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Beacons Garage 1960 ish
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mw0njm.
A Brummie Dude
Ford Thames 400E - Wikipedia
They were at 51 Aston Road. Seems they branched out into Ford trucks too by the 1960s.
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Source: British Newspaper Archive
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Actively promoting (and making money from !) the fitting of safety belts in 1968.
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Source: British Newspaper Archive
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Source: British Newspaper Archive
mw0njm.
A Brummie Dude
yes it did,.....the exp went alongside the old bit of aston rd north and then aston rd come to a dead end under the exp.that bit of dartmouth st was lost to the expressway
granson
Brummie babby
Thanks so much I have a Thames 400e that came from there, well the chassis did the body and cab came from Central Motors, Leicester, so it would appear its a bitsa. Its reg is 229 CVP, would love to hear from anyone who worked there in the 1960's especially the commercial side.
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Are any of these adverts any help ?. I've included the last one just for interest as it names Peter Gaskill as the Commercual Sales Manager. Beacons were prolific advertisers from the 1930s through to the 1960s.
Not sure if any of this is useful, I only see vehicles in terms of getting from A to B ! Source of all adverts: British Newspaper Archive
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Not sure if any of this is useful, I only see vehicles in terms of getting from A to B ! Source of all adverts: British Newspaper Archive
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granson
Brummie babby
I bet that looked amazing
As a young boy, I was very impressed.
granson
Brummie babby
These certainly are great of you find any more let me know, thanks so much
granson
Brummie babby
Yeah it has indeed. On later ones the starter was on the keythe 400e was a great tool we had them for delivery vans
as yours still got the choke pull and starter behind the seat
mw0njm.
A Brummie Dude
dont remember them canging the push starter to key.all those i had was push.
More Space in New Thames | 1st November 1957 | The Commercial Motor Archive
'More Space in New Thames' first printed in the 1st November 1957 issue of Commercial Motor
archive.commercialmotor.com
alan poole
New Member
I worked there from 1964 to 1968 when it closed down, it was owned by the Griffiths family, they sold out to Bristol Street Motors when the expressway was being built. The dealership and all the staff were relocated to a new location at the old aston railway sheds on Long Acre Nechells until it closed down making all the staff redundant in 1992.
alan poole
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Corner of Aston road and mill street.
Eric Gibson
master brummie
When I worked for Brooklyn Garage in the early 1960s the son of one of our customers took his dad's Austin A60 out in the evening and at some time after midnight wrapped it round the corner pillars of the Beacon Motors showroom. He suffered multiple injuries and was touch and go for a while but he later hobbled into the garage on crutches so a lucky survivor.
