Number plates: A History of Vehicle Registration in Britain

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Contains Ancient history: the prologue; The golden age of motoring; The post-war years: changing times, change, and change again: the arrival of computers; Modern times: a fresh start; Collectors' gold; Islands and Ireland; Curiosities and eccentricities, auctions and anomalies; and further reading.

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"Of particular use to car spotters and photo identifiers. Explains history and methodology of the numbering system, regulatory issues regarding size/placement; also rare, trade, temporary plates. B/w photos, Bibliography." --The Flying Lady (March/April 2009)

Author Bio

Dave Moss has always had strong connections with the world of motoring, as a child he was a keen car-spotter, filling endless notebooks with registration numbers, and even today he is able to quote the original home areas of most old-style registration marks. He has been writing and broadcasting about cars and motoring matters since the 1970s.