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| W Sparrow & Sons Ltd of Yeovil Standard car delivery |
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| W Sparrow and Sons Ltd advert from 1924 |
In 1924 the garage was selling Crossley, Humber, Overland and Standard cars.
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| W Sparrow and Sons Ltd Autocar advert from October 1957 |
Change of name or ownership
When did the business stop trading using "W Sparrow" identity and become Somerset Motors (Yeovil) Ltd.
Somerset Motors (Yeovil) Ltd, Osborne Garage, Sherbourne Road, Yeovil are listed in March 1972, March 1974 and May 1975. Were a BMW dealer in
1979.
Somerset
Motors (Yeovil) Ltd was incorporated 7 February 1952 under the name W
Sparrow & Sons Limited. The company name was formally changed 12
December 1966. However I have photos showing the company trading as
Somerset Motors from as early as March 1956 The company has been
dormant since 4 January 1992.
Tax disc holder
I found this image of a plastic tax disc holder on facebook. At the time this branded accessory was made W Sparrow & Sons Ltd were selling cars from Daimler, Jaguar, Singer, Standard and Triumph.
W Sparrow & Sons Ltd of Yeovil tax disc holder
Plea for information
If you have any more information or recollections about W Sparrow & Sons Ltd of Yeovil Standard Triumph dealer 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 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:W Sparrow & Sons Ltd of Yeovil Standard delivery photo posted to facebook by Bob Osborn; W Sparrow and Sons Ltd advert from 1924 from an old theatre program; .
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