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In article , [wake up to reply] (Jim Brittin) wrote:

Incidentally Cambridge also have the odd one out, 17066 [T699KVX],
presumably so registered because T666KPU was deemed a 'cherished'
number

Since when? I've never seen that plate.

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Colin Rosenstiel

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In article ,
says...
In article , [wake up to reply] (Jim Brittin) wrote:

Incidentally Cambridge also have the odd one out, 17066 [T699KVX],
presumably so registered because T666KPU was deemed a 'cherished'
number

Since when? I've never seen that plate.


Seen on 27/05/05 [as it happens, the day I spoke to you at the Cambridge
Beer Festival!]

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In article , [wake up to reply] (Jim Brittin) wrote:

In article ,
says...
In article ,
[wake up to reply] (Jim Brittin)
wrote:

Incidentally Cambridge also have the odd one out, 17066
[T699KVX], presumably so registered because T666KPU was deemed a
'cherished' number

Since when? I've never seen that plate.

Seen on 27/05/05 [as it happens, the day I spoke to you at the
Cambridge Beer Festival!]

Hmm. I'll have to look out more carefully.

--
Colin Rosenstiel

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Incidentally Cambridge also have the odd one out, 17066 [T699KVX],
presumably so registered because T666KPU was deemed a 'cherished'
number

Since when? I've never seen that plate.


Seen on 27/05/05 [as it happens, the day I spoke to you at the Cambridge
Beer Festival!]

Hmm, odd that as I show that vehicle having gone direct from East London
to Southdown in Feb 04 and then being noted as 'Fire Damaged' by 5/05.

Cambus have:

17007
17008
17009
17010
17011
17036
17037
17038
17050
17051
17052
17053
17054
17055
17056
17057
17058
17059
17076
17078
17079

All arrived mid 03

Oh, and all the 666 numbers started being withheld around A prefix time
due to the sensitivity of the devils number. Then afterwards, all round
hundreds and same digits (111, 222, etc.) started being withheld for
future sale around H prefixes IIRC.
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In article , ] (Steve Fitzgerald) wrote:

Incidentally Cambridge also have the odd one out, 17066
[T699KVX], presumably so registered because T666KPU was deemed a
'cherished' number

Since when? I've never seen that plate.

Seen on 27/05/05 [as it happens, the day I spoke to you at the
Cambridge Beer Festival!]

Hmm, odd that as I show that vehicle having gone direct from East
London to Southdown in Feb 04 and then being noted as 'Fire Damaged'
by 5/05.

Cambus have:

17007
17008
17009
17010
17011
17036
17037
17038
17050
17051
17052
17053
17054
17055
17056
17057
17058
17059
17076
17078
17079

All arrived mid 03

More spread out than that, I'm sure. 17007-11 were in service here some time before the rest. They were all on the 88 (blue) route but one is now in the yellow unspecific livery, 17011 from memory.

Oh, and all the 666 numbers started being withheld around A prefix
time due to the sensitivity of the devils number. Then afterwards,
all round hundreds and same digits (111, 222, etc.) started being
withheld for future sale around H prefixes IIRC.

H prefixes was when the registrations sale of the century started, yes.

--
Colin Rosenstiel

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In article , ]
says...
Incidentally Cambridge also have the odd one out, 17066 [T699KVX],
presumably so registered because T666KPU was deemed a 'cherished'
number

Since when? I've never seen that plate.


Seen on 27/05/05 [as it happens, the day I spoke to you at the Cambridge
Beer Festival!]

Hmm, odd that as I show that vehicle having gone direct from East London
to Southdown in Feb 04 and then being noted as 'Fire Damaged' by 5/05.

Cambus have:

17007
17008
17009
17010
17011
17036
17037
17038
17050
17051
17052
17053
17054
17055
17056
17057
17058
17059
17076
17078
17079

All arrived mid 03

Oh, and all the 666 numbers started being withheld around A prefix time
due to the sensitivity of the devils number. Then afterwards, all round
hundreds and same digits (111, 222, etc.) started being withheld for
future sale around H prefixes IIRC.

Thanks Steve, I must have been mistaken, possibly after a successful
beer festival is not the best time to record buses. I'm not a full-time
bus spotter but having noticed ex-London Tridents in Cambridge I did jot
down some fleet numbers. The registration was gleaned from a bus list
website as I knew it wouldn't have been 666. Given your list it was
probably 17056 I saw. Sorry!