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GWR Route: Banbury to Wolverhampton
Hockley Station: gwrhd749a
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Close up of image 'gwrhd749' showing the detail of several
Great Western Railway lorries based at Hockley Goods Depot. In the centre of
the photograph is a 4 ton Thonycroft forward control lorry, fitted with a high
sided flat body and a solid removable tilt. This tilt carries the GWR roundel
and an appeal poster by the Lord Mayor, which reads "Think of the wounded. Give
to the Lord Mayor's fund". This lorry has a fixed windscreen and pneumatic
tyres. The vehicle in the foreground has company reference number B 4268
painted on the cab side. The code letter indicates it is a four wheeled lorry
and the first number indicates that it has a carrying capacity of 4 tons. It is
believed that the chassis and cab with oval window were manufactured by
Associated Daimler, while the lorrys flat body would have been
manufactured and fitted at Swindon works. The lorry in the background appears
to be another 4 ton Thornycroft high sided lorry with the following national
registration number YV 5019. These two letter prefix number plates were issued
to vehicles registered between 1903 and 1932, with the first two letters
indicating the county of registration. The following four numerics were then
issued in series. Due to the number of vehicles being registered in their area,
several authorities required more than one prefix and YV was one of the later
London registration marks.
Robert Ferris
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