Bobba Posted June 11, 2018 Report Share Posted June 11, 2018 Nostalgia - Rooting through some old papers I came across my Gun License dated 1964. The days when you could buy one in the Post Office for ten shillings and no questions / referees / doctors note required. Those were the days !!! This Gun Licence is really the early form of a SGC as it carries the footnote that it does not cover Firearms (as defined by the Firearms Act 1937) for which a Firearms certificate is required. Gun License 1 of 2.pdf Gun License 2 of 2.pdf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnphilip Posted June 11, 2018 Report Share Posted June 11, 2018 Thats a lovely piece of history Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted June 11, 2018 Report Share Posted June 11, 2018 god i remember that...my first one cost £ 1-13s-6d....and i still remember those advice notes on the back.............. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
panoma1 Posted June 11, 2018 Report Share Posted June 11, 2018 Yep I remember the ten bob post office shotgun licence too! And travelling on a bus with gamebag, gun in a slip, belt full of shells dressed in full shooting gear....no one really batted an eyelid....except for the odd inquisitive/encouraging comment! We had the best of it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldypigeonpopper Posted June 11, 2018 Report Share Posted June 11, 2018 hello, OH THOSE WERE THE GOOD OLD DAYS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tollerman Posted June 11, 2018 Report Share Posted June 11, 2018 I've got my first shotgun certificate dated January 1969.Basically just a piece of white card with name address and an Essex Police stamp on it.Can't remember the cost but could not have been a great deal.Happy days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mossy835 Posted June 11, 2018 Report Share Posted June 11, 2018 thats great thanks for posting, i remeber them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wymberley Posted June 11, 2018 Report Share Posted June 11, 2018 You've started something now! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harnser Posted June 11, 2018 Report Share Posted June 11, 2018 I remember the 10 bob licence well. Not every body bothered to buy one .i carnt ever remember any body getting into trouble for not having one . harnser Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted June 11, 2018 Report Share Posted June 11, 2018 and round about that time you had to have a dog liecence as well.......................... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scully Posted June 11, 2018 Report Share Posted June 11, 2018 53 minutes ago, wymberley said: You've started something now! I was 13 months old when that was issued! I recall the game licenses well enough though, or a 'permit to kill game'. Although not many people bothered with those latterly, and it cost more to administer than revenue garnered, I remember the visiting guns to the towns hotels would buy one at our local PO ( more for the novelty value I think ) saying they couldnt get them back home. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wymberley Posted June 11, 2018 Report Share Posted June 11, 2018 25 minutes ago, Harnser said: I remember the 10 bob licence well. Not every body bothered to buy one .i carnt ever remember any body getting into trouble for not having one . harnser You may not know one personally but you do now know of someone who did. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harnser Posted June 11, 2018 Report Share Posted June 11, 2018 6 minutes ago, wymberley said: You may not know one personally but you do now know of someone who did. You naughty boy wymberly . harnser Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharlieT Posted June 11, 2018 Report Share Posted June 11, 2018 43 minutes ago, Harnser said: I remember the 10 bob licence well. Not every body bothered to buy one .icarnt ever remember any body getting into trouble for not having one . harnser If memory serves me, I did buy a couple, but never a dog license or game license, nor did any of the other lads in the village. Only started to regularly buy one when the police took over firearms licensing and started issuing those white jobbies that Tollerman mentioned. Unlike Wymberly I was never caught or asked if I had one, even when the magistrate fined me 10/- for poaching ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wymberley Posted June 11, 2018 Report Share Posted June 11, 2018 The policeman was extremely apologetic and said if he'd known who we were to start with we'd have just had a roasting and that would have been the end of it. But as he was on vandal patrol and had made a note of what he wasn't quite sure what was happening and before he realised that we weren't who he was looking for, he couldn't unmake it. I thought this was a highly commendable attitude and was also impressed by the speed with which he recovered from the shock of nearly having been shot by Mike F. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green hornet Posted June 11, 2018 Report Share Posted June 11, 2018 (edited) I remember 7 hours ago, Scully said: I was 13 months old when that was issued! I recall the game licenses well enough though, or a 'permit to kill game'. Although not many people bothered with those latterly, and it cost more to administer than revenue garnered, I remember the visiting guns to the towns hotels would buy one at our local PO ( more for the novelty value I think ) saying they couldnt get them back home. I remember being about 10 years old walking into the Post office with my dad and him saying to the bloke behind the counter I want to buy a killing licence in he’s foreign accient . Post office guy looks at my dad and asks who do u want to kill and cracks up laughing and says u mean a game licence.Still makes me laugh now. Edited June 11, 2018 by Green hornet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve_b_wales Posted June 12, 2018 Report Share Posted June 12, 2018 My first shotgun certificate was in 1973, when I was 16 years old. Applied at local police station, I was asked where I intended using it, to which I replied, farmland and waste ground. It cost me £8 for 3 years and I had it within 8 days. No cabinet needed either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnphilip Posted June 12, 2018 Report Share Posted June 12, 2018 12 hours ago, ditchman said: and round about that time you had to have a dog liecence as well.......................... We could only afford a black and white dog.? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wymberley Posted June 12, 2018 Report Share Posted June 12, 2018 1 hour ago, johnphilip said: We could only afford a black and white dog.? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShootingEgg Posted June 13, 2018 Report Share Posted June 13, 2018 On 11/06/2018 at 12:31, panoma1 said: Yep I remember the ten bob post office shotgun licence too! And travelling on a bus with gamebag, gun in a slip, belt full of shells dressed in full shooting gear....no one really batted an eyelid....except for the odd inquisitive/encouraging comment! We had the best of it! Noy sure id risk the bus... Ive had to oark car and walk through highstreet once with rifle in case over shoulder, whilst my nephew did his school. Carnival, got some interesting looks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Boggy Posted June 14, 2018 Report Share Posted June 14, 2018 7 hours ago, ShootingEgg said: Noy sure id risk the bus... Ive had to oark car and walk through highstreet once with rifle in case over shoulder, whilst my nephew did his school. Carnival, got some interesting looks. Is this written in a local dialect ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wymberley Posted June 14, 2018 Report Share Posted June 14, 2018 On 11/06/2018 at 12:31, panoma1 said: Yep I remember the ten bob post office shotgun licence too! And travelling on a bus with gamebag, gun in a slip, belt full of shells dressed in full shooting gear....no one really batted an eyelid....except for the odd inquisitive/encouraging comment! We had the best of it! I think perhaps that Father got it right - he packed it in about 25 years ago before he had to face all the flack that we have to put up with now. Anyone who has holidayed at Sandy Bay - Devon Cliffs - will know where I'm talking about but probably won't recognise it. Up the hill, shotgun over the arm broken - no slip - over the main road passing the post office and then the bank, then cross the railway line and into the fields. The reverse on the way back but then into the hotel public bar showing the barman it was empty before closing and standing the gun in a corner by the door. The only attention this ever got was, "any luck" from the barman. For those who had to travel a bit further to shoot, it was not uncommon to see a pushbike sail passed with the gun tied to the crossbar - again no slip. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scully Posted June 14, 2018 Report Share Posted June 14, 2018 Times change and sometimes not for the better. I recall a scout camp at Staveley near Kendal in the 1970's; about a dozen lads cramming into a local shop after dropping our rucksacks outside, but all with sheath knives strapped to their belts; not one of them harbouring thoughts of stabbing anyone and the shop keeper not batting an eye. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShootingEgg Posted June 14, 2018 Report Share Posted June 14, 2018 1 hour ago, Old Boggy said: Is this written in a local dialect ? Reading it back, wow... Im not even sure how I did that.. Im actually disappointed in myself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norfolk dumpling Posted June 14, 2018 Report Share Posted June 14, 2018 At a very young age me and a mate - a farmers son - used to borrow a couple of .410's to scare birds off the stack yard. We had to buy our own ammo which I recall I, as a 12yo, used to get from our village chemist. Dad bought me me a BSA air rifle at the same time and the first thing he did was to warn the village Bobby who gave me an 'ear bending' the first time I saw him. Happy days. Hated that copper though - he seemed to be everywhere on his bloody bike! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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