here>.me.uk> wrote:

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>"Mike Henry" <{$mrtickle$}@nospam.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
>news:308jc4l4ra3oge3r2d2afhh52lv0a9js52@4ax.com...

>> In 4ax.com>, Ian Dalziel
>> lineone.net> wrote:
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>>>On Thu, 11 Sep 2008 21:59:33 +0100, Peter Hill
>>>nospam.demon.co.uk> wrote:
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>>>>Should I still be using an old pink/green paper one?

>>>
>>>What do you mean pink?

>>
>> What do you mean, "what do you mean pink"? The pre-photocard licences are
>> printed on pink and green paper. The paper part of my current photocard
>> licence is pink and green, too,

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>The pink and green ones include a translation that satisfies the
>requirements to use them in other EU countries. Before that they were all
>green, but only in English and you were supposed to carry a translation,
>usually an International Driving Permit, to use them on the continent.
>Before that, they were a little red booklet and before that the booklet was
>buff coloured.
>