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.

Plea for information

If you have any more information or recollections about F Guyver & Sons Ltd 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 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;