Old garage in the 1950s

Coronation celebrations at this olde worlde workshop/filling station.

Another couple of photos from David, this time featuring the old family garage back in 1953, when celebrations for the Coronation were in full swing.

Plenty of advertising in evidence for many motoring products - including Shell & BP Fuels, Castrol oils (in the cabinet), and Exide - for the long life battery. Quite a battery of petrol pumps with their globes in place - back then independent garages could stock a variety of fuels from different manufacturers - here are pumps for BP, Shell, National Benzole (Mr Mercury), and Power brands.

The house was named 'Brooklands' but sadly neither house nor garage survive today, other than in these great photos.

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Garage in 1953

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