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Pedrocut
Master Barmmie
pjmburns
master brummie
The Arden Hotel is listed as 140 New Street. Today The Odeon is 139, Select is 141 and Thomas Cook is 142 so 140 does not seem to exist.
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Johnfromstaffs
Johnfromstaffs
Lancia Fulvia Coupé and Ferrari Dino, I think. Both on L plates 1972/3.
Morris 1100, the Austin had the wavy grille, it appears to be rusting in all the usual places.
Morris 1100, the Austin had the wavy grille, it appears to be rusting in all the usual places.
SteveBhx
master brummie
I was correct with the Fulvia didn't cross my mind with the Dino though
Johnfromstaffs
Johnfromstaffs
Something like this: -
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Note the cars both have “JOF” plates with desirable numbers. Same owner?
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Note the cars both have “JOF” plates with desirable numbers. Same owner?
RobT
Acemeccanoman
This photo 98 Walford Road posted by Phil to the forum on 10th May 2017
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One of the first, if not the first teams, was the Birmingham Tigers who raced at their bomb peck in Sparkhill from 1946. Amongst their riders was Basil Wainwright, whose father, Albert, was the owner of Wainwright’s Auto Electrical Engineers in Walford Road, Sparkbrook. He gave the Tigers a lot of support with lights for night racing and the luxury of an electric starting gate.
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Pedrocut
Master Barmmie
Could have been me lol. I don't remember the travel agent, but I certainly used the newsagents in the shot and the chip shop a bit further on.
SteveBhx
master brummie
"OF" Birmingham registered ? or was it O and any letter?
Johnfromstaffs
Johnfromstaffs
#577 A Wolseley 1500 Mk3 or maybe a Riley 1.5, and a Humber Pullman from the 1950s.
OD was Devon,
OI was Belfast,
OO was Essex,
OR was Southampton,
OS was Wigtown,
OT OU OW So’ton,
OY Croydon,
OZ Belfast.
Otherwise O anything else was Brum, as also was O alone, and VP.
OQ was not used.
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Currently unavailable, but I’ve got one anyway!
Not quite any.
OD was Devon,
OI was Belfast,
OO was Essex,
OR was Southampton,
OS was Wigtown,
OT OU OW So’ton,
OY Croydon,
OZ Belfast.
Otherwise O anything else was Brum, as also was O alone, and VP.
OQ was not used.
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Brookfields Lad
master brummie
Wainwright's, auto electricians. The sign on the wall is for 'Oldham' batteries
pjmburns
master brummie
I assume that the Tennesse Pancake House has been replaced by Pizza Hut. The stonework on the right is the entrance to King Edward House.
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Shuttered for a long time on Streetview no idea what it is today but in 2012 it seems to have been a ladies hairdressers.
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master brummie
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pjmburns
master brummie
The last corner of this crossroads - we already have the other 3 corners. This one is no longer a shop.
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Not quite next to it, but the weather vane is still there, or at least was there last october
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Johnfromstaffs
Johnfromstaffs
Birmingham car registration letters.
(Admins, you might want to move this elsewhere, please feel free so to do.)
The first letter is just an index. OF 1 to OF 9999 was followed by AOF 1 to AOF 999, then BOF 1 etc.
The Birmingham identifiers were: - O, OA, OB, OC, OE, OF, OG, OH, OJ, OK, OL, OM, ON, OP, OV, OX and VP.
So any car with those letters in a 2 letter plus up to 4 numbers group, or in the second and third positions of a 3 plus 3 group is from Birmingham area. (Plus of course O 1 to O 9999, but that was it for O on its own.) JOJ 1 to JOJ 999 were reserved for the bus fleet.
I, Q and Z are not used in English plates. Certain combinations were not issued I.e. BOG, COK, HOG, POX.
When the letters first series ran out, I.e. YVP 999 they turned the order round, I.e 1 AOA, etc. VP was an anomaly, the only two letter Brum series to be reversed, I.e. 1234 VP.
A seventh digit was added at the end, I.e. AOA 123B in 1964; BON 123C in 1965. This system commenced in Brum on 4/8/64. Not all of its reversed combinations had been used.
When they got to Y, they turned it round, I.e. A123 AOA.
As a result of this, if you know the registration number, you can date the car. (BTW, I Have ignored the 1974 local government reorganisation and also the latest system with AA NN AAA format.)
Please note: this is very much compressed. A full explanation can be found on pages 171, 171a and 171b of Mr. Newall’s book.
I hope this helps.
(Admins, you might want to move this elsewhere, please feel free so to do.)
The first letter is just an index. OF 1 to OF 9999 was followed by AOF 1 to AOF 999, then BOF 1 etc.
The Birmingham identifiers were: - O, OA, OB, OC, OE, OF, OG, OH, OJ, OK, OL, OM, ON, OP, OV, OX and VP.
So any car with those letters in a 2 letter plus up to 4 numbers group, or in the second and third positions of a 3 plus 3 group is from Birmingham area. (Plus of course O 1 to O 9999, but that was it for O on its own.) JOJ 1 to JOJ 999 were reserved for the bus fleet.
I, Q and Z are not used in English plates. Certain combinations were not issued I.e. BOG, COK, HOG, POX.
When the letters first series ran out, I.e. YVP 999 they turned the order round, I.e 1 AOA, etc. VP was an anomaly, the only two letter Brum series to be reversed, I.e. 1234 VP.
A seventh digit was added at the end, I.e. AOA 123B in 1964; BON 123C in 1965. This system commenced in Brum on 4/8/64. Not all of its reversed combinations had been used.
When they got to Y, they turned it round, I.e. A123 AOA.
As a result of this, if you know the registration number, you can date the car. (BTW, I Have ignored the 1974 local government reorganisation and also the latest system with AA NN AAA format.)
Please note: this is very much compressed. A full explanation can be found on pages 171, 171a and 171b of Mr. Newall’s book.
I hope this helps.
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Johnfromstaffs
Johnfromstaffs
Quite likely money changed hands, stranger things have happened.
SteveBhx
master brummie
When you see all the old number plates they would be worth a fortune today in the personalised number plate market
A Sparks
master brummie
There was a very expensive car (can't remember what make) parked in the road where I used to work some years ago with the number 007.
Our milkman and I were looking at it and he said that number would have probably cost him more than the car!
Brookfields Lad
master brummie
COM 1C was originally on an Austin 1800 that was sold by Moss garages. Moss garages were on the junction of Chester and Tyburn roads. I think the sale of the car/number plate was well documented in the Birmingham Mail of the time.
aston lad
master brummie
Bob....I don't think Moss Garage was on the junction of Tyburn Road and the Chester Road, There was a Austin dealership on the junction of Kingsbury Road and the Chester Road facing the Tyburn house pub, named Tyburn Garage, my mate worked there and I work opposite at a auto electrician's called Gaedor.... this was back in the early 1970's ....
Some of these number plates must be purchased by wannabees. Some years ago there was a car (cannot remember what it was ), that continually managed to park in a no parking street (outside an estate agent) in Reading with the plate M16, presumably belonged to the estate agent who wanted to impress
up until a few years ago i believe the car was still up and running..sorry for going a tad off topic 