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Most kind of you - but so sorry, yes, it has to be without year letter, the original 1955 series. But what a coincidence! Greetings and thanks all the same.

Sadly it seems to have died after you sold it; it was last taxed in 1991.

I suppose there's no chance you might have a photo of your Dad's POF 357? I'm searching for a photograph of any vehicle in POF - it's one of only two Birmingham series for which I have not a single photograph (the other is SOF). Your POF 357 is still (March 2025) alive and well - I wonder where?

Thank you, Chris - you have narrated the poignant story quite brilliantly. Every family of that time has a ghastly story to tell, and they are all interesting and captivating. My grandfather was from Stuttgart; he got out in 1895 when he was told, as a new recruit into the Army, that "you'll...

Sorry, not SXC-C; the possible combinations with C-suffix (1965) are DXC, EXC, FXC, GXC, HXC or JXC. See if you can think which it was!

336 EHA was issued in 1957.

No, sadly the Birmingham records were destroyed according to the directive of the DVLC.

I think I've replied elsewhere regarding this beautiful Riley Monaco OG 6698 photographed in Berlin. It's December 1930; we have OG 6497 dated 4.12.30, and OG 7120 dated 31.12.30 (don't think that's a default "31st December"; OG 7864 is 2.1.31). Any other questions, you're welcome to get in touch.

It's 1935. 1935 started at WP 7770, and WP finished in October 1935 when AAB started. So the WP 9000's were roughly June to October 1935. Hope that's helpful.

Only a small correction needed here by your friendly nit-picker! Yes, AON (reversed; I use italics for reversed series) was issued in February 1960, but June and BON are irrelevant here. AON was preceded by AOM (January-February 1960) and followed by AOP (whole series issued in February 1960).

Forgive me for picking a nit ... but 954 AOG cannot have been "made in 1963"; that number was issued in November 1959. Can you search your memory to think what else it might have been?

Sorry I seem to have pressed the wrong button and this comment is now here twice. If you can delete one, please do so.

Well ... might it be JOE 348? I suppose we know it has to be a Burley's bus? Thanks for the fleet list!

Yes there were a very few exceptions - especially JOJ which lasted for years as you say, and FOP is another (that's a complicated one - I won't go into it here!) - but essentially the system was alphabetical. Other exceptions are minor, such as goods series FVP, FOX, FOV, FOP being issued in...

That is incredibly sad to hear - I kept wondering how it might be possible to contact him, but didn't know where to start and now it's too late. You say "the corporation's archives" but surely Birmingham Corporation no longer exists. So presumably one would have to ask in the Birmingham...

Such a wonderful and moving photo, and tantalising to hear that Wythall have so many details of the Co-op fleet. However, there are two problems here: 1) GOP was first issued in December 1946. GOP 832 would be January 1947. Conceivably, it was manufactured in August, registered in January...

The clear (and obvious, since O comes after N in the alphabet) is that OVP is later than NVP. NVP 144 was first registered on 23.10.53; OVP 134 is May 1954.

Here's a silly question: I'm sure everyone but me knows what make that white van on the right is - please?

Can anyone say what make and model the vehicle is, please? Thank you, Lloyd (below)!

Precisely; absolutely essential, including a complete and detailed fleet list. Please: does anyone have a fleet list of the petrol vehicles? Is there a book about those as well? Thank you!