Halifax UK - Triumph car dealers 105

This short post is about the garages that sold and serviced Standard Triumph vehicles in Halifax, Yorkshire UK.

Central Garage (Halifax) Ltd

In October 1958 a business called Central Garages (Halifax) Ltd were operating from 89 King Cross Road and were the area distributors for Standard Triumph. Do you know if this business was taken over by H J Car Sales?

At the time this photo was taken the firm were dealing with Standard cars, Morris Commercials and Riley cars. Central Garage (Halifax) Ltd., 89 King Cross Street at its junction with West Parade. I understand that the building was demolished to make way for the A58 town centre bypass.
 

H J Car Sales

Later on H J Cars Sales traded out of the same building as Central Garage (Halifax) Ltd.  At the time this photo was taken the firm were also dealing with Singer cars.

Boyes Garages (Halifax) Ltd

Boyes ran several branches I have written about Boyes of Huddefield in a previous post.

Hoffmans of Halifax

Hoffmans were a chain of garages that sold Rolls Royce motor cars.  I have written about Hoffmans of Sheffield in the past.

In 1936 a public company was formed to acquire the Provincial Tramways Co[1].  Subsquently that business acquired Hoffmans of Halifax and Hoffmans of Sheffield in 1958.

Triumph car dealers in Halifax

Triumph April 1938
Park Motors Ltd, Portland Place,

Standard Triumph

October 1955, October 1958
Distributor
Central Garage (Halifax) Ltd, 89 King Cross Street and Horton
Street. 'Phone: Day 5846; Night 66050.•
Dealers
Taylor & Ackroyd Ltd, New Brunswick Street 'Phone: Day 2087: Night 81171.
H J Electrical Services Ltd, New Bond Street. 'Phone 66366/7: Night 61731 and 3837.

August 1961
Dealers
Avis Motors. Keighley Road, Causeway Foot. 'Phone 64167.
Central Garage (Halifax) Ltd., 89 King Cross Street. 'Phone 5846.
Taylor & Ackroyd Ltd, New Brunswick Street. 'Phone 2087.
H. J, Electrical Services Ltd., New Bond Street. 'Phone 66366/7
Salterhebble Garage Ltd., Salternebble. 'Phone 4077

February 1965, September 1968:
Avis Motors, Keighley Road. 'Phone 64167.
H J Electrical Services Ltd, Kings Cross Steet. 'Phone 61712
Hoffmans of Halifax Ltd, Hudderdield Road. 'Pnone 65944

March 1970:
Avis Motors, Keighley Road. 'Phone 64167.
H J Car Sales Ltd, West Parade. 'Phone 66366
Hoffmans of Halifax Ltd, Hudderdield Road. 'Pnone 65944

March 1972:
Boyes Garages (Halifax) Ltd, Halifax Road, Hipperholme. 'Phone 22263
H J Car Sales Ltd, West Parade. 'Phone 61712
Headlands Garage, Denholmgate Road, 'Phone 22795
Hoffmans of Halifax Ltd, Hudderdield Road. 'Pnone 65944 

March 1974:
Boyes Garages (Halifax) Ltd, Halifax Road, Hipperholme. 'Phone 22263
Hoffmans of Halifax Ltd, Hudderdield Road. 'Pnone 65944

April 1979: Distributor
Lex Greenwood's Hoffmans, Hudderdield Road, HX3 0AA Tel 0422 65944 and Haley Hill, Booth Town, HX3 6EO. Tel 0422 60304

Plea for information

If you have any information or recollections about Standard Triumph car dealers in Halifax 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: Central Garage photo from httpwww.halifaxpeople.comHistoric-KingCross.html; H J Sales photo posted to facebook.

Oakwell Garage of Ilkeston - Triumph car dealer 104

Several garages sold and serviced Triumph cars in Ilkeston.  Two of the garage buildings were known as Oakwell Garage and later New Oakwell Garage. of Ilkeston.

 Oakwell Garage 1964

This street scene is said to be from 1964 and shows the corner of Oakwell Garage looking down Park Road away from White Lion square.  At this stage the business was operated by the Ilkeston Co-operative Society. These building were demolished to make way for an inner relief road.

New Oakwell Garage

What are these two chaps shaking hands on at New Oakwell Garage?

New Oakwell Garage rear window sticker

MOT garage

I have read that Bristol Street Motor traded from New Oakwell Garage, Derby Road, Ilkeston but strangely the postcode used by them was DE7 5FH rather than DE7 5GS.  Was this same site or did the business transfer the building name?

Sunwin Motors another MOT provider also traded from the DE7 5FH premises.

A Co-op garage

New Oakwell Garage was an Austin Morris and Rover Triumph dealer during the BL cars era. It was owned and operated by the Ilkeston Co-op.

Ilkeston Co-op owned several car dealerships over the years. Ilkeston Co-op sold its car retail business to United Co-operatives in 2004.

Triumph car dealers in Ilkeston

October 1955, October 1958, 1959:
Kennings Ltd, The Garage, Wharncliffe Road, Ilkeston phone49

August 1961:
L Clarke (Ilkeston) Ltd, I.S.M Service Garage, Heanor Road, Ilkeston
Kennings Ltd, The Garage, Wharncliffe Road, Ilkeston phone49

February 1965:
L Clarke (Ilkeston) Ltd, I.S.M Service Garage, Heanor Road, Ilkeston
Oakwell Garage I.C.S Ltd, 30 Market Street, Ilkeston DE2 5QY

September 1968,March 1970:
Oakwell Garage I.C.S Ltd, 30 Market Street, Ilkeston DE2 5QY

March 1972:
Oakwell Garage, 12 South Street, Ilkeston

September 1972,March 1974:
Oakwell Garage, 30 Market Street, Ilkeston DE2 5QY

April 1979: BL Cars
Kenning Ltd, Nottingham Road DE7 5BP
New Oakwell Garage, Derby Road, Ilkeston DE7 5GS

June 1984, January 1987 AustinRover
New Oakwell Garage, Derby Road, Ilkeston DE7 5GS + 12 South Road DE7 5BP

September 1989, August 1990, May 1991 Rover Group
New Oakwell Garage, Derby Road, Ilkeston DE7 5GS + 12 South Road DE7 5BP
 

Plea for information

If you have any information or recollections about Standard Triumph car dealers in Ilkeston  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: Oakwell Garage 1964 from Picture the Past; New Oakwell Garage rear window sticker posted to flickr by John; New Oakwell - Ilkeston rear window sticker posted to flickr by Jonathon.