old garages

[bill773mini]

Any one got any information on H.A.Saunders Ltd London Rd High Wycombe?

My Woody was Despatched there Pre launch and not sold until mid November so I assume it was one of there show room models.

[hugbilly]

The old H A Saunders building in Hitchin (where I spent much time buying mini bits as a youth) is now occupied by Asda. I think in it's latter days it became part of Mann Egerton.

Amusingly, on the other of the road, was Sanders, a Triumph main dealer.

[rich@minispares.com]

The old H A Saunders building in Hitchin (where I spent much time buying mini bits as a youth) is now occupied by Asda. I think in it's latter days it became part of Mann Egerton.

Amusingly, on the other of the road, was Sanders, a Triumph main dealer.

saunders, sanders...


i bet that caused loads of issues with parcel deliveries etc!!!!

[Simon776]

Any one got any information on H.A.Saunders Ltd London Rd High Wycombe?

It is now a Perrys Ford dealership.

[Kiwi Craig]

My Sept 65 Cooper S was delivered to Wadhams Ltd, Southsea.
It was first registered in NZ in Feb 1970 to a woman/girl who maybe emigrated here and brought the car with her.
Anyone have information or photos on Wadhams?

[Metronick]

Whilst looking for a picture or two for the Period Picture thread I came across this.

The garage was on Campbell Road, Stoke. Perhaps some remember it

Peppers were a big BMC Garage Group (Morris and Wolseley) in the Potteries.
My first car, a Moggy thou' (773 LVT) was originally supplied by the Hanley branch of Peppers.
Here's that building in the 1960's, at the turn of the century looking very sad, and as it is now.
Great piece of 1930's architecture.
Here's a link to the history of the Peppers Group

http://www.thepotteries.org/commercial/ ... /index.htm


Nick

[Pete]

Well at least they saved it, phew! Great thread is this. Peppers of Leek..

[Pete]

It was quite a few years ago now so I might be mistaken but I think this is where I first came across '1 ELY' in Crewe , the Downton 997 press car now owned by Francis.

[rich@minispares.com]

great to see that the art deco peppers building has been saved from a derelict state, would have been so easy for the owners to have a 'accidental fire' as an excuse to drop it and just build some grey porridge on the site instead

[Pete]

Henlys on the North Circular I think??

[Pete]

Chesterfields filling station , Primrose Hill.. now a wine merchant.

[WMU 211G]

The bottom image with the Mini is a screen grab from 'the Champions,' filmed in '68

[hugbilly]

Yes, and I haven't seen a Renault 16 like the one in the picture for a long long time.

[Old English White]

Yes, and I haven't seen a Renault 16 like the one in the picture for a long long time.

They rusted badly and didn't survive did they. VERY comfortable car and a clever design in their day. Preceded the Maxi by several years.

[surfblue63]

Not Mini related, but a great building. The Daimler Garage on Herbrand Street, London WC1N.





As can be seen from the interior shot it was still in use in the 1970's by the Hertz Chauffeur Service.

Later it was used by the London Taxi Centre, but now is a 60,000 sq ft office block

Good article here on the history of the building

http://www.modernistbritain.co.uk/post/ ... re+Garage/

[UHR850]

Here is an very nice one, I think some where in Australië

Kees.

[Pandora]

Here's a couple of photos of the former Goodall's garage in Dunfermline (since demolished) which I shared with Robin111 as it's the dealership his ADO16 came from

Al

[111Robin]

Here's a couple of photos of the former Goodall's garage in Dunfermline (since demolished) which I shared with Robin111 as it's the dealership his ADO16 came from

Al

Thanks Al, there's even a Wolseley sitting in the showroom. Look like Mk2 ADO16 so probably a couple of years after mine left the premises in '67.

[surfblue63]

Just found these shots on the interweb, they show Peppers of Hanley Ltd Clough Street Car Workshops in 1965

[111Robin]

This is where my dad served his time in the 50's. He has often told me about the sunken workshop that can be seen in one of the photo's, where you could walk the full length of the workshop below the cars. It was a Rolls, Bentley, Standard Triumph, Rootes Group, Rover and Vespa dealership. No BMC junk

45710331_1921779111205352_2411058755799089152_n by Robin Derrick, on Flickr

FB_IMG_1538689873184 by Robin Derrick, on Flickr