Streamline Garages (South Shields) Limited - Triumph Car Dealers 52A

This short post is about Streamline Garages (South Shields) Limited a Standard Triumph car dealer in the Tyneside area.  The business sold Standard Triumph cars and then British Leyand, Austin Rover and lastly Rover Group products.

Streamline Garages (South Shields) Limited Motor 5 May 1973

The company called Streamline Garages (South Shields) Limited started in 9 January 1946.  It was initially called Streamline Taxis (South Shields) Limited and the name changed 14 May 1953.

This photo from the South Tyneside History website it said to show Albermarle Street looking onto Fowler Street with the remains of St Thomas's Church  in the distance. The copyright is held by South Tyneside Libraries.

Streamline Garage 1972

Site to be redeveloped

Streamline Garages (South Shields) Limited garage site

I understand that the site is to be redeveloped with plans for a new department being considered..

Triumph dealers in South Shields

October 1955: Selwood Garages Limited, Harton

September 1956 Streamline Garages (South Shields) Limited, 93 Mile End Road, South Shields

1959:
Monk Motors Ltd, Commercial Road,
Streamline Garage Ltd, 93 Mile End Road

August 1961:
Dunn's Garages (Sunderland) Ltd, Dean Road,
Monk Motors Ltd, Commercial Road, open 7 days a week
Streamline Garage Ltd, 93 Mile End Road

February 1965, September 1968, March 1970, March 1972:
Dunn's Garages (Sunderland) Ltd, 9/11 Dean Road,
Streamline Garage (South Shields) Ltd, Borrow Street

March 1974:
Streamline Garage (South Shields) Ltd, Borrow Street, NE33 1PL

April 1979:
Baulard & Fosters Ltd, 36 Sunderland Road, NE33 4UX
Streamline Garage (South Shields) Ltd, Borrow Street, NE33 1PL

March 1988, May 1991:
Streamline Garage (South Shields) Ltd, Borrow Street, NE33 1PL

Plea for information

If you have any more information or recollections about Streamline Garages (South Shields) Limited 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 Dunns of Sunderland blog post.

Link to facebook 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: Albermarle Street photo from South Tyneside Libraries; Streamline Garage 1972 photo posted facebook by Gary King; Streamline Garages (South Shields) Limited garage site photo from Shields Gazette;