Tuesday, December 08, 2020

W Sparrow & Sons Ltd of Yeovil - Triumph car dealers 103

 

W Sparrow & Sons Ltd of Yeovil Standard delivery
W Sparrow & Sons Ltd of Yeovil Standard car delivery
W Sparrow and Sons Ltd were based at Osborne Garage, Sherborne Road, Yeovil.  The firm sold Standard cars over a long period of time.

W Sparrow and Sons Ltd advert from 1924
W Sparrow and Sons Ltd advert from 1924

In 1924 the garage was selling Crossley, Humber, Overland and Standard cars.

W Sparrow and Sons Ltd Autocar advert from October 1957
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
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.weblin

Further 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; .

1 comment:

  1. Hi, I have seen your post about whites of grimsby, I have a TR7V8 convertible with SD1 dash, seats and running gear and a chassis plate of Proto No1 Whites of Grimsby, I am trying to find out some more information about the car.
    Thanks.

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