marsh man Posted July 5 Report Share Posted July 5 2 hours ago, WalkedUp said: Lovely to see Yea , it make you wonder where the time have gone , as for the old game licence , on the estate where I worked we had a lot of locals in the area that were members on small game shoots and came on our beaters days to shoot game , well one year I was asked by the estate office if I could pop in the village post office to get the boss his game licence , when I went in I don't think the person behind the counter have ever heard of a game licence , anyway I told the young lady that they do them and she finally found the book after searching high and low , when she opened it she said the last person to buy one was my boss and she hadn't sold another one since the year before , so it make you wonder , how many people did buy one ? , we got several Hares , English Partridges and the odd Woodcock , a Pheasant down the marsh in those days were unheard of and I well remember one of the ole fowlers shooting a Hen bird and it was talked about for weeks , my how things have changed . GOOD LUCK with your lad getting his s g c Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Feltwad Posted July 9 Report Share Posted July 9 When I got my shotgun certificate in 1948.it was ten shillings at the post office a game licence was three pound and later rose to five pound and a dog licence was seven shillings and sixpence The local firearms certificate which cost fifteen shillings for three years was issued at the local police station Feltwad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
London Best Posted July 9 Report Share Posted July 9 19 minutes ago, Feltwad said: When I got my shotgun certificate in 1948.it was ten shillings at the post office Feltwad No, it wasn’t. Your gun licence was ten shillings at the post office, the shotgun certificate was not invented until 1968. Nice picture. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Feltwad Posted July 9 Report Share Posted July 9 46 minutes ago, London Best said: No, it wasn’t. Your gun licence was ten shillings at the post office, the shotgun certificate was not invented until 1968. Nice picture. My mistake wrong representation of speech Sorry Feltwad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marsh man Posted July 10 Report Share Posted July 10 21 hours ago, Feltwad said: My mistake wrong representation of speech Sorry Feltwad Hi Feltwad If your gun licence was 10s in 48 and my earliest one in 62 when I first left school was the same , how many years were they 10 bob , ten bob was a lot of money when I first bought one and a box of shells were 12s / 6d , but in the 40s it must had been a small fortune . MM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
London Best Posted July 10 Report Share Posted July 10 Gun licence was ten Bob right up until it was replaced by the original shotgun certificate in 1968. Cannot remember the original cost of shotgun certificates, but, as already stated, firearm certificates were fifteen shillings for three years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WalkedUp Posted July 10 Author Report Share Posted July 10 On 09/07/2024 at 14:36, Feltwad said: When I got my shotgun certificate in 1948.it was ten shillings at the post office a game licence was three pound and later rose to five pound and a dog licence was seven shillings and sixpence The local firearms certificate which cost fifteen shillings for three years was issued at the local police station Feltwad What age were you then Feltwad? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Feltwad Posted July 10 Report Share Posted July 10 4 hours ago, WalkedUp said: What age were you then Feltwad? I was 10 years old and the fifth generation of a shooting family Feltwad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wisdom Posted July 11 Report Share Posted July 11 I too used to get a game licence right up until they stopped them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
London Best Posted July 11 Report Share Posted July 11 (edited) 1 hour ago, wisdom said: I too used to get a game licence right up until they stopped them. Me too! Edited July 11 by London Best Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WalkedUp Posted July 12 Author Report Share Posted July 12 On 10/07/2024 at 22:39, Feltwad said: I was 10 years old and the fifth generation of a shooting family Feltwad Lovely Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WalkedUp Posted September 24 Author Report Share Posted September 24 Update: His SGC arrived in the post and he’s delighted. We now have what must be amongst the youngest and the oldest SGC holders in the country in our family. My son, 9, pictured with his great uncle, 97. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIGHTCHOKE Posted September 24 Report Share Posted September 24 Well done to the young man. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mossy835 Posted September 24 Report Share Posted September 24 yes good on you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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