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thats a good idea Dizzi, keep us posted on any outcomes !!
Tina X

LATE LAST NIGHT I EMAILED THE JERSEY EVENING POST TO SEE IF IT IS A JERSEY PLATE
JUST RECIEVED A REPLY TO SEND THE PHOTO
THEY WILL PUT IT IN THE PAPER
NEVER KNOW MAY FIND OUT SOMETHING

Nope just looking at license plates on various sites, nothing like that lol

erm just a thought, as it does look like an American car if not in America...would states have had their own letters for the reg number...thinking NJ... New Jersey?

I agree with Ann in glos.

At first glance it does look like a Jersey registration but the number is too high, there would not have been that many cars here then.

We bought a new car about 15 years ago (we've had others since) and the reg was J70***. My current car, less than a year old, only has the reg 117***

right found it now. I don't think that is a single J I think there is another letter before it.
If it was a Jersey number and it is the forties it would be very surprising. Jersey was under occupation from 1940-45 and I am sure all cars were requisitioned by the German Army. Unless it was the very end of the forties, I think it took quite a while for them to recover.
It is a lovely photo and the lady on the right does bear a striking resemblance to Vera Lynne. Dizzie, I once found a photo and sent it to Practical Family History where it was identified by somebody, you could try that.

Thanks Rose

Ann, in the menu on left (boards summary) click on success videos and photos...the photos are just below videos on right of page

All the time I have been on here you would think I would know this. How do I find GR photos?

Gwyn,

I have been trying to make it out, and think it might be an electricity pylon, or something. Not easy to make out.

Elisabeth

What is that in the sky between the child and the lady on the right?
Is it a building?
I can't get a clear view.

There are GR members in Jersey. I hope they look in.

Gwyn

HAVE YOU NOTICED APART FROM MERLIN
ALL REPLIES ARE FEMALE AND ALL CAR INFO

The background too Christina -- walls around front yards (gardens) are uncommon in North America. Fences or nothing, usually.

The windshield wipers -- it depends on whether they are the kind that both go in the same direction, or the ones that meet in the middle! The one you can see is correct for the driver's side of a NA car either way, but would be correct for the passenger side of a UK car if they're the kind that meet in the middle. ;) (I think that's how most old cars were.)

Jersey certainly seems like the best thought.

THANKS
I HAVE EMAILED A JERSEY NEWSPAPER FOR HELP

I was looking at the photo, & it looks to me that the J is not the first letter...I think there could possibly be another letter before it ???
looking at the windscreen wipers, they are laying the same way as on my car so I wonder if that means a right hand drive ( do the wipers lay to the other side on a left hand drive I wondered ??)
the back ground does look (to me) typically British of the 1940-50s ??
having said all that, I must confess I don`t know either !
good luck,
Tina x

It is Jersey:


"Jersey registration plates consist of the letter 'J' followed by one to six digits."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vehicle_registration_plates_of_the_United_Kingdom#Jersey

Rose

Janey,

Many, many years ago, I did work in the motor trade, so have an eye for number plates, but have never come across one of these myself. Just a hunch, and then did a search and found some examples on wiki.

Elisabeth.

I'd say 40s also, the lady on the right of photo reminiscent of Vera Lynn I thought, and I've photo's of my mum in a suit like that mid 1940s.

I'm no good on the car though, someone asks me about a car ...and I say 'red, blue' etc lol

Excellent theory.

Pictures here:

http://www.olavsplates.com/jersey.html

Well done!

Do, or did, Jersey in the Channel Islands have the J prefix to numbers?