R H Collier & Co Ltd, Birmingham, UK : Silver Jubilee brochure 1954 : workshops
A brochure issued in 1954 to celebrate the 25th anniversary of trading by the Birmingham, UK, motor car dealers, garage and filling station owners R H Collier & Co Ltd. As main dealer and distributor for the Rover Company they were well placed - the Collier's filling stations at Sheldon in the east of Birmingham were close to Rover's then car factory across the city boundary in Solihull.
The brochure, not 'dated' as such with with a rubber stamp date of 1954, tells mostly of the wartime and post-war development of the company. As well as its filling stations, one on either side of the main A45 road at "Collier's Corner" in Sheldon, they had a main showroom and spares department in Easy Row in the city centre. This was to be swept away in the 1960s wholesale demolition and reconstruction of central Birmingham.
Collier's had unusual origins in that at their formation in 1929 they'd purchased the bankrupt assets of the once great Clyno Car Company (from Herbert's of Coventry). I am uncertain as to what use they made of these before becoming known as motor car dealers and service agents. I recall them from childhood days in the 1960s with various service stations and dealerships in the Birmingham area but I'm not aware of when they ceased trading.
R H Collier & Co Ltd, Birmingham, UK : Silver Jubilee brochure 1954 : workshops
A brochure issued in 1954 to celebrate the 25th anniversary of trading by the Birmingham, UK, motor car dealers, garage and filling station owners R H Collier & Co Ltd. As main dealer and distributor for the Rover Company they were well placed - the Collier's filling stations at Sheldon in the east of Birmingham were close to Rover's then car factory across the city boundary in Solihull.
The brochure, not 'dated' as such with with a rubber stamp date of 1954, tells mostly of the wartime and post-war development of the company. As well as its filling stations, one on either side of the main A45 road at "Collier's Corner" in Sheldon, they had a main showroom and spares department in Easy Row in the city centre. This was to be swept away in the 1960s wholesale demolition and reconstruction of central Birmingham.
Collier's had unusual origins in that at their formation in 1929 they'd purchased the bankrupt assets of the once great Clyno Car Company (from Herbert's of Coventry). I am uncertain as to what use they made of these before becoming known as motor car dealers and service agents. I recall them from childhood days in the 1960s with various service stations and dealerships in the Birmingham area but I'm not aware of when they ceased trading.