Stuart0742 Posted October 2, 2009 Author Share Posted October 2, 2009 Hi Stuart very well done, its all taking shape now. Towngate Motors on Northfield Road were Datsun dealers, [their Radio Hallam jingle was `Tiptoe down to Towngate`] The name of the business originated from their first premises on Towngate Road Oughtibridge. Where they also Renault at one time? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart0742 Posted October 2, 2009 Author Share Posted October 2, 2009 What about: Woodseats Motors and the David Hinchliffe Garages, Abbey Garage etc - did he have a Volvo Garage Abbey (83) on Abbeydale Rd South ( nr the bottom of Twentywell Ln) that was Renault Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henry Pond Posted October 3, 2009 Share Posted October 3, 2009 Sheaf Motors, Honda. They had a couple of sites over the years. Copal Aston is strictly outside, but they had at least one on woodseats - the opposite side to the libary, and may also have had the garage just below the abbey pub. I can confirm that Brocklehurst's was Rootes group. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart0742 Posted October 3, 2009 Author Share Posted October 3, 2009 Sheaf Motors, Honda. They had a couple of sites over the years. Copal Aston is strictly outside, but they had at least one on woodseats - the opposite side to the libary, and may also have had the garage just below the abbey pub. I can confirm that Brocklehurst's was Rootes group. There have been a few garages at Woodseats, but only 1 remains, the present Honda garage, thats been there a number of years with different owners/franchises. Then as Henry Pond says there was Sheaf Motors across the rd opposite the library, did they move across to the present Honda site, Woodseats motors were where KFC is and at the junction of Chesterfield Rd and Scarsdale Rd I believe they sold Renault, perhaps Mazda in later years. The Mazda dealership moved down to London Rd into custom built premises on the site of Heeley Cinema, this has now been rebuilt into an extension of Pondsfords. I could do with some confirmation for these. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart0742 Posted October 3, 2009 Author Share Posted October 3, 2009 There have been a few garages at Woodseats, but only 1 remains, the present Honda garage, thats been there a number of years with different owners/franchises. Then as Henry Pond says there was Sheaf Motors across the rd opposite the library, did they move across to the present Honda site, Woodseats motors were where KFC is and at the junction of Chesterfield Rd and Scarsdale Rd I believe they sold Renault, perhaps Mazda in later years. The Mazda dealership moved down to London Rd into custom built premises on the site of Heeley Cinema, this has now been rebuilt into an extension of Pondsfords. I could do with some confirmation for these. A few more Machon Bank Motor Co - Suzuki Lex Brookland Ecclesall Rd - Volvo Central Motors Scotland St - Mitsubishi Fred Wilson Opel/Vauxhall before being taken over by Turret Motors Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waterside Echo Posted October 3, 2009 Share Posted October 3, 2009 There have been a few garages at Woodseats, but only 1 remains, the present Honda garage, thats been there a number of years with different owners/franchises. Then as Henry Pond says there was Sheaf Motors across the rd opposite the library, did they move across to the present Honda site, Woodseats motors were where KFC is and at the junction of Chesterfield Rd and Scarsdale Rd I believe they sold Renault, perhaps Mazda in later years. The Mazda dealership moved down to London Rd into custom built premises on the site of Heeley Cinema, this has now been rebuilt into an extension of Pondsfords. I could do with some confirmation for these. Peter Brooks Honda. Their Woodseats premises over the years have been the home to various makes of car. I can only go back to 1962 the year my dad bought a new Bedford van when it was Jack Marshalls a Vauxhall Bedford dealer. Shortly after that Fred Wilson opened up in brand new premises at the junction of London Road and Hill Street also selling Vauxhalls. W/E. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henry Pond Posted October 5, 2009 Share Posted October 5, 2009 This is the 3rd interim list compiled from info supplied (and remembered) Dealer - Make - Address AFG Nissan - Nissan - Penistone Rd Autoways (1931) - Ford - Brown St/Shoreham St Beighton Motor Co - Austin - Rover High St Beighton Bentleys - Vauxhall - St Mary's Rd Bentleys - Vauxhall - Saville St Bentley Bros (Crosspool) - Vauxhall - Manchester Rd Bramhalls - Vauxhall - Saville St Brocklehurst - Rootes - Meadowhead Brook Shaw - Ford - Union St/Charles St Brook Shaw - Ford - Gibralter St Charles Clark - Vauxhal - Saville St City Motors - Peugeot - Ecclesall Rd & Handsworth Rd Crabtree & Nicholl - Triumph/Rover - Wellington St Crabtree & Nicholl - Renault - Wellington St DC Cook - Nissan - Summerfield St DC Cook - Datsun - Sheaf Gardens DE Bentley - Reliant - 201 Shoreham St DE Bentley - Subaro - 201 Shoreham St Endcliffe Motors - Jenson - Bramall Ln Eric Stead - British Leyland - Ecclesfield Common (Now Hyundai) Evans Halshaw - Renault - 246-274 Ecclesall Rd Evans Halshaw - Citroen - Penistone Rd Fred Wilson - Hillman - Leppings Ln Fred Wilson - Bradfield Rd - (Hillman, Humber, Sunbeam) (Chrysler/Simca/Dodge - Hillsborough Corner) Gilders - VW - Cambridge St Gilders - VW - Ecclesall Rd Sth Gilders - VW - Middlewood Rd Gilders - Audi - Archer Rd Gilders - VW/Audi - Meadowhead GK Ford - Ford - 246-274 Ecclesall Rd Gordon Lamb - VW/Audi - Summerfield St Gordon Lamb - Saab - Ecclesall Rd Sth GT Cars - Renault - Suffolk Rd GT Cars - Citroen - Suffolk Rd Halfway Garage - Vauxhall - Station Rd Halfway Hallamshire Motor Co - BMW - Garden St/Tenter St (Now Sytners) Hartwell - Vauxhall - Saville St Hatfields - Jaguar - Sidney St (Standard, Triumph, Jaguar, Daimler and Bond Equipe) Hatfields - Jaguar - 95-101 West St (Showroom) Hatfields - Jaguar - Sharrow Vale Rd Heeley Bridge - Morris - Heeley Bridge/Broadfield Rd (Morris, MG & Wolseley) Highfield Motors - Hillman - 174-184 London Rd (Hillman, Humber,Singer & Sunbeam) Hillsborough Motors - FSO - Langsett Rd Holmes & Younie - Renault - Suffolk Rd Kennings - Rolls Royce - Peel St Broomhill Kennings - BMC - Leadmill Rd Meersbrook Garage - BMW - 1-7 Meersbrook Rd (BMW & NSU) Omega Cars - Citroen - Northfield Rd, Crookes Pentagon - Vauxhall - Saville St Pickfords - Rootes/Chrysler - 246-274 Ecclesall Rd (Humber, Hillman, Sunbeam & Chrysler) (Also Talbot) Portland Autos - Nissan - Crookes Portland Autos - Nissan - Shalesmoor Portland Autos - Seat - Rutland Rd Reg Vardy - Renault - 246-274 Ecclesall Rd Reg Vardy - Citroen - Penistone Rd Richardsons - Reliant - Mansfield Rd Rippon Brothers - Rolls Royce - Ellin St Robins & Day - Peugeot - Ecclesall Rd & Handsworth Rd Sandygate Motors - British Leyland - Sandygate Rd Sentinal Garage - Wartburg - Scotland St Shukers - Morris - Broad Street South Yorkshire Motor Co - Hyundai - Marstone Garage, Baslow Rd TC Harrison - Ford - London Rd Turret Motors Vauxhall Ecclesall Rd Turret Motors - Opel - 53 Upper Hanover St Turret Motors - Vauxhall - Saville St Wadham Kennings - Rover - Summerfield St Waggon & Horses - Triumph - 186 Meadowhead Weir Head Motors - 168-198 Penistone Rd - Austin - Rover Another vague memory. Didn't Hatfields have a very small unit on Norfolk St? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ukelele lady Posted October 5, 2009 Share Posted October 5, 2009 Hi Stuart very well done, its all taking shape now. Towngate Motors on Northfield Road were Datsun dealers, [their Radio Hallam jingle was `Tiptoe down to Towngate`] The name of the business originated from their first premises on Towngate Road Oughtibridge. I think you might mean Towngate road at Worrall as I don't think there's a Towngate road in Oughtibridge. But what about Monty's Motors of Oughtibridge which now goes under a different name. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waterside Echo Posted October 5, 2009 Share Posted October 5, 2009 I think you might mean Towngate road at Worrall as I don't think there's a Towngate road in Oughtibridge. But what about Monty's Motors of Oughtibridge which now goes under a different name. Yes, you are right it was Worrall. It was the Oughtibridge bus I caught to get there, came back with a Vauxhall Ventora. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ukelele lady Posted October 10, 2009 Share Posted October 10, 2009 There were a Globe Motors 241/245 St Philips road in 1959 onwards There's a picture somewhere on Picture Sheffield. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest beauchief Posted November 20, 2009 Share Posted November 20, 2009 This is the 3rd interim list compiled from info supplied (and remembered) Dealer - Make - Address AFG Nissan - Nissan - Penistone Rd Autoways (1931) - Ford - Brown St/Shoreham St Beighton Motor Co - Austin - Rover High St Beighton Bentleys - Vauxhall - St Mary's Rd Bentleys - Vauxhall - Saville St Bentley Bros (Crosspool) - Vauxhall - Manchester Rd Bramhalls - Vauxhall - Saville St Brocklehurst - Rootes - Meadowhead Brook Shaw - Ford - Union St/Charles St Brook Shaw - Ford - Gibralter St Charles Clark - Vauxhal - Saville St City Motors - Peugeot - Ecclesall Rd & Handsworth Rd Crabtree & Nicholl - Triumph/Rover - Wellington St Crabtree & Nicholl - Renault - Wellington St DC Cook - Nissan - Summerfield St DC Cook - Datsun - Sheaf Gardens DE Bentley - Reliant - 201 Shoreham St DE Bentley - Subaro - 201 Shoreham St Endcliffe Motors - Jenson - Bramall Ln Eric Stead - British Leyland - Ecclesfield Common (Now Hyundai) Evans Halshaw - Renault - 246-274 Ecclesall Rd Evans Halshaw - Citroen - Penistone Rd Fred Wilson - Hillman - Leppings Ln Fred Wilson - Bradfield Rd - (Hillman, Humber, Sunbeam) (Chrysler/Simca/Dodge - Hillsborough Corner) Gilders - VW - Cambridge St Gilders - VW - Ecclesall Rd Sth Gilders - VW - Middlewood Rd Gilders - Audi - Archer Rd Gilders - VW/Audi - Meadowhead GK Ford - Ford - 246-274 Ecclesall Rd Gordon Lamb - VW/Audi - Summerfield St Gordon Lamb - Saab - Ecclesall Rd Sth GT Cars - Renault - Suffolk Rd GT Cars - Citroen - Suffolk Rd Halfway Garage - Vauxhall - Station Rd Halfway Hallamshire Motor Co - BMW - Garden St/Tenter St (Now Sytners) Hartwell - Vauxhall - Saville St Hatfields - Jaguar - Sidney St (Standard, Triumph, Jaguar, Daimler and Bond Equipe) Hatfields - Jaguar - 95-101 West St (Showroom) Hatfields - Jaguar - Sharrow Vale Rd Heeley Bridge - Morris - Heeley Bridge/Broadfield Rd (Morris, MG & Wolseley) Highfield Motors - Hillman - 174-184 London Rd (Hillman, Humber,Singer & Sunbeam) Hillsborough Motors - FSO - Langsett Rd Holmes & Younie - Renault - Suffolk Rd Kennings - Rolls Royce - Peel St Broomhill Kennings - BMC - Leadmill Rd Meersbrook Garage - BMW - 1-7 Meersbrook Rd (BMW & NSU) Omega Cars - Citroen - Northfield Rd, Crookes Pentagon - Vauxhall - Saville St Pickfords - Rootes/Chrysler - 246-274 Ecclesall Rd (Humber, Hillman, Sunbeam & Chrysler) (Also Talbot) Portland Autos - Nissan - Crookes Portland Autos - Nissan - Shalesmoor Portland Autos - Seat - Rutland Rd Reg Vardy - Renault - 246-274 Ecclesall Rd Reg Vardy - Citroen - Penistone Rd Richardsons - Reliant - Mansfield Rd Rippon Brothers - Rolls Royce - Ellin St Robins & Day - Peugeot - Ecclesall Rd & Handsworth Rd Sandygate Motors - British Leyland - Sandygate Rd Sentinal Garage - Wartburg - Scotland St Shukers - Morris - Broad Street South Yorkshire Motor Co - Hyundai - Marstone Garage, Baslow Rd TC Harrison - Ford - London Rd Turret Motors Vauxhall Ecclesall Rd Turret Motors - Opel - 53 Upper Hanover St Turret Motors - Vauxhall - Saville St Wadham Kennings - Rover - Summerfield St Waggon & Horses - Triumph - 186 Meadowhead Weir Head Motors - 168-198 Penistone Rd - Austin - Rover Hoffmans were on Ecclesall Rd and were Mercedes dealers in the 1960's, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest beauchief Posted November 20, 2009 Share Posted November 20, 2009 Hoffmans were on Ecclesall Rd and were Mercedes dealers in the 1960's, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest charlie chase Posted February 22, 2010 Share Posted February 22, 2010 Hi there, I worked for a short time for Hillsbrough Garage and Motor Company who had their main garage on Bramall Lane (which doesn't sound right if you are a football fan) . They sold Jaguar, Standard Triumph and Rootes Group in 1965. They also had a garage on Langsett Road which had a BMC franchise and City Road Service Station which sold Vauxhall. I was a salesman and didn't last long! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dunsbyowl1867 Posted February 28, 2010 Share Posted February 28, 2010 Richard mentions Brook Shaw's, I remember Brook Shaws on Gibralter St as a Ford dealer and have vague memories of then at the corner of Norfolk St and Charles St, was the Norfolk St site a Ford dealer as well? Other place to buy a Ford, TC Harrisons London Rd, now gone Autoways Shoreham St, now Sheffield Archives Could you buy Fords anywhere else? TC harrison London Road advert 1976 (From a United programme) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dunsbyowl1867 Posted February 28, 2010 Share Posted February 28, 2010 TC harrison London Road advert 1976 (From a United programme) Pickford's Advert again from a 1976 United programme Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveH Posted February 28, 2010 Share Posted February 28, 2010 Pickford's Advert again from a 1976 United programme Strange how a Wednesday fan like dunsbyOWL seems to have such a large collection of Sheffield United football programmes Has dunby changed his foootball team allegiance Does he support BOTH our local teams Or does he just go to united matches to get a programme so that he can decide where to get the best deal on a new car lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dunsbyowl1867 Posted February 28, 2010 Share Posted February 28, 2010 Strange how a Wednesday fan like dunsbyOWL seems to have such a large collection of Sheffield United football programmes Has dunby changed his foootball team allegiance Does he support BOTH our local teams Or does he just go to united matches to get a programme so that he can decide where to get the best deal on a new car It was a United vs Wednesday County Cup programme! I have though got thousands of football programmes & lots of United ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dunsbyowl1867 Posted March 6, 2010 Share Posted March 6, 2010 Wasn't there a GT Cars, Renault dealer , near the bottom of Granville Road across from the B&C chapel of rest? Advert from a Utd programme 1980 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dunsbyowl1867 Posted March 6, 2010 Share Posted March 6, 2010 This is the 3rd interim list compiled from info supplied (and remembered) Dealer - Make - Address Bentleys - Vauxhall - St Mary's Rd Bentleys - Vauxhall - Saville St Bentley Bros (Crosspool) - Vauxhall - Manchester Rd United programme 1972 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madannie77 Posted March 6, 2010 Share Posted March 6, 2010 TC harrison London Road advert 1976 (From a United programme) An older TC Harrison advert, with map, from the August 1953 edition of the Sheffield Telegraph Railway Guide: How times change: can't imagine a car dealer on London Road selling tractors these days :o Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveHB Posted March 6, 2010 Share Posted March 6, 2010 Advert from a Utd programme 1980 Every time I look at that advert Dunsby it reminds me of the saying .. 'A Woman In A Red Hat Wears No Knickers' lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dunsbyowl1867 Posted March 7, 2010 Share Posted March 7, 2010 Every time I look at that advert Dunsby it reminds me of the saying .. 'A Woman In A Red Hat Wears No Knickers' I never knew that damn! he he Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jiginc Posted March 7, 2010 Share Posted March 7, 2010 United programme 1972 Bentleys - Vauxhall - Saville St Also across the road just past the Wicker arches on Snig Hill Bentley Brothers sold Bedford vans. Wigfalls had their vans from them with specially build bodies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hilldweller Posted March 7, 2010 Share Posted March 7, 2010 Much has been written on this site about car dealers and garages in general, the last topic I recall is the Deighton Motor Company Topic. What is needed is a definitive list of who sold what and when and where. Post your contribution here and I will combine them and produce a full A-Z as we progress Please provide as much information as you can, I think this is a topic which every member will be able to contribute, as we all have either bought cars or still buy cars. Some members will have memories further back than others. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Link to latest List... LINK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Way back in the 1970's I bought a nearly new canary yellow Vauxhall Viva. It was an interim model, a sort of cross-over between the HC Viva and the Chevette. It had the Viva HC body with "Shovitt" underpinings and engine. It was called a Viva 1300. When I came to buy new brake pads I found that one side was fitted with a Girling system and the other with Lockheed ! I eventually went to Bentleys and was told that there were a lot of cars produced by Vauxhall at that time fitted in a like manner and that braking performance was not affected. They willingly sold me an odd set of pads out of two different boxes and that was that. The following winter the car was pranged when someone tobboganned out of a side street on ice and stove the back door and wing in. I took it to Bentleys bodyshop which I think was located at Darnall or somewhere and they did the worst paint job in history, talk about two-tone. The problem was the yellow faded very quickly and they had to spray it about 3 times before it bore any resemblance to the rest of the car. I seem to remember that when Bentleys were in financial trouble they leased a lot of new cars and sold them outright to people. I can't remember the outcome but I think the leasing firm tried to reclaim the vehicles. I think the Bentley Brothers garage at Crosspool had an agency for Colt cars as my neighbour bought several from them. HD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveH Posted March 7, 2010 Share Posted March 7, 2010 Every time I look at that advert Dunsby it reminds me of the saying .. 'A Woman In A Red Hat Wears No Knickers' "Red hat and no nickers", or in some places "red shoes and no nickers" refers to women who pretend to be rich and posh but in reality they are poor and ordinary. They tend to have an exterior appearance of wealth (red hat / red shoes) but it is just a show and they have had to sacrifice the hidden basics (no nickers) to achieve the image. The saying of course does have another meaning to do with "ladies of the night" :o Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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