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We are recording our Hare count this year - so far 4 sightings of single hares.. Also taking a picture from the same spot of a particular piece of landscape. Helps keep things interesting , as of your daily random topics, keep up the good work, much appreciated.
Richard | 30.01.21 - 7:17 a.m. | #
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I may be over-analysing ... albeit that is unlikely on this blog! ... but I see that you have explicitly mentioned cars several times. For this study, perhaps commercial vehicles should be included. There may be businesses called, say, E7 Plumbing or E8 Removals (I haven't checked - other plumbers and removers are available) that have "personalised" numberplates to reinforce their local brand. Those may involve too much microsegmentation, but perhaps something like E20 CAB might exist.
DavidC | 30.01.21 - 7:54 a.m. | #
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You can see if a registration exists by seeing if it is taxed here.
Tim W | 30.01.21 - 8:19 a.m. | #
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Prompted by you, I have been looking at the two digits in the more recent plates, spotting in sequence 70-20-69-19-68 ... walking an hour each day in suburbs and parks (no cars in the parks), it takes 3-6 days to complete a run through. Curved ball ... 01 does not exist.
Liz | 30.01.21 - 8:43 a.m. | #
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Commercial vehicles are indeed included.
But not always predictably, for example the building company in E12 whose truck had an E6 registration.
diamond geezer | Homepage | 30.01.21 - 8:43 a.m. | #
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Introductory paragraph: seldom can the word 'thrilling' have been endowed with more irony.
Frank F | 30.01.21 - 8:50 a.m. | #
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A big house near me in Acton has two cars outside - a small one (sorry I don’t know much about cars) with registration W1 xxx and a larger one with W3 xxx. I suspect they use the W3 car for local trips and the W1 for driving into town. Meanwhile in the same postcode area kids are going hungry....
I’ll stick to my bike.
Mike on a bike | 30.01.21 - 8:56 a.m. | #
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n.b. the map in today's post has mouseover text, in case you'd like to familiarise yourself with which E postcode is which.
diamond geezer | Homepage | 30.01.21 - 9:03 a.m. | #
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What surprises me from your second map is how randomly placed the postcodes seem to be.
E1, E2 and E2 follow on nicely from each other but then it goes a bit haywire! I would have expected E4 to be where E9 is, not stuck way up there on its own for example!
dg writes: It's (mostly) alphabetical.
Cornish Cockney | 30.01.21 - 9:57 a.m. | #
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Well, I have the single letter postcode ... but neither the will, nor the energy, nor the time to roam all over it (apparently it covers 184,784 hectares), nor indeed the inclination to leave the house. So I am content to remain an S6 girl :-)
Sarah | Homepage | 30.01.21 - 10:37 a.m. | #
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I live in W6, and have definitely seen number plates with W6, W12 and W4 in their respective postcodes. I'll have to keep a keener eye out going forward.
Greg | 30.01.21 - 11:05 a.m. | #
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I too casually watch for cherished numbers on my walks, distinguishing between commercial and personal ones. "E9 [initials or word]" are visible around Hackney Wick.
Pausing on Wick Road between the junction with Kenworthy Road and the A12 northbound slip road, on most days if you wait more than five minutes to see a personalised plate travelling in either direction, that's a long time.. This frequency is a freak of routes converging and diverging here, well-trafficked most of each day.
Joel | 30.01.21 - 11:57 a.m. | #
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Technically E18 is South Woodford; Woodford proper has an IG8 postcode.
Brighton_Ro | 30.01.21 - 2:13 p.m. | #
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E18 was originally Woodford and South Woodford district. Had it been plain South Woodford it would have become E15, slotted inbetween Poplar and Stratford.
diamond geezer | Homepage | 30.01.21 - 2:47 p.m. | #
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It's a little harder for us in KT (Kingston upon Thames), but presumably KT01 to KT20 plates are available, and the postcodes only go up to KT24 so within 3 years and a bit it should be possible. I'll start looking.
dg writes: KT02 to KT20 are available.
Peter | 30.01.21 - 3:49 p.m. | #
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There is a bus with a E8 personalised registration. HCT Group (CT Plus as was) has one vehicle on route 394 registered E8 NJB, the E8 is the postcode in which their Ash Grove base is located and through which their 394 route passes, NJB are the initials of an employee who died of cancer.
Julian | 30.01.21 - 6:00 p.m. | #
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You should not imagine that fewer comments necessarily means an absence of great interest. I have also spotted and occasionally photographed plates, ("E14 BOY") on a sporty two-seater a favourite.
Also your posts have been useful to me: I am writing an encyclopaedia of hippos (everything to do with hippos) and your researches have helped me cover the likes of H1PPO on plates.
Martin | 31.01.21 - 7:12 a.m. | #
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1 week later...
| | | E4 | | | | | | E17 | E18 | | | | E5 | E10 | E11 | | | | E8 | E9 | E20 | E7 | E12 | | E2 | E3 | E15 | E13 | E6 | | E1 | E14 | | E16 |
Spotted:
• an E5 in E5
• two E10s in the same street in E10
• an E20 (in E3)
diamond geezer | Homepage | 07.02.21 - 4:38 p.m. | #
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On day 52, I've now spotted them all.
| | | E4 | | | | | | E17 | E18 | | | | E5 | E10 | E11 | | | | E8 | E9 | E20 | E7 | E12 | | E2 | E3 | E15 | E13 | E6 | | E1 | E14 | | E16 |
The last two were:
• an E19 (in E15)
• an E2 (in E13)
(still 8 to see within the correct postcode)
diamond geezer | Homepage | 11.02.21 - 4:59 p.m. | #
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Now just 6 to see within the correct postcode.
| | | E4 | | | | | | E17 | E18 | | | | E5 | E10 | E11 | | | | E8 | E9 | E20 | E7 | E12 | | E2 | E3 | E15 | E13 | E6 | | E1 | E14 | | E16 |
The latest two:
• an E12 in E12
• an E6 in E6
diamond geezer | Homepage | 19.02.21 - 1:21 p.m. | #
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Now just 5 to see within the correct postcode.
| | | E4 | | | | | | E17 | E18 | | | | E5 | E10 | E11 | | | | E8 | E9 | E20 | E7 | E12 | | E2 | E3 | E15 | E13 | E6 | | E1 | E14 | | E16 |
The latest one:
• an E15 in E15
diamond geezer | Homepage | 28.02.21 - 4:41 p.m. | #
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Now just 4 to see within the correct postcode.
| | | E4 | | | | | | E17 | E18 | | | | E5 | E10 | E11 | | | | E8 | E9 | E20 | E7 | E12 | | E2 | E3 | E15 | E13 | E6 | | E1 | E14 | | E16 |
The latest one:
• an E1 in E1
diamond geezer | Homepage | 04.04.21 - 4:16 p.m. | #
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Now just 3 to see within the correct postcode.
| | | E4 | | | | | | E17 | E18 | | | | E5 | E10 | E11 | | | | E8 | E9 | E20 | E7 | E12 | | E2 | E3 | E15 | E13 | E6 | | E1 | E14 | | E16 |
The latest one:
• an E2 in E2
I cannot believe how long that took.
diamond geezer | Homepage | 30.06.21 - 3:06 p.m. | #
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Now just 2 to see within the correct postcode.
| | | E4 | | | | | | E17 | E18 | | | | E5 | E10 | E11 | | | | E8 | E9 | E20 | E7 | E12 | | E2 | E3 | E15 | E13 | E6 | | E1 | E14 | | E16 |
The latest one:
• an E4 in E4
..and on my first visit to E4 since 2020.
diamond geezer | Homepage | 27.02.22 - 11:17 p.m. | #
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