UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND (UK)

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FORMER ISSUES - STILL VALID
(and in many cases still issued as cherished marks etc.)

Normal series 1963-83. Black plates until 1973. LY = London, north-west. The last Y = 1.8.1982- 31.7.1983. This registration is newer than 1973 so the plates should have been reflective white (front) and yellow (rear).

Normal series 1963-83. Black plates until 1973. Made to resemble an American plate. EY = Anglesey in Wales. C = 1.1.1965-31.12.1965.

Normal series 1963-83. Black plates until 1973. JH = Hertfordshire. The last H = 1.8.1969- 31.7.1970.

Normal series 1932-64 remade as a cherished number in 1973 onwards style. Front plate. BB denotes Newcastle upon Tyne, but for cherished numbers the district coding doesn't apply.

Normal series 1932-64 remade as a cherished number in 1973 onwards style. Rear plate. EE denoted Grimsby, but for cherished numbers the district coding doesn't apply. Four years later the rear plate was made in two lines on a new car, see this page.

Normal series 1953-64 remade as a cherished number in 1973 onwards style. Rear plate. TE denoted Lancashire, but for cherished numbers the district coding doesn't apply. Six years earlier this registration was on another car.

Normal series 1953-64 remade as a cherished number in 1973 onwards style. Front plate. HM denoted East Ham, but for cherished numbers the district coding doesn't apply.

Normal series 1953-64 remade as a cherished number in 1973 onwards style. Front plate. AC denoted Warwickshire, but for cherished numbers the district coding doesn't apply. This is the front plate of 5911/AC.

Normal series 1953-64 remade as a cherished number in 1973 onwards style. Front plate. EL denotes Bournemouth, but for cherished numbers the district coding doesn't apply.

Normal series 1953-64 remade as a cherished number in 1973 onwards style. Front plate. SR denoted Angus in Scotland, but for cherished numbers the district coding doesn't apply.

Normal series 1953-64 remade as a cherished number in 1973 onwards style. Rear plate. UN denoted Denbighshire in Wales, but for cherished numbers the district coding doesn't apply.

Normal series 1953-64 remade as a cherished number in 1973 onwards style. Rear plate. AC denoted Warwickshire, but for cherished numbers the district coding doesn't apply. 23 years later I photographed the same registration again.

Normal series 1953-64 remade as a cherished number in 1973 onwards style. Rear plate. HW denoted Bristol, but for cherished numbers the district coding doesn't apply.

Normal series 1953-64 remade as a cherished number in 1973 onwards style. Front plate. SR denoted Angus in Scotland, but for cherished numbers the district coding doesn't apply.

Normal series 1953-64 remade as a cherished number in 1973 onwards style. Rear plate. LK denoted Greater London, but for cherished numbers the district coding doesn't apply.

Normal series 1953-64 remade as a cherished number in 1973 onwards style. Rear plate. WC denoted Essex, but for cherished numbers the district coding doesn't apply. The registration is 455 MWC, but the plate is illegally spaced to read 4 SSMWC.

Normal series 1932-64 remade as a cherished number in the 2001 onwards mandatory font. Euroband optional 2001-21. Rear plate. CO denoted Plymouth, but for cherished numbers the district coding doesn't apply.

Normal series 1932-64 remade as a cherished number in the 2001 onwards mandatory font. Euroband optional 2001-21. Rear plate. CX denoted Huddersfield, but for cherished numbers the district coding doesn't apply.

Normal series 1953-64 remade as a cherished number in the 2001 onwards mandatory font. Euroband optional 2001-21. Front plate. TO denoted Nottingham, but for cherished numbers the district coding doesn't apply.

Normal series 1953-64 remade as a cherished number in the 2001 onwards mandatory font. Euroband optional 2001-21. Rear plate. LA denoted Greater London, but for cherished numbers the district coding doesn't apply.

Normal series 1963-83. White front plates mandatory since 1973. NV = Northampton. Y = 1.8.1982-31.7.1983.

Normal series 1963-83. White front plates mandatory since 1973. PP = Luton. R = 1.8.1976- 31.7.1977. Also features a 1949-94 military plate where GJ = Army, transport vehicle.

Normal series 1963-83. White front plates mandatory since 1973. WR = Leeds. T = 1.8.1978- 31.7.1979. This camper van also had Australian plates. The owner told me he had registered it in Britain to get cheaper insurance while in Europe.

Normal series 1963-83. Yellow rear plates mandatory since 1973. EY = Anglesey in Wales. T = 1.8.1978-31.7.1979.

Normal series 1963-83. Yellow rear plates mandatory since 1973. LF = London, north-west. S = 1.8.1977-31.7.1978.

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