Yenton Garage , Erdington , Birmingham 23

[grahamesmith]

My dad worked for them during the ww2...He took me there and I remember work being done on an army vehicle i do remember it was rather large and painted a dull green...I don't live in the UK anymore so I wonder A/ are they still in business and B/ what did they do for the government ? regds Grahame Smith

 

[MWS]

Newspaper ads put Yenton Garage at 724 Chester Road and if the numbers are the same it would place it on the corner of Chester Road and Sutton Road, which is now a McDonalds.

If you search google images for 'old Birmingham Yenton Garage' it results in some facebook images that may show the garage, can't quite make out the sign.

 

[Brasscaster]

Newspaper ads put Yenton Garage at 724 Chester Road and if the numbers are the same it would place it on the corner of Chester Road and Sutton Road, which is now a McDonalds.

If you search google images for 'old Birmingham Yenton Garage' it results in some facebook images that may show the garage, can't quite make out the sign.

This image, previously posted in the Street Furniture thread by Vivienne, shows Yenton Garage adjacent to The Yenton pub, on the opposite side of Chester Road to the present McDonalds, where the Esso Station and Tesco Express now stand.
Am I correct in recalling that, in the early 60s, there were two garages, each on the corner on opposite sides of Chester Road?

 

[Dave P]

In the mid 70's to 80's Yenton Garage was a Rootes/Chrysler/Talbot dealer with a showroom based where McDonalds is now, service dept. was in Goosemoor Ln. Both long gone.

 

[Morturn]

Here are a couple of pictures of the Goosemoor Lane service depot.

 

[Lady Penelope]

I seem to remember that there were actually two garages, one to serve the traffic heading towards Beggars Bush and one for the traffic towards The Tyburn. Attached is an image from a newspaper cuttings book from Sutton Library. Post #3 shows the garage by the Yenton pub and this photo shows the one now replaced by McDonalds. Apologies for the poor quality - I actually took the photo because it shows the houses on the Lyndhurst Estate from an angle I hadn't seen before.
(On closer inspection you can just see the petrol pumps of the 'Yenton' garage in the bottom right hand corner).

 

[Stephen Harold Morris]

This image, previously posted in the Street Furniture thread by Vivienne, shows Yenton Garage adjacent to The Yenton pub, on the opposite side of Chester Road to the present McDonalds, where the Esso Station and Tesco Express now stand.
Am I correct in recalling that, in the early 60s, there were two garages, each on the corner on opposite sides of Chester Road?View attachment 177561

Hi, yes you are right about them owning 2 sites opposite each other, Sales, Parts and Car Rental on the McDonald’s site and the other side was a Petrol Station with the Rental return desk and workshop on the other.
Around that time they also owned Fernwood Garage, further up the Chester Road and the Service Department and Offices in Goosemoor Lane.
Spent 15 years working in the Parts Dept, had a great time, lovely people to work for.

 

[Morturn]

Was it this garage? Taken in 1958 it had hardly changed right up until the 1970's