A local solicitor, Alan Langtree, had CEO 1 to CEO 7. EO was the Barrow registration, so although unusual not impossible if you happened to know the right person to ‘discuss’ it with.
CEO 1 was on a gold Mark X Jaguar in the late sixties, which I thought the most beautiful thing in the world.
After he died his daughter sold CEO 1 to an executive in London and I believe she got hundreds of thousands for it.
Nobody had heard of ‘Chief Executive Officer’ in the sixties, had they?
John.
Who used to play Crib with the number plates? There were some good hands about when it was two letters and 4 numbers. Eg: JK 5510
JCB was at one time reputed to have the longest run of personalised plates, from JCB 1 up to something like JCB 20.
My sister in law has a Triumph Stag with the reg. 15 TAG, set out as 1 5TAG, probably worth more than the car!
Some years ago, there was someone used to run around Stoke in a Roller, 59 UNK, when his wife/girlfriend was driving it, but when he was driving it, it read 59UNK.
Recently saw a Discovery belonging to some water company with the reg H20 *** with the 2 set slightly lower.
Have seen a horse box with the number H055ESS.
My next door neighbour has CEO ending on her number and the one opposite ( a retired transport manager) has WTD . the first 2 letters on my plate are my son’s initials .
Fred Dobson famous for his Fiz Bombs & other sweets, Has FD 2000, & 2000 FD. & DOB 5ON, Regards Larry.
Jimmy Adams the owner of J.R.Adams Ltd, Has 999JRA. Regards Larry.
I have an unusual 4 letter surname starting with S and have K 5 ***.
First name starts with K also.
Unusual so only £240 in 1992.
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Maroon Rolls Royce on the north bound M18 some years ago, MAG 1C. Paul Daniels on his way home.
Around 1994 I was heading into Sassuolo to pick up tiles when I was very aggressivly over taken on wrong side of the road by a blond haired man in a flash Merc AMG on german plates. Could it have been a young Michael Schumacher late for his job interview with Ferrari?? Never got chance to read the plate sadly.
ive always found it easier to do it the other way round,hence for the present moment il known to my family and friends as N 931 HLX untl I change cars again… 
Ian Blakey used to have IB5555, IB6666, IB7777, whilst IB6666 was normally on his car 5555 & 7777 appeared on all sorts from mini pickups to Moskvich vans and even on an occasional Ford cargo
His wife Pamela had PAM888, and his son Jeremy JSB30
I see a number plate back in the early 80s up near Maidenhead it was on a Jag E type SAM 130 and believe it or not there was a coloured guy driving it.Regards Todd
Well I have LSD 410 On my Jaguar XF, that I bought in 1980 for £185.00, from a privet seller which I put onto my Scimater, I also had 9124 ND, A 6 LSD, H10 LSD, 9124ND WAS ON A MG Magnett saloon, I never got round to retaining it as a personal reg because someone stole it and it was written off before I got the number retained as it is my youngest sons initials, Nigel Dunbar, Regards Larry.
Not sure about this but sure I read that Steve Parish (ex road racer & truck racer ) had PEN I5 . Always said that if i won the looto PEN 15 foe me and PUB 1C, for the wife just for a laugh. not sure if they are around
I had 83AMD on an old 1953 Series 11 Morris Minor, the plate was worth more than the car!
Richard J:
I had 83AMD on an old 1953 Series 11 Morris Minor, the plate was worth more than the car!
I have T777 KMC, the plate was on my Scania for a few years. When I sold up and retired I transfered it onto my car. The initials were part of my business name. Regards Kev.
Fifty years ago when we were teenagers, and before anyone had thought about cherished number plates, my brother had a Citroen ID19 with the reg DLM 1.
A few years later I had a Hillman Hunter with the reg 83 EWD.
After I sold the Hunter, a few years later I saw it in our local breakers yard, still with the number plates on, but I supposed the reg had been surrendered.
Then about a year ago I saw a Vauxhall Tigra, young lady driving, with 83 EWD on it!
I followed her to a hotel car park and enquired how she came upon the number and she told me her dad had transferred the reg from the scrapper when the Hunter was scrapped, as it was her initials
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Have seen a horse box with the number H055ESS.
Hi Ian,
By coincidence, my wife and I saw HO55ESS about 2 weeks ago, heading south from Kendal.
My bank manager’s husband has an oyster farm on the coast road between Barrow and Ulverston. They bought and still have OY51ERS. She said they were hoping to get OY57ERS, but when it came around it went for silly money to a restaurateur in central London.
John.
Used to be an old Beemer round my way with XOI 108 on it. Just looked like any old age-disguising Irish plate until it was behind you and you saw it in the mirror.
Bernard
Some years ago when I worked nights, I was passed on the M1 near Leicester by a Roller with the plate H1SRR, closely followed by a second carrying HER5.
Steve
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Bought a number plate from DVLA… FR09 *** and put it on a Renault… made me smile…SAD 