This is a priceless image; the number plate alone is worth a small fortune! The 97th car registered in the Middlesbrough District, North Riding of Yorkshire. This image shows Ada and Ann Halton about to go out for a spin; possibly at the entrance to the park adjacent to the Dorman Museum? Talk about emancipation! Pauline Dolling further advised us: “Update to the photograph: Bozi Mohacek of the Surrey Vintage and Vehicles Society kindly informed me that member John Warburton identified it as a a very rare car indeed, a circa 1906 Gilburt Light Car, only made between 1904 and 1906 in West Kilburn, London. Middlesbrough Archives kindly confirmed that it was registered to an Ackroyd (a Halton relative) from Middlesbrough, so the mystery has been solved”.
Image and comment courtesy of Pauline Dolling.
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