Sunday, March 31, 2019

Hewitts Garages Ltd of Wolverhampton - Triumph Car Dealer 83

Hewitts rear window sticker
Hewitts rear window sticker
This post is about Hewitts a Triumph car dealer who had branches in Wolverhampton, Walsall and Stourbridge.

The Darwall Garage Ltd taken over

It was reported in the Standard Triumph Review of March 1962:

As from January 29th the business of The Darwall Garage Ltd. of Darwall Street, WalsalI, was taken over by Hewitts Garages Ltd. of Stourbridge.

The Darwall Garage Ltd. which was founded by the late Mr. C. F. Woodall in 1915 has been a Distributor for StandardTriumph for 47 years.

The present Managing Director, Mr. C. E. Woodall, is now retiring after being in this family business for 44 years.

The business will be carried on in the name of Hewitts Garages Ltd. from the Darwall Street premises in Walsall as before. The family connection will be continued since Mr. G. R. RoIlitt, who has been with The Darwall Garage Ltd. for many years, is joining the Board of Hewitts Garages Ltd. and will remain at Walsall to manage the business.

Some adverts

The first two adverts I found on flickr and are from a collection of Wolverhampton Wanders football programmes.
Howiitts of Woverhampton 1982 advert
Hewitts of Woverhampton 1982 advert

Hewitts of Woverhampton 1981 advert 02
Hewitts of Woverhampton 1981 advert 02

Hewitts of Woverhampton 1981 advert
Hewitts of Woverhampton 1981 advert

Hewitts Jaguar Wolverhampton 1982
Hewitts Jaguar Wolverhampton 1982

Hewitt Automotive

Hewitt Automotive forecourt
Hewitt Automotive forecourt
As of March 2019 they claim to have been established since 1946 and now being run by the third generation of the family.

Triumph garages in Wolverhampton

April 1938:
West Central Garage Limited, School Street

April 1951:
Charles Attwood & Son, Ltd, Stafford Street,
Bernard P. Littleford, Albany Road,
Wolverhampton Motor Services Ltd, Clevedon Road,.

October 1955:
Barlow Motors (Wolverhampton) Ltd, 345/7 Newhampton Road West. 'Phone 20362.
E L Bouts Motors Ltd, Stafford Street. 'Phone 23295.
Don Everall Ltd, Cleveland Road. 'Phone 23212.
Bernard P Littleford Ltd, 44 Albany Road. 'Phone 20467.
Motorities Ltd, Vane Street. 'Phone 20807.
Warstones Service Station, Warstones Road. 'Phone 37488.
West Central Garage Ltd, School Street. 'Phone 23601.
Cyril Williams (Motors) Ltd, Cleveland Street. 'Phone 24171.

August 1961:
Barlow Motors (Wolverhampton) Ltd, 345/7 Newhampton Road West. 'Phone 20362
E L Bouts Motors Ltd, 27-28 Stafford Street. 'Phone 23295
Motorities Ltd, 85 Dudley Road. 'Phone 20807/8
Warstones Service Station, Warstones Road, Penn 'Phone 37488.
West Central Garage Ltd, School Street. 'Phone 23601 and 22593
Cyril Williams (Motors) Ltd, Cleveland Street. 'Phone 25374/7

February 1965:
Allens Auto Services Ltd, 6 Pipers Row. 'Phone 23167
Barlow Motors (Wolverhampton) Ltd, 345/7 Newhampton Road West. 'Phone 20362
E L Bouts Motors Ltd, Merridale Lane. 'Phone 23295
Motorities Ltd, 85 Dudley Road. 'Phone 20807/8
Parade Service Garage (Wolverhampton) Ltd, St Georges Parade, 'Phone 26405
Warstones Service Station, Warstones Road, Penn 'Phone 37488.
Cyril Williams (Motors) Ltd, Cleveland Street. 'Phone 25374/7

September 1968:
Barlow Motors (Wolverhampton) Ltd, 345/7 Newhampton Road West. 'Phone 20362
E L Bouts Motors Ltd, Merridale Lane. 'Phone 23295
Carlton Garage (Wolverhampton) Ltd, 177 Birmingham New Road 'Phone 26521
Hewitts of Woverhampton, Lower Stafford Street. 'Phone 29566

March 1970:
Distributor
Hewitts of Woverhampton, Lower Stafford Street. 'Phone 29566
Dealers
Barlow Motors (Wolverhampton) Ltd, 345/7 Newhampton Road West. 'Phone 20362
E L Bouts Motors Ltd, Merridale Lane. 'Phone 23295

March 1972:
Distributor
Hewitts of Woverhampton, Stafford Street, Wolverhampton WV1 1NX. 'Phone 29569
Dealers
Barlow Motors (Wolverhampton) Ltd, 345/7 Newhampton Road West. 'Phone 20362

March 1974, May 1975:
Distributor
Hewitts of Woverhampton, Stafford Street, Wolverhampton WV1 1NX. 'Phone 29566 parts 29569
Dealers
Barlow Motors (Wolverhampton) Ltd, I Evans Street, Wolverhampton. 'Phone 20362/27632

March 1984:
Charles Clark Wolverhampton, PO Box 74 Chapel Ash & Stephenson Street WV3 0TX 'Phone 0902 311611

Plea for information

If you have any more information or recollections about Hewitts 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.weblin

Further 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 gallery of images I have found on Flickr.

I have a collection of Standard Triumph car dealer directories: http://vitessesteve.blogspot.co.uk/2016/03/triumph-car-dealer-directories.html

Picture credits:Hewitts rear window sticker posted to flickr by Hitman; Hewitts of Woverhampton 1981 and 1982 adverts posted to flickr by Miles McClagan; Hewitts Jaguar Wolverhampton 1982 advert posted to flickr by John; Hewitt Automotive forecourt photo from their website.

1 comment:

  1. I served my apprenticeship at Wolverhampton Hewitt best time of my life. 1981 to 1986

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