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Anyone remember the Melton Service Station at Marr near Barnsley/Doncaster? (Goff!?)

I think it was run by Barry Pearson and his dad, Barry racing Broadspeed Minis in the mid 60s, preparing lots of others, raced an ex Jim Clark Cortina, then his Melton Racing Escort which he did very well with. Oddly I found a letter written to him inviting him to an awards bash that fell out of a race programme I bought off Ebay recently.

Same lights as this one in Sittingbourne Kent

Simon776 wrote: ↑Mon Feb 10, 2020 7:49 pm

Costafortune wrote:The 1275GT my folks had from 1971-78 was supplied by Tilleys of Dorset with as small gold decal on the inside of the passenger door. NJT840J. Anyone know who/where they were?

Their main garage was in Dorchester and there was another outlet in Weymouth.

The Tilleys building is still there and is now a cafe on Trinity St/Weymouth avenue.

surfblue63 wrote: ↑Sat Aug 07, 2021 11:29 am Same lights as this one in Sittingbourne Kent

Would love that esso sign!

I found a photo of Hewens’ Garages in High Wycombe. This is the garage where my 63 Morris Cooper was sold. Not the best photo, only one I’ve found so far.

miniminor wrote: ↑Sat Aug 07, 2021 6:14 pm
Would love that esso sign!

Oulton Park’s was reinstated some years back...

Does anyone have any 60’s pics of City Motors, Cardiff?

My mini came from there in 66. I had a quick look online but couldn’t see anything.

Pete wrote: ↑Sat Aug 07, 2021 6:26 pm

miniminor wrote: ↑Sat Aug 07, 2021 6:14 pm
Would love that esso sign!

Oulton Park’s was reinstated some years back...

Great pic that.

Thorp wrote: ↑Sat Aug 07, 2021 7:01 pm Does anyone have any 60’s pics of City Motors, Cardiff?

My mini came from there in 66. I had a quick look online but couldn’t see anything.

Whistler on here used to work for them I think? My car came from there too

Pete wrote: ↑Sat Aug 07, 2021 8:35 am Anyone remember the Melton Service Station at Marr near Barnsley/Doncaster? (Goff!?)

I think it was run by Barry Pearson and his dad, Barry racing Broadspeed Minis in the mid 60s, preparing lots of others, raced an ex Jim Clark Cortina, then his Melton Racing Escort which he did very well with. Oddly I found a letter written to him inviting him to an awards bash that fell out of a race programme I bought off Ebay recently.

That's great, never knew my name Melton was connected to racing at all. My uncle in Whitby claims to have done some hillclimbs in his day but my dad doesn't remember him doing that at all. My dad was a club rally navigator many many years ago and won a few but never anything significant. He has some great stories about rallying all night, then doing a shift at work only to fall asleep face first into his dinner at a party the following night. His wife at the time was not as amused...

My 1964 Almond Green/OEW Austin Cooper S was purchased new here (185 Old Christchurch Road, Bournemouth)- Still there today-

Imperial motors had moved to another site in central Bournemouth when your Cooper S was sold

see the post from dodge44 in this thread

Wasn't sure where to post this... but it is an old garage

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/124841895269 ... SwPGhhDajs

davidnutland wrote: ↑Mon Aug 09, 2021 8:12 pm Imperial motors had moved to another site in central Bournemouth when your Cooper S was sold

Interesting... So the Old Christchurch Road address must have been their prewar address then? I had to go back to 2015 to find the post you mentioned!

Wait! Here is a receipt showing they were at the Christchurch address after the war so something doesn't add up...

Imperial Motors were still @ Christchurch Rd in 1961 but also had another site on Norwich Avenue. They were gone from Christchurch Rd by 1966.

Since Bournemouth was mentioned. This is Henlys, The Square, Bournemouth from 1963 according to the Flicker picture label.



Very likely where our MkI Riley Elf was purchased in January 1963. Ex Chuck Heleker car.



First time posting images, let me know if anything needs fixing.

Kelley

Pete wrote: ↑Sat Aug 07, 2021 8:35 am Anyone remember the Melton Service Station at Marr near Barnsley/Doncaster? (Goff!?)

I think it was run by Barry Pearson and his dad, Barry racing Broadspeed Minis in the mid 60s, preparing lots of others, raced an ex Jim Clark Cortina, then his Melton Racing Escort which he did very well with. Oddly I found a letter written to him inviting him to an awards bash that fell out of a race programme I bought off Ebay recently.

Pete i remember the garage/ filling station , just off the A1M on the A635 , but know nothing about it !! ,i posted your images on a Doncaster Facebook page and got this reply
Helen Pearson wrote-
I am a very close family member , Barry raced mini's and a Lotus cortina in the 60s and was connected to Lotus F1 team in 80s , Barry also worked for Thomsons of Doncaster , Vauxhall dealers of York Road , The garage was abandond for years , there was a body found , it was a homeless man who slept in a static home and was found dead , no foul play , it was abandoned for years.
first pic October 2008
second pic April 2019

Somehow didn’t think it’d be still there but thanks for filling in the gaps Goff.

Pete wrote: ↑Thu Jun 03, 2021 3:40 pm And someone pointed out where it was and the fact it’s still there! It’s in Lochearnhead

Pete, I think that was me? I pass that garage a few times a year and so it jumped out when you posted the RAC Rally photo on Facebook.