One for M. Froggy
Credit: Alain Mugica on flickr
apart from no uk Move order i dont see anything wrong with this no attendant needed at that length
Punchy Dan:
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One for Denzil the expertwhat was wrong here exactly ?
I wonder if that Bedford OB had been re-cabbed. The reg No. VV 8967 looks pre-war. We had a 1934 Austin 7 with reg. No. VV 2511. Though I do appreciate that some letter clusters ran for many years (as did FN and JG in Kent).
ERF-NGC-European:
I wonder if that Bedford OB had been re-cabbed. The reg No. VV 8967 looks pre-war. We had a 1934 Austin 7 with reg. No. VV 2511. Though I do appreciate that some letter clusters ran for many years (as did FN and JG in Kent).
An example similar to the above number plate letters, I recall EM from Bootle, near Liverpool, still producing
EM & 4 numbers into the early 1960s, and then suddenly they started issuing AEM, followed by 3 numbers.
Ray.
ERF-NGC-European:
I wonder if that Bedford OB had been re-cabbed. The reg No. VV 8967 looks pre-war. We had a 1934 Austin 7 with reg. No. VV 2511. Though I do appreciate that some letter clusters ran for many years (as did FN and JG in Kent).
There was a Bedford bus reg no VV8974 which was first registered in Aug 1945 so it probably dates the truck to around then. VV was a Northampton plate if that helps.
Dennis Javelin:
ERF-NGC-European:
I wonder if that Bedford OB had been re-cabbed. The reg No. VV 8967 looks pre-war. We had a 1934 Austin 7 with reg. No. VV 2511. Though I do appreciate that some letter clusters ran for many years (as did FN and JG in Kent).There was a Bedford bus reg no VV8974 which was first registered in Aug 1945 so it probably dates the truck to around then. VV was a Northampton plate if that helps.
Thanks. That confirms my suspicion that VV was a long run! 
An example of the 2 letter, 4 number plate is seen here on this Dennis Fire Engine of
Bootle Fire Brigade, from about 1953, EM 5512. This machine is still here.
Picture from Bootle History Forum.
Ray.
One can understand if EM is a Liverpool reg as if you listen to most people from that City they use that all the time in conversation, em at least thats my interpretation 
, Buzzer
Mike Ponsonby:
apart from no uk Move order i dont see anything wrong with this no attendant needed at that lengthPunchy Dan:
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One for Denzil the expert
Neither can I Mike, but I do wonder who the ‘our patrol’ is. Police or Highways, neither of which could be considered experts at load restraint. Or perhaps it was caught by the ministry in a general service area check. Of course in my long ago operations in abnormal loads, pre strapping era, we would have had chains on it. 
Buzzer:
One can understand if EM is a Liverpool reg as if you listen to most people from that City they use that all the time in conversation, em at least thats my interpretation
John, EM was a Bootle registration, not Liverpool. 
Ray.
ERF-NGC-European:
Dennis Javelin:
ERF-NGC-European:
I wonder if that Bedford OB had been re-cabbed. The reg No. VV 8967 looks pre-war. We had a 1934 Austin 7 with reg. No. VV 2511. Though I do appreciate that some letter clusters ran for many years (as did FN and JG in Kent).There was a Bedford bus reg no VV8974 which was first registered in Aug 1945 so it probably dates the truck to around then. VV was a Northampton plate if that helps.
Thanks. That confirms my suspicion that VV was a long run!
First used in 1930 as far as I can tell.
Ray Smyth:
Buzzer:
One can understand if EM is a Liverpool reg as if you listen to most people from that City they use that all the time in conversation, em at least thats my interpretationJohn, EM was a Bootle registration, not Liverpool.
Ray think thats splitting hair’s TBH , looked up Bootle PO post code and it is L20 4SV so obviously comes under the Liverpool sprawl and I bet they say Em in conversation as well 
JD
Well said JD, Actually I was referring to many years ago when Bootle was an Urban District, and Liverpool was a separate city.
Cheers, Ray.
Hi all, i would be interested to know what was up with the long length of steel as it has 2 chains and 5 straps with corner protectors on them. Yes movement order i suppose but can’t see a problem.
gerbil sb152:
Hi all, i would be interested to know what was up with the long length of steel as it has 2 chains and 5 straps with corner protectors on them. Yes movement order i suppose but can’t see a problem.
I would guess the problem was before that photo was taken gerbil, I would imagine this was after it was secured.