Multiple Brands - Bramley Motors, Bawtry Road, Bramley, Yorkshire 1950's 2
Culled from an old magazine article from May 1955. The magazine is just called "Illustrated" on the page headers so guessing "Illustrated News". So two young brothers build their own design of sports car from scratch at their family's garage and get some press coverage for it. Of course I obtained the cutting for this picture - a very nice example of late era multiple branded site showing Shell and BP for sale here. Interesting to see the "Winter" inserts in the pump enclosures - different fuels for different times of the year. The BP pump also has "Platinum Processed" lower down on the front panel - can't tell you what that means!
This may be the same location in the present day - it is marked on a 1976 streetplan and even in a relatively modern Streetview it was still there if only a hand car wash.
www.google.co.uk/maps/@53.4226555,-1.2684399,3a,75y,138.1...
This is also a possibility although it looks like it was and still is rather too big
www.google.co.uk/maps/@53.4222226,-1.2762605,3a,75y,316.8...
Multiple Brands - Bramley Motors, Bawtry Road, Bramley, Yorkshire 1950's 2
Culled from an old magazine article from May 1955. The magazine is just called "Illustrated" on the page headers so guessing "Illustrated News". So two young brothers build their own design of sports car from scratch at their family's garage and get some press coverage for it. Of course I obtained the cutting for this picture - a very nice example of late era multiple branded site showing Shell and BP for sale here. Interesting to see the "Winter" inserts in the pump enclosures - different fuels for different times of the year. The BP pump also has "Platinum Processed" lower down on the front panel - can't tell you what that means!
This may be the same location in the present day - it is marked on a 1976 streetplan and even in a relatively modern Streetview it was still there if only a hand car wash.
www.google.co.uk/maps/@53.4226555,-1.2684399,3a,75y,138.1...
This is also a possibility although it looks like it was and still is rather too big
www.google.co.uk/maps/@53.4222226,-1.2762605,3a,75y,316.8...