number plate identification 1931 Southport

[Hedd_Jones]

Ah, Sebastian Basil (who had steam engine) and Dennis were brothers.

Dennis Ferranti Meters (his company)is still registered in Bangor north wales.

[Colin Cooke]

Hi Jon,

I'm interested to know how you arrive at the 1930 date for the BU number. I ask only out of ignorance.

I have BU 7383, which was first registered (in Oldham according to Hugh Barnes) in December 1932.

Regards,
Colin

[JonE]

Colin - the Oldham series didn't get "used up" til Feb 37, so yours fits with the data, which records the first number issued in each new year. Things like London series (GU for instance) disappeared - 1000 registrations - in a month sometimes, [which makes it handy for pinning down registration dates].

[Parazine]

Some London registrations (YP, YU, YW, YX) were used up in three months each, cf. https://www.oldclassiccar.co.uk/registra...etters.htm

This website gives dates (not all are accurate but a fair approximation) of issue for registrations up to the Swansea era....

[Colin Cooke]

Thanks for the clarification Jon and Parazine. I had a feeling it wasn't going to be straightforward.

Have a good day,
Colin