Hollingdrake Automoble Company were appointed distributors for Standard cars for Lancashire and Cheshire in 1911. In 1932 they got the appointment for North Wales.
Hollingdrake which started as foundry imported La Buire cars from France early in its history. Hollingdrake Automobile Co Ltd exhibited La Buire cars at Olympia motor show in 1909. The group had many interested but as demand for cars increased they expanded that side of the business by building, selling and servicing cars.
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| Hollingdrake Automobile Co Ltd Triumph Dolomite Sprint advert from Motor 23 June 1973 |
Some old press adverts
Death of Mr E N Hodgkinson
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| Mr E N Hodgkinson director of Hollingdrake of Stockport |
It is with regret that we record the death of Mr E N Hodgkinson, a joint founder and former Chairman and Managing Director of The Hollingdrake Automobile Co Ltd, Stockport, who have been Standard
Distributors for more than half-acentury.
Mr. Hodgkinson was 83 years of age. His two sons are directors of The Hollingdrake Automobile Co. Ltd; Mr R P Hodgkinson is Managing Director and Mr. E A Hodgkinson is the Group Service Director.
Hollingdrake Automobile Co Ltd - rear window sticker
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| Hollingdrake Stockport Rover window sticker |
Hollingdrake badges
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| Hollingdrake Automobile Co Ltd badge |
Hollingdrake Automobile Co Ltd - Town Hall Square
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| Hollingdrake Automobilc Co Ltd, Town Hall Square |
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| Heron Stockport |
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| Lamborghini Manchester |
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| H R Owen, Town Hall Square, Stockport |
Bridge advert
Recovery Truck
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| Hollingdrake Recovery Lorry |
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 Bell Street premises: 22 to 26 July 1963.Subsidiaries and other sites
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| Hollingdrake advert from Motor 16 October1963 |
Browetts of Leicester were at one point in their history a Hollingdrake company.
You can read about C A Britten & Co (Liverpool) Ltd who were a another company that was a part of the Hollingdrake group from at least 1958 and possibly earlier.
Hollingdrake Automobile Co Ltd, Princes Drive, Colwyn Bay.
Paramont Garages Ltd of Manchester
Triumph car dealers in Stockport
April 1951Hollingdrake Automobilc Co Ltd, Town Hall Square,
Smiths of Stockport Ltd, Wellington Road South,
October 1955:
Hollingdrake Automobilc Co Ltd, Town Hall Square, - phone 4464 - Distributor
Drakeson Motor Co Ltd, Wellington Road South, - phone 4249
1959:
Hollingdrake Automobilc Co Ltd, Town Hall Square, - phone 4464 - Distributor
Drakeson Motor Co Ltd, Wellington Road South, - phone 4249
Lane End Motor Co Ltd, 201/207 Welington Road South, - phone 4642/3
Yates Garage (Stockport) Ltd, Hopes Carr, Waterloo Road, - phone 4118
Yates Garage (Stockport) Ltd was incorporated 7 May 1947, it appears to have ceased trading some time ago. The registrar of companies applied to wind up the company from 26 April 1999 but as at todays date it is still reported active.
August 1961:
Hollingdrake Automobilc Co Ltd, Town Hall Square, - phone 4464 - Distributor
Clifton Garage (Cheadle Heath) Ltd, 283 Stockport Road, Cheadle Heath, - phone Gatley 7414
Drakeson Motor Co Ltd, Wellington Road South, - phone 4249
Lane End Motor Co Ltd, 201/207 Welington Road South, - phone 4642/3
Yates Garage (Stockport) Ltd, Hopes Carr, Waterloo Road, - phone 4118
February 1965:
Hollingdrake Automobilc Co Ltd, Town Hall Square, - phone 4464 - Distributor
Drakeson Motor Co Ltd, Wellington Road South, - phone 4249
Performance Motors, 283 Stockport Road, Cheadle Heath, - phone Gatley 7414
Yates Garage (Stockport) Ltd, Hopes Carr, Waterloo Road, - phone 4118
September 1968, March 1970:
Hollingdrake Automobilc Co Ltd, Town Hall Square, - phone 4464 - Distributor
Central Garage (Reddish) Ltd, 181 Gorton Road, - phone Heaton Moor 2853
Drakeson Motor Co Ltd, Wellington Road South, - phone 4249
Yates Garage (Stockport) Ltd, Hopes Carr, Waterloo Road, - phone 4118
March 1972, March 1974, May 1975:
Hollingdrake Automobilc Co Ltd, Town Hall Square, SK1 3NQ - phone 061-480-4464 - Distributor
Yates Garage (Stockport) Ltd, Hopes Carr, Waterloo Road, SK1 3BQ - phone 061-480-4118
Austin Rover dealers June 1984:
Lex Mead, Wellington Road North, SK4 2PD
The Stockport Motor House Ltd, 35 Buxton Road, SK2 6LZ
Plea for information
If you have any more information or recollections about Hollingdrake of Stockport, 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 Browetts of Leicester who were at one point in their history a Hollingdrake companyLink 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: Dodge recovery lorryphoto by vg92 on flckr; the old press adverts were posted on the historyworld website in their advert museum; Hollingdrake Automobile Co Ltd badge shared on facebook by Richard Pearce;
Hi Steve
ReplyDeleteI have contacted you before regarding my search for a family TR3A. Do you know anyone with sales records from Hollingdrakes Stockport from the 1970s? My uncle, owned the TR, and also subsequently had a new Dolomite Sprint (and before the TR had two Standard Vanguards). He was in Marple Cheshire so would almost certainly have bought them from Hollingdrakes. Sales records might help me find out what happened to the TR if he traded it in for the Dolomite Sprint. Regards Paul
Heritage Certificates often include the supplying dealer amongst the info that they include: https://www.britishmotormuseum.co.uk/archive/heritage-certificates
ReplyDeleteYou could try a search of British Motor Museum archive or asking the Stockport library/archive service.
DeleteGreat to read about Hollindrakes Town Hall Square. I was a junior doctor at the Infirmary opposite. I had a Standard 8 ,bought from Timms of Leigh. I was able to garage the car at Apsley House where the Senior Nursing staff lived. Unfortunately reversing out one evening I collided with a brick corner much to my chagrin as my Nursing Sister girlfriend was in the car. Hollindrakes repaired the damage and I was a grateful customer for many years The Stansard was replaced by a Triumph Herald when our family arrived.
ReplyDeleteWhat a great story
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