tarboat's photos with the keyword: showroom

The town gasworks at Hayle was built in 1888 and the last relic is the former showrooms which still proudly advertises its former ownership in a mosaic over the door.

The town gasworks at Hayle was built in 1888 and the last relic is the former showrooms which still proudly advertises its former ownership in a mosaic over the door.

Car dealer's showroom in Stone, now disused and due for demolition/redevelopment.

The Silk Kite pub is housed in a remarkable building that was constructed in 1936 by by Colonel D'Arcy-Chayton, who owned Pooley Hall Colliery and established the Tamworth and District Electric Supply Company (TADESCO) in the early 1920s. It was intended for use as offices and as a showroom for TADESCO and was particularly notable for a 45ft clock tower. Sadly the tower was reduced by two thirds by the East Midlands Electricity Board in 1976. The clock was relocated in a lower position.

The modernist showroom of the former Tower Garage at Alderley Edge has now been converted into a cafe/eatery. It looks to me as if it has just landed from outer space!

Eagle142 tells me that this building on the corner of Buxton Road and Brook Street was the showroom premises of the car dealers 'Locomotors'. He further tells me that the business was part of the Hovis empire, having been established by a Mr Morton (of Morton Hall fame) to enable him to obtain new cars at trade price. By the 1960s it was selling high class secondhand cars. It was later the Rent Equip base until they sold out, and since then Speedyhire and part for a motorcycle business. It now stands empty and for sale/to let. The clock is a fine detail and very much of the period.