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Other Garages.
Louise Street Garage
 Louise Street Garage, 90 Louise Street.
This family business appears to have been established in the 1930s.
The present garage building replaced an earlier garage that was destroyed by fire.
The Louise Street Garage continues to trade from the same position in Gornal Wood.
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Abbey Tyres - Kettering Tyres.
The Abbey Tyre Company appears to have started out trading in
Lower Gornal around 1960 in the building
next to Eggington's Chemist shop in Abbey Road, Gornal Wood.
By 1963, Abbey Tyres had moved to a premises in
Kent Street, Upper Gornal, still trading as Abbey Tyres.
The new premises, which also included a filling station, was situated on the corner of Kent Street and Eve Lane.
In 1967, the Company appears to have joined forces with Kettering Tyres, and for a time,
trading as 'Abbey Tyre Kettering Tyres (Dudley) Ltd.'
1970 onwards they traded as just Kettering Tyres.
The site was derelict by 1992 and is now part of a car park for the Pentecostal
Church in Eve Lane.
Abbey Tyres advert c1960.
Kettering Tyres advert c1979.
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Filling Stations.
The Himley Road Filling Station at Askew Bridge was opened c1968 under the American Amoco brand, this later merged with BP. ~
Proprietors connected with motor trade in Upper Gornal.
1924: Newspaper advert
George Timmins, Motor Body Builder, Kent Street, Upper Gornal.
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c 1960 advert.
Nothing known about this garage.
Sedgley Motor Auctions, Kent St., Upper Gornal
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1936: Edward Pyatt, garage proprietor, Clarence Street, Upper Gornal; also listed as dairyman,
41 Clarence Street. [Kelly's Trade Directory]
The garage was located near to the present Texaco filling station in Clarence Street.
Edward Pyatt was also proprietor of The Spring Farm Dairy.
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Griffin Autos, Rock Street, Upper Gornal around 1967, no further information.
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1936: Victor Stockton, garage proprietor, Kent Street. [Kelly's Trade Directory]
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1936: Jackson & Co., motor engineers, Kent Street. [Kelly's Trade Directory]
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Further information on any of the above is sought.
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