Esso & Shell-BP - Bridgehouse Gate, Pateley Bridge, North Yorkshire HG3 5HG circa 1960
Unusually for an old postcard, both the garages seen here still exist. Only the Shell-BP site still sells petrol, it's been through some less well known brands in more recent times and is currently an independent site under the name The Dales Market Corner. Before that it had been branded Costcutter in 2014, see below, and earlier still Pace, see Richard's photo below. Before any of that it was a Texaco site. Richard has a photo of it in its current incarnation too, I've also added that below. Whether or not it is still called Nidderdale Garage I don't know.
As for the Esso site, the seemingly grander forecourt, it had been a Bosch service centre until quite recently, earlier on it was a Vauxhall dealership, but petrol sales ended quite some time before Streetview first came along.
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Esso & Shell-BP - Bridgehouse Gate, Pateley Bridge, North Yorkshire HG3 5HG circa 1960
Unusually for an old postcard, both the garages seen here still exist. Only the Shell-BP site still sells petrol, it's been through some less well known brands in more recent times and is currently an independent site under the name The Dales Market Corner. Before that it had been branded Costcutter in 2014, see below, and earlier still Pace, see Richard's photo below. Before any of that it was a Texaco site. Richard has a photo of it in its current incarnation too, I've also added that below. Whether or not it is still called Nidderdale Garage I don't know.
As for the Esso site, the seemingly grander forecourt, it had been a Bosch service centre until quite recently, earlier on it was a Vauxhall dealership, but petrol sales ended quite some time before Streetview first came along.
www.google.co.uk/maps/@54.0837827,-1.7629341,3a,75y,45.86...