loft, got the bus book out and proudly underlined RM8. Result!
I remember collecting car registration numbers, at that time each town had it's own letter prefix before the number.
The interest was to spot a number that was from another area and then record it, for it's rarity.
I also remember collecting Bus tickets, the interesting ones were 'Worker's Returns', 'Exchange' tickets etc.
Also collected, American 'Fag Packets' ie Camel, Lucky Strike, Philip Morris etc. And also American chewing gum wrappers.
And dare I say it without some calling me a Neo-Nazi, I also collected Nazi badges.
The interest was to spot a number that was from another area and then record it, for it's rarity.
I also remember collecting Bus tickets, the interesting ones were 'Worker's Returns', 'Exchange' tickets etc.
Also collected, American 'Fag Packets' ie Camel, Lucky Strike, Philip Morris etc. And also American chewing gum wrappers.
And dare I say it without some calling me a Neo-Nazi, I also collected Nazi badges.
I lived right next to a railway track (s) in Hendon as a kid and collected train numbers. (Steam locos of course).
I then graduated in my teens to hopping on a direct LT double decker armed with my scope,Air Band radio and Ian Allen spotting book.The bus took us direct to the Queen's Building Air Terminal where we joined all the other young spotters. Couldn't happen these days I guess for security reasons. :-(
As I reached about fifteen I graduated to the Paris Air Show for a couple of years. Then I grew up. :-)
I then graduated in my teens to hopping on a direct LT double decker armed with my scope,Air Band radio and Ian Allen spotting book.The bus took us direct to the Queen's Building Air Terminal where we joined all the other young spotters. Couldn't happen these days I guess for security reasons. :-(
As I reached about fifteen I graduated to the Paris Air Show for a couple of years. Then I grew up. :-)
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Perhaps I am going back further than you.
1 OR 2 LETTER PLATES
ONE OR TWO LETTERS FOLLOWED BY ONE TO FOUR NUMBERS OR REVERSE
These plates are rare and are normally only seen on newer vehicles as cherished or personalised numbers. However, some still exist
and were originally issued to vehicles first registered between 1903 and the mid 1930's.
http:// www.cvp g.co.uk /REG.pd f
Perhaps I am going back further than you.
1 OR 2 LETTER PLATES
ONE OR TWO LETTERS FOLLOWED BY ONE TO FOUR NUMBERS OR REVERSE
These plates are rare and are normally only seen on newer vehicles as cherished or personalised numbers. However, some still exist
and were originally issued to vehicles first registered between 1903 and the mid 1930's.
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Sqads parentage, that can be identified, originated as farm labourers from the Fens but came to Peterborough in the late 1800's when the railways came to the North East. One of sqad's relatives was on the footplate of Mallard when it broke the record for steam locomotives, down the Essendine slope at 126m.p.h in 1938.
Thre were 3 main books for train spotters:
ABC of LNER
ABC of LMS
ABC of GWR.
I had all three and was a keen spotter.
I followed the family tradition as LNER employee as a porter at Peterborough North Station.
Thre were 3 main books for train spotters:
ABC of LNER
ABC of LMS
ABC of GWR.
I had all three and was a keen spotter.
I followed the family tradition as LNER employee as a porter at Peterborough North Station.