Hey Chris Sorry to have to correct you, but EBA 631 is a Salford registration, not Peterborough (or Isle of Ely). It's the second and third letters that determined the origin for a 3 letter plate, not the first two (though for a 2 letter plate the two letters would indicate the origin, so EBA 123 and BA 1234 would both be Salford). Below is a useful reference site that explains: http://www.fleetdata.co.uk/allocations.html I was quite surprised when you said that the 3 letter/number combination was reversed in the mid 50s having owned my first car which was XDL755 which was registered in 1962, but then it was an Island motor and obviously we were more behind the times than I thought. I have also been looking for a way of dating a bike by registration plate, and also identifying the manufacturer/mode, I have a great picture of my Grandfather on his bike in I think about the 1920s on DL4272 and would love to be able to identify the type of machine, but no luck. You can see the picture at http://www.vectisjon.com/baker.htm. It seems like a really useful database that no-one has been able to tap into as yet (AFAIK). Jon Baker -----Original Message----- From: Chris & Caroline [mailto:crhayles@btinternet.com] Sent: 01 April 2007 23:44 To: hampshire-life@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [HAMPSHIRE-LIFE] Moter bike date <snip> EB by the way is for Peterborough the A and the numbers are just local and could mean the first cars in the EB area were A1, A2 A631 etc. Chris ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bazzer" <baz@baz2000.freeserve.co.uk> To: <HAMPSHIRE-LIFE@rootsweb.com>; <ENG-HAM-PORTSMOUTH-GOSPORT@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, April 01, 2007 12:46 PM Subject: [HAMPSHIRE-LIFE] Moter bike date I have an old photo of my self as a young baby sat on a Triumph Twin M/bike Reg No EBA 631. there was a web site mentioned on this list where one could check the registration date. Any ideas? Regards Bazzer Portchester Fareham Hampshire www.clarkeology.com

Sorry I must have misread it, you are correct but it does not specify Salford on the list I checked just MANCHESTER. the website I used is at http://www.ukcar.com/features/reg_year.htm for the main spiel and http://www.ukcar.com/features/area.htm for the registeration areas. I like the fact that AAA 1 was from Hampshire!! My first Morris Minor was an old Southampton Number, TR and then I had a Minor 1000 with an IOW number SDL 879 Chris ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jon Baker" <jon@vectis10w.freeserve.co.uk> To: <hampshire-life@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, April 02, 2007 7:40 PM Subject: Re: [HAMPSHIRE-LIFE] Motor bike date Hey Chris Sorry to have to correct you, but EBA 631 is a Salford registration, not Peterborough (or Isle of Ely). It's the second and third letters that determined the origin for a 3 letter plate, not the first two (though for a 2 letter plate the two letters would indicate the origin, so EBA 123 and BA 1234 would both be Salford). Below is a useful reference site that explains: http://www.fleetdata.co.uk/allocations.html I was quite surprised when you said that the 3 letter/number combination was reversed in the mid 50s having owned my first car which was XDL755 which was registered in 1962, but then it was an Island motor and obviously we were more behind the times than I thought. I have also been looking for a way of dating a bike by registration plate, and also identifying the manufacturer/mode, I have a great picture of my Grandfather on his bike in I think about the 1920s on DL4272 and would love to be able to identify the type of machine, but no luck. You can see the picture at http://www.vectisjon.com/baker.htm. It seems like a really useful database that no-one has been able to tap into as yet (AFAIK). Jon Baker

Chris I found the list provided at http://www.ukcar.com/features/area.htm as well. I decided the other lists were probably more accurate when this one said that "DL" was Portsmouth, when we all know it was almost exclusively Isle of Wight - Portsmouth also used it later I know but to not even mention the Island connection was a serious mistake (in my book) :-) I found another web site that had BA listed as Newcastle, there seems to be some dubious data around for this information. But Slaford/Manchester seems to be reasonably consistent across several different sources. I wish I could find one of my old AA books that used to have the definitive list printed every year. It seems like the Salford connection may fit in with Bazzer's family history anyway. Jon Baker -----Original Message----- From: Chris & Caroline [mailto:crhayles@btinternet.com] Sent: 02 April 2007 22:59 To: hampshire-life@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [HAMPSHIRE-LIFE] Motor bike date Sorry I must have misread it, you are correct but it does not specify Salford on the list I checked just MANCHESTER. the website I used is at http://www.ukcar.com/features/reg_year.htm for the main spiel and http://www.ukcar.com/features/area.htm for the registeration areas. I like the fact that AAA 1 was from Hampshire!! My first Morris Minor was an old Southampton Number, TR and then I had a Minor 1000 with an IOW number SDL 879 Chris ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jon Baker" <jon@vectis10w.freeserve.co.uk> To: <hampshire-life@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, April 02, 2007 7:40 PM Subject: Re: [HAMPSHIRE-LIFE] Motor bike date Hey Chris Sorry to have to correct you, but EBA 631 is a Salford registration, not Peterborough (or Isle of Ely). It's the second and third letters that determined the origin for a 3 letter plate, not the first two (though for a 2 letter plate the two letters would indicate the origin, so EBA 123 and BA 1234 would both be Salford). Below is a useful reference site that explains: http://www.fleetdata.co.uk/allocations.html I was quite surprised when you said that the 3 letter/number combination was reversed in the mid 50s having owned my first car which was XDL755 which was registered in 1962, but then it was an Island motor and obviously we were more behind the times than I thought. I have also been looking for a way of dating a bike by registration plate, and also identifying the manufacturer/mode, I have a great picture of my Grandfather on his bike in I think about the 1920s on DL4272 and would love to be able to identify the type of machine, but no luck. You can see the picture at http://www.vectisjon.com/baker.htm. It seems like a really useful database that no-one has been able to tap into as yet (AFAIK). Jon Baker

Yes I remember the old AA books had that list in. They were a great help in those days! And so was the old RAC one. Chris ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jon Baker" <jon@vectis10w.freeserve.co.uk> To: <hampshire-life@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2007 5:06 PM Subject: Re: [HAMPSHIRE-LIFE] Motor bike date Chris I found the list provided at http://www.ukcar.com/features/area.htm as well. I decided the other lists were probably more accurate when this one said that "DL" was Portsmouth, when we all know it was almost exclusively Isle of Wight - Portsmouth also used it later I know but to not even mention the Island connection was a serious mistake (in my book) :-) I found another web site that had BA listed as Newcastle, there seems to be some dubious data around for this information. But Slaford/Manchester seems to be reasonably consistent across several different sources. I wish I could find one of my old AA books that used to have the definitive list printed every year. It seems like the Salford connection may fit in with Bazzer's family history anyway. Jon Baker -----Original Message----- From: Chris & Caroline [mailto:crhayles@btinternet.com] Sent: 02 April 2007 22:59 To: hampshire-life@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [HAMPSHIRE-LIFE] Motor bike date Sorry I must have misread it, you are correct but it does not specify Salford on the list I checked just MANCHESTER. the website I used is at http://www.ukcar.com/features/reg_year.htm for the main spiel and http://www.ukcar.com/features/area.htm for the registeration areas. I like the fact that AAA 1 was from Hampshire!! My first Morris Minor was an old Southampton Number, TR and then I had a Minor 1000 with an IOW number SDL 879 Chris ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jon Baker" <jon@vectis10w.freeserve.co.uk> To: <hampshire-life@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, April 02, 2007 7:40 PM Subject: Re: [HAMPSHIRE-LIFE] Motor bike date Hey Chris Sorry to have to correct you, but EBA 631 is a Salford registration, not Peterborough (or Isle of Ely). It's the second and third letters that determined the origin for a 3 letter plate, not the first two (though for a 2 letter plate the two letters would indicate the origin, so EBA 123 and BA 1234 would both be Salford). Below is a useful reference site that explains: http://www.fleetdata.co.uk/allocations.html I was quite surprised when you said that the 3 letter/number combination was reversed in the mid 50s having owned my first car which was XDL755 which was registered in 1962, but then it was an Island motor and obviously we were more behind the times than I thought. I have also been looking for a way of dating a bike by registration plate, and also identifying the manufacturer/mode, I have a great picture of my Grandfather on his bike in I think about the 1920s on DL4272 and would love to be able to identify the type of machine, but no luck. You can see the picture at http://www.vectisjon.com/baker.htm. It seems like a really useful database that no-one has been able to tap into as yet (AFAIK). Jon Baker *************************************** When replying to this message, please spare a thought for your fellow list members, and anyone searching the archives in the future. SNIP everything which is not essential for comprehension or continuity (including the footers which will be put back anyway!) ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to HAMPSHIRE-LIFE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message --- avast! Antivirus: Inbound message clean. Virus Database (VPS): 000730-2, 04/03/2007 Tested on: 4/3/2007 10:35:44 PM avast! - copyright (c) 1988-2007 ALWIL Software. http://www.avast.com

Thanks Jon, This fits with my family history. I was born in Southsea (1947) then we went to Malta and returned to Salford in about 1950.My mothers family was from Salford. Regards Bazzer ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jon Baker" <jon@vectis10w.freeserve.co.uk> To: <hampshire-life@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, April 02, 2007 7:40 PM Subject: Re: [HAMPSHIRE-LIFE] Motor bike date > Hey Chris > Sorry to have to correct you, but EBA 631 is a Salford registration, not > Peterborough (or Isle of Ely). It's the second and third letters that > determined the origin for a 3 letter plate, not the first two (though for > a > 2 letter plate the two letters would indicate the origin, so EBA 123 and > BA > 1234 would both be Salford). Below is a useful reference site that > explains: > > http://www.fleetdata.co.uk/allocations.html > > I was quite surprised when you said that the 3 letter/number combination > was > reversed in the mid 50s having owned my first car which was XDL755 which > was > registered in 1962, but then it was an Island motor and obviously we were > more behind the times than I thought. > > I have also been looking for a way of dating a bike by registration plate, > and also identifying the manufacturer/mode, I have a great picture of my > Grandfather on his bike in I think about the 1920s on DL4272 and would > love > to be able to identify the type of machine, but no luck. You can see the > picture at http://www.vectisjon.com/baker.htm. It seems like a really > useful > database that no-one has been able to tap into as yet (AFAIK). > > Jon Baker > -----Original Message----- > From: Chris & Caroline [mailto:crhayles@btinternet.com] > Sent: 01 April 2007 23:44 > To: hampshire-life@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [HAMPSHIRE-LIFE] Moter bike date > > <snip> > > EB by the way is for Peterborough the A and the numbers are just local and > could mean the first cars in the EB area were A1, A2 A631 etc. > > Chris > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Bazzer" <baz@baz2000.freeserve.co.uk> > To: <HAMPSHIRE-LIFE@rootsweb.com>; > <ENG-HAM-PORTSMOUTH-GOSPORT@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, April 01, 2007 12:46 PM > Subject: [HAMPSHIRE-LIFE] Moter bike date > > > I have an old photo of my self as a young baby sat on a Triumph Twin > M/bike > > Reg No EBA 631. there was a web site mentioned on this list where one > could > check the registration date. Any ideas? > Regards > Bazzer > Portchester > Fareham > Hampshire > www.clarkeology.com > > > > *************************************** > > When replying to this message, please spare a thought for your fellow list > members, and anyone searching the archives in the future. SNIP everything > which is not essential for comprehension or continuity (including the > footers which will be put back anyway!) > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > HAMPSHIRE-LIFE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.446 / Virus Database: 268.18.20/737 - Release Date: > 28/03/2007 16:23 > >