The Select Few: Jack Kingdon

'Select' or personalised registration plates seem to upset a lot of enthusiasts in the bus ands coach world for both "being a waste of money" and also for hiding the true identity of buses, thus making it harder to keep track of them. Personally though I am a fan (when done properly) as it can show pride in a fleet. Over the next few days we will have a few local operators who clearly take pride in their fleets.
We start with Jack Kingdon:

They have also have JK02JCK  and JK08JXK 

 

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