In September 1960, Thomas Creighton was the first person in the UK to receive what type of ticket?

The very first parking ticket issued was to Dr Thomas Creighton, who was answering an emergency call to a West End hotel to help a heart attack victim. The medic's Ford Popular was ticketed but he was eventually let off the fine.

The capital's first 40 traffic wardens, as they were originally known, were deployed in Westminster in central London on 19 September 1960. The wardens, who wore distinctive yellow cap bands could hand out fines of £2 for illegally parked motorists.

These days approximately 200 parking attendants, now called Civil Enforcement Officers patrol Westminster each day. Parking is now under the jurisdiction of the local council but it was originally under the Metropolitan Police's control.