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Originally Posted by morninggents
Back in the 1960s at club level we used white fablon rectangles (with corners 'rounded') cut from large rolls purchased at hardware stores. We cut individual numbers from a roll of black fablon having made cardboard templates of numbers from 0 to 9. Just about every race meeting was a different number but we peeled the old numbers off and stuck them lightly to the underneath of the bootlid to save for future use. Tightfisted, I know, but pennies were worth something back in the day.
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In true Blue Peter fashion we had "sticky backed plastic" by the roll and made our own numbers until well into the 80s. IIRC they peeled off badly and left nasty shadow marks which were really difficult to clean off.
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