A Brief Introduction to Personalised Number Plates

  Love them or loathe them, personalised number plates are increasingly popular – but where did it all begin?   Mention the words ‘Personalised Number Plate’ or ‘Private Number Plate’ and you get one of two reactions. Either someone is a fan, or they find the whole idea pointless and vulgar. The increase in sales of number plates however, seems to suggest that more and more people are succumbing to the idea. As a child, I often heard people mention ‘Private Number Plates’ and 20 years ago they seemed incredibly exclusive. Only people with a very nice car and money to spend on it would purchase one.  They were strictly the domain of the super-wealthy or the 80s Yuppie.  Or…