Herts Motors (St Albans) Ltd - Triumph car dealers 93

Herts Motors (St Albans) Limited is the feature business of this article number 93 in my series about Triumph car dealers. 

Herts Motors (St Albans) Ltd London Road street view

I have a lot of material about this business and will present it in several posts.   Herts Motors (St Albans) Ltd dealt Standard and Triumph cars over many years.  The business was taken over by Mann Egerton. Originally based on London Road St Albans they moved into new premises during 1964.

Herts Motors (St Albans) Ltd Acrewood Way, Hatfield Road

A liquidator was appointed to Herts Motors (St Albans) Limited on 19 November 1982.

Christmas 1959

Herts Motors (St. Albans) Ltd Xmas 1959 window display

When Herts Motors (St. Albans) Ltd, staged a special Christmas display in their showrooms they utilised a Standard Atlas and installed special lighting so that at night time there was the effect of a
continual snowfall.

Orchid delivery van

It was reported in the Standard Triumph review October 1963 issue:

Herts Motors (St. Albans) Ltd recently supplied a Standard 15 to Neville Orchids Ltd, a company with an expanding business as orchid growers at home and abroad, with nurseries at Glastonbury in Somerset.  There is a link between these two companies in that Mr. J. A. K. Hall is a director of both.

The first journey which the van made was to Hamburg for the LG.A. - the quinquennial international horticultural exhibition.  It was used to carry about £2,500 worth of orchid plants in flower. Leaving
Glastonbury on a Saturday morning, it was flown from Southend airport to Rotterdam in the evening. It arrived in Hamburg on Sunday afternoon after a pleasant journey through Holland and Germany. The van, painted in powder blue with navy blue lettering, attracted much attention, especially in Bremen, where admirers nearly caused a traffic jam.

At Hamburg, Neville Orchids Ltd. were the only English orchid exhibitors to be awarded a gold medal, and in addition they received two silver medals.

The Standard 15 van was modified before delivery to allow for two shelves across the whole floor area, and to facilitate travel abroad the roof ventilator was removed to bring down the height and a wire mesh screen was fixed between the cab and van to enable it to be sealed for customs purposes.
A heater for the van, interior loading light and reversing light were fitted.

Triumph car dealers in St Albans

April 1951:
W N Couper Ltd, Catherine Street

October 1955:
Area dealer
Herts Motors (St Albans) Ltd, 21/3 London Road, phone 6021/2
Dealer open 7 days a week
Hobbs Motor Garage, 212 Hatfield Road phone 1364

1959:
Distributor + Main Stanprt Stockist
Herts Motors (St Albans) Ltd, 21/3 London Road, phone 6021/2

August 1961:
Distributor + Main Stanprt Stockist
Herts Motors (St Albans) Ltd, 21/3 London Road, phone 6021/2
Dealer
Frogmore Garage Ltd, Frogmore phone Park Street 2170

February 1965, September 1968, March 1970:
Distributor
Herts Motors (St Albans) Ltd, Acrewood Way, Hatfield Road phone 56021 + Showroom only 21/3 London Road, phone 52576
Dealer
Frogmore Garage Ltd, Frogmore phone Park Street 2170

March 1972:
Distributor
Mann Egerton (St Albans) Ltd,  Acrewood Way, Hatfield Road phone 0727 56021/2/3
Dealer
Frogmore Garage and Coachworks, Frogmore phone Park Street 2626/2170

March 1974, May 1975:
Distributor
Mann Egerton (St Albans) Ltd,  Acrewood Way, Hatfield Road AL4 0JU  phone 0727 66522/8
Dealer
Frogmore Garage and Coachworks, Park Street, Frogmore AL2 2LG phone Park Street 2626/8

June 1984, March 1988:
Mann Egerton & Co Ltd, Acrewood Way, Hatfield Road AL4 0JU  phone 0727 66522/8
Frogmore Garage and Coachworks, Park Street, Frogmore AL2 2LG phone 0727 72626/8

May 1991:
Mann Egerton & Co Ltd, Acrewood Way, Hatfield Road AL4 0JU  phone 0727 66522/8

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If you have any more information or recollections about Herts Motors (St Albans) Ltd, 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 part 2 of  Herts Motors (St Albans) Ltd

Link to the other articles in this series.

Link to face book page: Triumph Car Dealers.

Link to my Triumph Car Dealers Flickr group which includes many photos of Standard Triumph garages etc from my collection and many other contributors .

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

Picture credits:

F Guyver & Sons Ltd of Stratford on Avon - Triumph Car Dealers 92

F Guyver & Sons Ltd is the feature business of this article number 92 in my series about Triumph car dealers.

F Guyver & Sons Ltd + White Swan Hotel 1968

In 1968 F Guyver & Sons Ltd were based on Rother Street next to the White Swan Hotel.

F Guyver & Sons Ltd traded in Stratford for many years. These two adverts from RAC guides are from 1912 and 1914.

Image 1912 RAC

Image 1914 RAC

In 1912 F Guyver's Garage were opposite the American Fountain.

Some Adverts

F Guyver & Sons Ltd Herald advert

Frank Henry Guyver

Gracesguide website has digitised copy of  1934 edition of Who's Who in the Motor Trade.  Here is a quote.

Man. Dir. F. Guyver & Sons, Ltd., Stratford-on-Avon. B. 20 December 1888, Stratford-upon-Avon. Ed.: Commercial School, Stratford-upon-Avon; Coventry Technical Engineering School 1906/8; pupil at Singer's 1905; at Humber's 1906/8; at Triumph's 1909/ io. Car.: with present business, started as a cycle business by his father 5o years ago and was formed into company in 1928; took charge of the motor side of the business in 191o. Md.: 2 daughters, 1 son. Int.: bowls, golf. Pr. A.: 43 Guild Street, Stratford-upon-Avon. Tel.: 86 Stratford-upon-Avon.

River Pageant

F Guyver & Sons Ltd, River Pageant at Stratford on Avon

It was reported in the Standard Triumph Review September 1960.  F Guyver & Sons Ltd, Standard-Triumph Distributors of Stratford-on-Avon, mounted a Herald Saloon on two pontoon barges suitably decorated for their part in a river procession in aid of S.S.A.F.A.  The barges were propelled by two outboard motors.

Old invoice

I found this F Guyver & Sons Ltd invoice is from the 1950's on the archive.coffinworks.org website.

From the air

F Guyver from the air in 1937. This is a screenshot from Britain from Above.  This looks to be the building later used as the Stratford Picturehouse.

Triumph car dealer address in Stratford on Avon

Bolland Garage Automobile Engineers Stratford on Avon

April 1938:
Triumph dealer
A Bolland & Co, Guild Street

October 1955, August 1961, March 1970, March 1974:
F Guyver & Sons Ltd, Rother Street.

May 1975:
Distributor
F Guyver & Sons Ltd, Rother Street, CV32 6NJ phone 0789 66254-7
dealer
Saville Motors Ltd, Birmingham Road, CV37 0BG Phone 0789 68121/66631

Feb 1976:
I have seen reference to  F Guyver & Sons Ltd as having premises on Windsor Street.

June 1984:
Heron, Birmingham Road

Heron repro rear window sticker by isaydingdong.co.uk

March 1988, May 1991:
Edwards of Stratford, Avenue Farm, Birmingham Road, CV37 0HR

Show and Service Week promotion

Staff from Standard Triumph HQ visited the business and assisted the firm with week long Show and Service promotions. These were held by the firm at their Rother Street 10 to 14 January 1966 and 24 to 28 March 1968.

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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 group which includes many photos of Standard Triumph garages etc from my collection and many other contributors .

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

Picture credits: Image 1912 RAC + Image 1914 RAC gracesguide website; F Guyver & Sons Ltd + White Swan Hotel 1968 photo posted to flickr by Glen Fairweather; F Guyver & Sons Ltd Herald advert posted to facebook by Rob Milligan; Heron repro rear window sticker image from isaydingdong.co.uk;

New Milton, Hampshire UK - Triumph Car Dealers 21D

This post is about the two Triumph car dealers that I am aware of that traded in New Milton, Hampshire UK.  Coopers (New Milton) Garages Limited and Newmil Garage (New Milton) Ltd.

Coopers (New Milton) Garages Limited

Thanks to the Milton Heritage Society for the above and from whose website I quote:

Coopers garage, in its heyday was the regional distributer for Ford motor cars. Peter Cooper entered many motor rallies and later went on to become chairman of the BARC which ran the British Grand Prix.

Coopers Garages advert from Ibsley race program 30 April 1955

The company Coopers (New Milton) Garages Limited was established in September 1930. 

Coopers Garage of New Milton rear window sticker

Coopers Garage Ltd of New Milton key fob

Newmil Garage (New Milton) Ltd

Newmil Garage (New Milton) Ltd 1964 advert

Newmil Garage New Milton key fob

Newmil Garage (New Milton) Ltd was a sister company to Rickman Bros Ltd the famous motorbike firm.

New Mil Garage closing down 1998

New Mil Garage closing down 1998 image 2

Triumph car dealer address in New Milton

October 1955, 1959, August 1961, February 1965: 
Area dealer
Coopers (New Milton) Garages Limited, Fernhill Lane - phone 21/2

September 1968 no dealer

March 1970, March 1972:
Michael House Motors Limited, Central Garage, Whitefield Road, - phone 614489

March 1974 no dealer

March 1988, May 1991:
Newmil Garage Ltd, 41 Old Mil;ton Road, BH25 6DJ

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Further information and sources

Link to the other articles in this series.

Link to  Stanbourne Motor Co Ltd of Bournemouth blog post 21

Link to Motor Macs Ltd and Tice & Son Ltd - Bournemouth - Triumph Car Dealers 21a

Link to Moore's Central Garage Ltd of Milford on Sea - Triumph car dealers 21C

Link to face book page: Triumph Car Dealers.

Link to my Triumph Car Dealers Flickr group which includes many photos of Standard Triumph garages etc from my collection and many other contributors .

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

Picture credits: Newmil Garage (New Milton) Ltd 1964 advert from a page of the matchams 27 March 1964 program on www.daveriley.weebly.com; Coopers Garage of New Milton rear window sticker and key fob images from Chris Hodder via facebook; Newmil Garage New Milton key fob photo posted to facebook by Neil Allen

Moore's Central Garage Ltd - Triumph car dealers 21C

This short post is about Moore's Central Garage Ltd of Milford on Sea, Hampshire, UK a Standard Triumph car dealer in the Bournemouth area.

Moore's Central Garage Ltd - Milford on Sea 1930s

It was reported in the London Gazette that Moore's Central Garage Ltd of Milford on Sea voluntarily started to wind up on 29 June 1989.

Moore's Central Garage Ltd - Milford on Sea 1955

site of Moore's Central Garage Ltd - Milford on Sea June2018

Dealer address

October 1955, 1959, August 1961, February 1965, September 1968, March 1970, March 1972, March 1974:
Moore's Central Garage Ltd, High Street, Milford on Sea - phone 51

March 1972 - phone Milford on Sea 2161

May 1975:
Moore's Central Garage Ltd, High Street, Milford on Sea SO4 0QD - phone 059-069 2161/2 are listed as Rover, Triumph and Land Rover dealers.

Not listed as an Austin Rover in March 1988.

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If you have any more information or recollections about Moore's Central Garage Ltd of Milford on Sea 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  Stanbourne Motor Co Ltd of Bournemouth blog post

Link to Motor Macs Ltd and Tice & Son Ltd - Bournemouth - Triumph Car Dealers 21a

Link to face book page: Triumph Car Dealers.

Link to my Triumph Car Dealers Flickr group which includes many photos of Standard Triumph garages etc from my collection and many other contributors .

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

Picture credits: Moore'sCentralGarageLtd-Milford on Sea 1930s photo from Chris Baker on flickr; Moore's Central Garage Ltd - Milford on Sea 1955 posted to facebook by Bernie Tingley;