sps1955's photos with the keyword: St Catherine's

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The Citroën prices for which no horsepower is specified presumably relate to the 12 (the equivalent of the 7CV in France). See www.citroenet.org.uk/foreign/slough/traction/traction-04.... , reproducing a 1939 UK market brochure. For the main article: www.flickr.com/photos/40878011@N07/7329119536/in/set-7215... .

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The extension of the central heating system to the lock-up garages, which were available for rent, is particularly striking. For part 2: www.flickr.com/photos/40878011@N07/7329116594/in/set-7215... . For the history of the business, see the set page.

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Scanned from an unused postcard mounted in a folder. My grandfather standing at the pumps of the premises at 53-55 St Catherine's; the dangling wire and the absence of cars suggest that this may have been taken just before the opening on 1 March 1939. Note the variety of petrol brands on offer. See set page for the history of the business.

Scanned from a print. Shows the new premises at 53-55 St Catherine's approaching completion; the photograph was used to illustrate an article in the Lincolnshire Echo , 23 Feb. 1939 , announcing the opening of the new garage on 1 March. See set page for the history of the business.

Scanned from a print. Apparently taken to record the refurbishment that I remember being carried out shortly after my grandfather's death in late 1965. Series VI Singer Gazelles are visible on the far left and on the far right, and there is at least one more in the showroom (along with another Gazelle which is probably also a series VI) - this model was current from Sept. 1965 to March 1967. The showroom also contains what appears to be a Mark IV Singer Vogue, so presumably the photograph pre-dates the launch of its Arrow-style successor October 1966. There is also a Singer Chamois in the showroom and another one in the exit from the workshop. See set page for the history of the business.

Scanned from a print. Probably early 1950s - the cars at the right-hand end of the forecourt are identifiable on the original as an Austin A40 Somerset or A70 Hereford and an A40 Devon-based pickup. The car entering the forecourt looks like a Citroën Traction Avant. See set page for the history of the business.

Scanned from a print in the family collection. The car in the showroom is an Austin A40 Somerset, current from 1952-4. Other cars, from left to right, and mostly older, are: Vauxhall ( Preston area registration from 1946-8 ); Morris 10 series M (leaving the forecourt; 1944-6 London registration ); Bentley (having its windscreen wiped); Citroën Traction Avant (being filled with petrol and looking very clean - I wondered if it might be the garage demonstrator, but the registration looks like DVL10, a Lincoln-issued plate which, astonishingly, still (28 Feb. 2012) belongs to a Citroën first registered in June 1949, so it was not particularly new when this photo was taken; according to the DVLA database, it has a 1911cc engine, so is probably a Traction 11BL (or "Light 15" in English parlance) ; Standard (perhaps; the front is obscured by the Citroën); What I think is a Rover P2 or P3 with the less familiar 4-light "Sports Saloon" body (in Hamilton Road, only the rear visible; cf. i254.photobucket.com/albums/hh90/1947rover/Tilly5.jpg ). The pumps are now all branded "Esso", in contrast to the variety on offer in 1939 . See set page for the history of the business.

Scanned from a print. The car on the far right is an Austin A35, launched in 1956. It is just possible to make out that the car behind it is a Citroën DS or ID. The signs indicate that the garage still held the Citroën agency which was relinquished in 1962 (according to research carried out by Stephen Dodsworth in the Lincolnshire Echo and published in the Lincolnshire Vintage Vehicle Society 's Conrod magazine, Winter 2015). If anyone can see further clues as to the date, I would be glad to know. The car at the left-hand end of the forecourt looks like an immediate pre- or post-World War II model, but this does not help much with the dating, as such cars survived in daily use into the 1960s - indeed, my godmother, who lived opposite, kept the Morris 10 that she had bought just before the war until 1972. See set page for the history of the business.

Scanned from a print,. Apparently taken to record the refurbishment that I remember being carried out shortly after my grandfather's death in late 1965. Newly delivered series VI Singer Gazelles (without their hub caps) are lined up on the right - this model was current from Sept. 1965 to March 1967. A Singer Vogue Mark III or IV stands at the nearest corner of the forecourt, with more Gazelles behind it. There is no sign in this photograph, or in the other that appears to have been taken on the same occasion, of the Arrow-style Singer Vogue launched in October 1966. See set page for the history of the business.