Car Dealers, Garages, Petrol Stations

I think it was a gradual move starting around the very, very late 1970's to early 1980's. I do recall around 1980 ish pulling into a remote village forecourt, having to place a £1 note into a drawer on an old petrol pump before I could serve petrol for my motorbike at the time. Once the pump had managed to take the pound note and accept it, I was then able to a £1 worth of petrol into the the tank. BTW, petrol was quite a bit less than £1 a gallon (less than 25p ± per litre), even for 5 star petrol.... That was enough at the time to get 100+ miles.....

Many thanks for the info 20A

Raymond James Garage, previously known as Corts on Beech Tree Avenue, was used for storing "green goddesses" fire engines, according to a conversation I had with the business owner recently.

That wouldn't surprise me, it has quite a high ceiling. If you look at the history of Tile Hill generally during the post war years and early Cold War years, there were a number of civil defence and ministry of defence buildings. Some that to mind are the former Henlys, Jobs lane, plus the former Vauxhall showroom on Broad Lane/Banner junction, and opposite the Canley works gate on Tile Hill Lane by the Standard Recreation Club, a former used car garage was a former civil defence building. There will be many more, probably now demolished and new houses, not just in Tile Hill, but around the city generally.

Thanks to the excellent Coventry Smorgasbord FB page 26 August 1959 ... The first Morris Mini-Minor to arrive in Coventry draws a crowd while on display at The Parkside Garage

A masterpiece of design and engineering - arguably the single most iconic car ever created.

Hello, I believe that the mature gent, stood nearest to the open door is Mr Davis. He was the owner of the Parkside Garage business.