Thanks for that sheeter i,m suddenly feeling a bit younger again… 
Good pic’s sheeter 
I wish I had kept mine, that brings back some memories 
mind you as a sprog mine was a brown cover.
it made you feel like a professional licence holder
Regarding the separate HGV licence, if you got points whilst driving a lorry, did the points go only on the HGV licence or on both car and lorry licences?
Can’t answer that, as I didn’t get any.
The licences were issued by the local council offices or town halls, Swansea was still a fishing village with the only claim to fame that Shirley Bassey lived there once
The points thing is new since they managed to computerise records. Driving licences were endorsed by the magistrates court rather than DVLA
But yes you still needed a licence for a car, if you got banned in the car, you couldnt drive a truck. well that was the theory
During this period a complete novice could take a test in an artic from never having driven a car using HGV L’s and an L plate
Regarding complete novices (ie never even driven a car) taking their tests in an artic, wasn’t that ‘loophole’ only closed as recently as 1997?
mrpj:
Regarding complete novices (ie never even driven a car) taking their tests in an artic, wasn’t that ‘loophole’ only closed as recently as 1997?
I think that was 1989 as i seem to recall my army driving instructor telling me i was one of the last people to qualify for this
Oh and Sheeter i dont want to make you feel old but i was born in 1971 
simon
When I got my little brown book in 81, the one with papyrus leaves as pages, it felt like something, this modern ‘Pink’ card and green toilet paper issued today is an insult.
CM Why do you find it an insult?
simon
SimonRS2K:
CM Why do you find it an insult?simon
I’m showing my age a bit here Simon, getting old and crotchety, I think the brown book style licence for HGV really meant something, it was something to aspire to, you were genuinly proud to say you had one.
The modern card and accompanying green slip of paper just seem so nondescript in comparison.
CM:
SimonRS2K:
CM Why do you find it an insult?simon
I’m showing my age a bit here Simon, getting old and crotchety, I think the brown book style licence for HGV really meant something, it was something to aspire to, you were genuinly proud to say you had one.
The modern card and accompanying green slip of paper just seem so nondescript in comparison.
Still allow’s you to do the best job in the world 
kitkat:
Still allow’s you to do the best job in the world
Yep! cannot argue with that. 
kitkat:
CM:
SimonRS2K:
CM Why do you find it an insult?simon
I’m showing my age a bit here Simon, getting old and crotchety, I think the brown book style licence for HGV really meant something, it was something to aspire to, you were genuinly proud to say you had one.
The modern card and accompanying green slip of paper just seem so nondescript in comparison.
Still allow’s you to do the best job in the world
whats a hgv licence or lgv licence got to do with “the best job in the world”
as that job surely is sleeping with jerry ryan
Who 
jerry ryan plays seven of nine in star trek
Mind she doesn’t assimilate you!
Saw a few Castle wagons on the A47 round Dereham today dave, you weren’t out that way were you?
Ah! right, thank you, no contest!
Andyroo:
Mind she doesn’t assimilate you!Saw a few Castle wagons on the A47 round Dereham today dave, you weren’t out that way were you?
not today mate. i went down to halstead on a delivery, then up to huntingdon to collect a load of pallets then i delivered them to swadlincote and home.
now that i pull a curtainsider the works a bit more varied. and all builders merchants have free coffee machines
dave:
jerry ryan plays seven of nine in star trek
Err no thanks i’d rather have a handshake 
simon