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[Andy B]

Old paper one still - and still have an even older red book style one

is that written on a papyrus leaf? 

[ffcgary1]

paper one here as well, held together with lots of selotape.(other brands of tape are avalible).

[TheBoy]

Photocard, from when I moved 12yrs ago. Renewal was painless, and about £18 IIRC

[dbug]

Old paper one still - and still have an even older red book style one

is that written on a papyrus leaf? 

Yep, with red cardboard covers

[henryd]

Old paper one still - and still have an even older red book style one

is that written on a papyrus leaf? 

Yep, with red cardboard covers

My dad still has his old one like that,mind you he is 86

[TheBoy]

Old paper one still - and still have an even older red book style one

is that written on a papyrus leaf? 

Yep, with red cardboard covers

My dad still has his old one like that,mind you he is 86

My dad never had a licence..  ...or was it he never took a test? Can't remember.

[Andy B]

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My dad never had a licence..  ...or was it he never took a test? Can't remember.

The latter ...... the licence was just requested in the first place.

[BazaJT]

I'm with dbug on this one,still on paper license with red book one also.

[jonnyboyws6]

Still got my paper one, and intend to keep it until I'm forced to update to photocard.

[YZ250]

Apart from the fact that the 'new' photo card driving licence only lasts for 10 yrs before you have to pay to renew it, it also mentioned......

The ten-year photocard licences will become mandatory in 2015 when the paper licences are officially phased out. A quarter of drivers are still using the old-style paper licences

DVLA wil have to send me mine, because I ain't requesting one! 

Me thinks you'll have to part with it in 2032 anyway. 

Still on a paper one myself. 

[Andy B]

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Me thinks you'll have to part with it in 2032 anyway. 

but that's a loooooong way off yet! 

Still on a paper one myself. 

The green only sort? 

[YZ250]

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Me thinks you'll have to part with it in 2032 anyway. 

but that's a loooooong way off yet! 

Still on a paper one myself. 

The green only sort? 

Yep, the same as yours considering they were probably issued only a few months apart. 

Still got a couple of endorsements on it from 1982.  Makes you feel old don't it. 

[Andy B]

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Yep, the same as yours considering they were probably issued only a few months apart. 

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My original licence in 1979 was all green, the later versions that we have got have a pink bit in there ..... 

[Lizzie_Zoom]

Old paper one still - and still have an even older red book style one

is that written on a papyrus leaf? 

Yep, with red cardboard covers

My dad still has his old one like that,mind you he is 86

My dad never had a licence..  ...or was it he never took a test? Can't remember.

Yes, he would have had a license if before 1935, that year being the first for compulsory driving tests. It was introduced after the worst number of accidents ever in 1934 (7,343 killed!!)

[henryd]

My dad never took a test,was just issued a license with every category ,but it was during the war so I suppose things like driving tests weren't that important then.