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| Dunn's Garages (Sunderland) Ltd Road Atlas cover |
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| Dunn's Garages (Sunderland) Ltd Road Atlas |
Dunns as distributor
Dunns Garages (Sunderland) Ltd were the distributor for Standard Triumph cars in their area (County Durham excluding Gateshead) for many years and would have supplied vehicles to other garages in their territory. They operated from two premises in Sunderland Wheatsheaf Corner and Roker Avenue. |
| Dunns Garages (Sunderland) Ltd advert from Autocar 23 Oct 1953 |
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| Dunns Garages (Sunderland) Ltd advert from Motor 5 September 1956 |
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| Dunns Garages RoverTriumph advert 1973 |
- AUNGERS LTD, Newcastle Road, CHESTER-LE-STREET
- C R BRADLEY & SONS (Blackhall) Ltd, Coast Road, BLACKHALL
- T COWIE LTD, Millfield, SUNDERLAND
- MOTOR SERVICES (Consett) LTD, Medomsley Road, CONSETT
- MAIN ROAD GARAGE (East Boldon) LTD, Ashbrooke Terrace, EAST BOLDON
- MILL GARAGES (Sunderland) LTD, Newcastle Road, SUNDERLAND
- J McINTYRE & SONS, 83 New Elvet, DURHAM
- REG. ROSSITER, South End Garage, CROOK
- F ROUNTHWAITE & SONS, JARROW, HEPBURN and TYNEDOCK
- WILLIAM SKILBECK LTD, Cliff House Garage, SEAHAM
- J. F. STROTHER & SON LTD, Holmeside, SUNDERLAND
- R. & J. SMITH, Pallion Road Garage, SUNDERLAND
- SYDNEY SPARROW LTD, Four Lane Ends, HETTON-LE-HOLE
- STREAMLINE GARAGES (South Shields) LTD, 93 Mile End Road, South Shields
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| Dunns Garage Street Scence 1950's |
Roker Avenue
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| Dunn's Garage (Sunderland) Ltd, 190/198 Roker Avenue |
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| 2017 google streetview of former Dunns building |
Dunns of Sunderland branches
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| Dunns of Sunderland advert Motor8January1964 |
Triumph Dealers in Sunderland
April 1951:Binns Ltd, Union Street, Sunderland
Dunn's Garages (Sunderland) Ltd, Wheatsheaf Corner
1955
Dunn's Garages (Sunderland) Ltd, Wheatsheaf Corner. 'Phone: Sales 57666; Service 57067.
+ dealers
R J Smith, Pallion Road Garage. 'Phone 3303.
J F Strother & Son Ltd, Holmeside. 'Phone 4597.
Mill Garages (Sunderland) Ltd, Newcastle Road. 'Phone 58225
1959:
Dunn's Garages (Sunderland) Ltd, 53-6 North Bridge Street. 'Phone: 57666/7
+dealers
T Cowie Ltd, Matamba Terrace phone 70491
Grimshaw Leather Ltd, Mayfair Buildings, Burnpark, Durham Road, phone 2623
Mill Garages (Sunderland) Ltd, Newcastle Road, phone 58225, and Ryhope Road phone 57631
J F Strother & Sons Ltd, 41 Holmside phone 4597
W Veti Ltd, Station Road, Fulwell phone 4029
August 1961:
Dunn's Garages (Sunderland) Ltd, 53-6 North Bridge Street.
+dealers
T Cowie Ltd, Matamba Terrace
Grimshaw Leather Ltd, Mayfair Buildings, Burnpark, Durham Road,
Mill Garages (Sunderland) Ltd, Newcastle Road, and Ryhope Road
Mowbray Motors Ltd, Ryhope Road
J F Strother & Sons Ltd, 41 Holmside
W Veti Ltd, Station Road, Fulwell
February 1965:
Dunn's Garages (Sunderland) Ltd, 53-6 North Bridge Street.
+dealers
T Cowie Ltd, Matamba Terrace
Grimshaw Leather Ltd, Mayfair Buildings, Burnpark, Durham Road,
Mill Garages (Sunderland) Ltd, Newcastle Road,
W Veti Ltd, Station Road, Fulwell
September 1968:
Dunn's Garages (Sunderland) Ltd, 53-6 North Bridge Street.
+dealers
T Cowie Ltd, Matamba Terrace,
Mill Garages (Sunderland) Ltd, Newcastle Road,
Seaburn S S, Station Road, Fulwell
March 1972:
Dunn's Garages (Sunderland) Ltd, 190/198 Roker Avenue.
+dealers
T Cowie Ltd, Matamba Terrace, Millfield
March 1974, May 1975:
Dunn's Garages (Sunderland) Ltd, 190/198 Roker Avenue, SR6 0BW
+ a branch at Gilesgate Moor, Durham
March 1988:
Distributor - Dutton Forshaw Sunderland, 23 Roker Avenue SR6 0BX
Dealer - Warwick Garage, Warwick Terrace, Silkworth
+ Dutton Forshaw Durham, Sunderland Road, Gilesgate Moor, Durham, DH1 2HL
Delivery transporter
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| Dunns of Sunderland Delivery Truck February 1960 |
Standard Atlas
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| Dunns Garages (Sunderland) Ltd Atlas advert the Sunderland Echo 1958 |
Plea for information
If you have any more information or recollections about Dunns Garages (Sunderland) Ltd such as photos of window stickers, dealer badges or sill plates etc please let me know. I can be contacted via the comments to this post or on facebook at https://www.facebook.com/stephen.weblinFurther information and sources
Link to the other articles in this series.Link to face book page: Triumph Car Dealers.
Link to my Triumph Car Dealers Flickr group .
I have a collection of Standard Triumph car dealer directories: http://vitessesteve.blogspot.co.uk/2016/03/triumph-car-dealer-directories.html
Picture credits: Dunn's Garages (Sunderland) Ltd Road Atlas images from Steve Fenna Fenson on facebook; Dunns of Sunderland Delivery Truck February 1960 from Standard Triumph Review Feb 1960; dunns-garages-sunderland-motorcycles-dealer-decals-transfers from www.heortieg.com; Dunns Garage Street Scence 1950's - Gary Flinn; 2017 google streetview of former Dunns building John Scarr.
Hi Steve, I've just found your blog after googling Dunns Garage. It's brought back some good memories. I was a salesman with them in the late 60's early 70's.
ReplyDeleteHi Steve. I came accross your blog after googling Dunns Garage Sunderland. It brought back happy memories. I worked for Dunns as a salesman late 60's early 70's.
ReplyDeleteMy own 1976 TR7 was supplied from Dunn's Garages. I have the original 'Passport to Service' book with the garage stamp, showing car sold new on 2nd August 1976. This was a Monday, so presumably the first day for collection of new cars (did garages open on a Sunday back then?).
ReplyDeletePaul some garages were open very long hours. I know a few opened 24 hours and even 7 days a week. I think car sales hours were shorter. The long hours would have been to provide recovery and repair services.
ReplyDeleteI was the Triumph factory Service rep for the North East in the sixties until I transferred to BL New Zealand in 1972. Dunns of Sunderland were my very top, favourite distributors in a territory which stretched from the Humber to the Scottish border and well over a hundred Triumph outlets. The Service Manager at Roker Avenue, Arthur Jobling, was without a shadow of doubt, the best Service Manager I ever met and I’ve met hundreds! Brilliant bunch of people, Atholl and Eric Dunn, John Churchill and co. and all of their staff were the very best. If only I had had more dealers like them, my life would have been very much easier! Apologies for my lack of photos, but photography wasn’t as easy as it is today of course .Eric Dunn incidentally was a fighter pilot and flew Hurricanes against the Japanese in Burma. His aircraft was called “Ginga Dun”, a tribute to his auburn hair and a nice pun I think. The ten years or so that I worked this patch was without a doubt some of the happiest of my long working life which I am proud to say was evinced as an apprentice at the Daimler Motor Co in Coventry. I do hope some of this might be of interest, I’ve been a Triumph fanatic for far longer than I care to remember. So many wonderful memories of times and friends long gone by!
ReplyDeleteBest regards to all Triumph enthusiasts,
John Wheeler
John thanks very much for your comments. Eric Dunn sounds like a real action hero.
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