Multiple Brands - Claygate Motors, Claygate near Esher, Surrey 1938
Struggling to get a precise location. One thing's for certain, this postcard was sent on 9th May 1938 from Claygate Motors to a Miss R Palmer in Bournemouth about her interest in and possible purchase of a Ford 8. Apparently they had ordered it for her and expected its arrival on 20th May and were going to keep it there until she wanted it. The postmark is of Esher in Surrey so one can only presume the garage premises were near there. Anyway, it's a lovely photo of excellent quality and of an era when a garage could have some creeping plants growing up the front and just a single car on view in the showroom. Cleveland, National, Esso and Shell on sale on the forecourt. In just over a year it would be all change as the war broke out, rationing and pool petrol was introduced and car sales would have been a thing of the past.
Multiple Brands - Claygate Motors, Claygate near Esher, Surrey 1938
Struggling to get a precise location. One thing's for certain, this postcard was sent on 9th May 1938 from Claygate Motors to a Miss R Palmer in Bournemouth about her interest in and possible purchase of a Ford 8. Apparently they had ordered it for her and expected its arrival on 20th May and were going to keep it there until she wanted it. The postmark is of Esher in Surrey so one can only presume the garage premises were near there. Anyway, it's a lovely photo of excellent quality and of an era when a garage could have some creeping plants growing up the front and just a single car on view in the showroom. Cleveland, National, Esso and Shell on sale on the forecourt. In just over a year it would be all change as the war broke out, rationing and pool petrol was introduced and car sales would have been a thing of the past.