Bridport, West Street 1912
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westwards up West Street to the Town Hall (left of centre), a Ford Model T passes the shops of Best, Warren and Spiller (right). Their names are now familiar, as is that of William Kingman's Sun Hotel. The early car registration plate is FX115. 'FX' were Dorset's first letters, starting with FX100, but 'BF' had been allocated to the county. The Lord Lieutenant protested to Whitehall: 'If you pause for a moment to reflect what the military man in the street is going to think of my passing, then you will realise my hesitation at accepting the designation Bloody Fool One.' So 'FX' was issued instead and 'BF' remained available for half a century, until Staffordshire accepted the letters without complaint. Barrack room swearing had obviously moved on by then.
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