Esso - Farelee Motors, Beach Road, Lee on Solent, Hampshire circa 1960
I've not been able to work out where this was taken, it might be Isle of Wight, but the connection is slightly tenuous. There is a garage of almost the same name there in the present day, and with a long history, but it is called Fairlee Motors!
www.fairleeservicestation.com/
Another stronger possibility is from an old bus ticket posted by Martyn Hearson. That shows a garage advertised called Farelee Motors with two premises, one in Lee On Solent and the other in Gosport.
www.flickr.com/photos/22455491@N02/2810447117/
Certainly this place was on the coast as the sea can be seen in the background and given what each location looks like on a map instinctively I'd probably go for Lee on Solent.
Anyway, it's a great old image, everyone is taking a lot of pride in the car on the forecourt, in itself a vintage model by this era, and the Esso pumps in colour and recovery truck in the background look splendid.
Edit update:- Suggested to be Beach Road in Lee on Solent - See Autoverse's comment below.
Esso - Farelee Motors, Beach Road, Lee on Solent, Hampshire circa 1960
I've not been able to work out where this was taken, it might be Isle of Wight, but the connection is slightly tenuous. There is a garage of almost the same name there in the present day, and with a long history, but it is called Fairlee Motors!
www.fairleeservicestation.com/
Another stronger possibility is from an old bus ticket posted by Martyn Hearson. That shows a garage advertised called Farelee Motors with two premises, one in Lee On Solent and the other in Gosport.
www.flickr.com/photos/22455491@N02/2810447117/
Certainly this place was on the coast as the sea can be seen in the background and given what each location looks like on a map instinctively I'd probably go for Lee on Solent.
Anyway, it's a great old image, everyone is taking a lot of pride in the car on the forecourt, in itself a vintage model by this era, and the Esso pumps in colour and recovery truck in the background look splendid.
Edit update:- Suggested to be Beach Road in Lee on Solent - See Autoverse's comment below.