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From the earliest days when owning and running a motor vehicle was strictly the preserve of the rich and famous, through the growth period of mass production and ownership, to the era of motorways and multi-storey parking, the car has shaped almost every aspect of the times in which we live. This book looks at many facets of the Kennet valley's motoring past including petrol stations and garages, specialist car restorers and transport cafes, aiming to show, and in some cases remind the reader, how much motoring has changed the way we live.
The authors have spent several years researching this book and have interviewed a great number of people along the way. They have been allowed privileged access to family photo albums and old company archives, plus regional and national collections, and have presented their history to readers in a way that they hope is both informative and enjoyable.
Contents
Foreword 5
Introduction 6
Acknowledgements 8
Chapter 1 - From the dawn of motoring to the 1930s 9
The Thousand Mile Trial 10
Early Motoring Accidents 14
Edwardian Lambourn 17
Carnival Time 19
The Mill, Chilton Foliat 21
The EJYR Syndicate and Highclere Garage 22
Short-Lived Motoring Companies 26
The First World War 27
Automobile Association Filling Station, Aldermaston 28
Regulating the Garages 30
The roaring twenties and thirties 32
Repairing the roads 36
Chapter 2 - Pointing The Way 37
Pointing the Way 38
Chapter 3 - Fill 'er up! - Petrol Stations & Garages 46
Avebury Garage 47
Beckhampton Filling Station 49
Silbury Hill Garage and Cafe 51
Bartlett and Son of Overton 56
Bell's Garage, Marlborough 57
Herd and Leader, Marlborough 59
Cadley Garage, Savernake 64
Skippence Garage, Froxfield 68
Laurel Garage, Ramsbury 72
The Central Garage, Ramsbury 78
Aldbourne's Motoring Heritage 83
Lunn of Aldbourne 85
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Stag Garage, Chilton Foliat 88
Western Charnham Street, Hungerford 91
Eastern Charnham Street & Bath Road, Hungerford 99
Manor House Petrol Station, High Street, Hungerford 109
Kintbury Garage 111
Motoring in the Lambourn Valley 114
Goslings, High Street, Lambourn 114
Brown and Warren, Lambourn 116
Stradlings' of Newbury 119
E C Wheeler, Newbury 123
Martin and Chillingworth, Newbury 128
Marchant's Garages, Newbury 134
Murray & Whittaker, Newbury 139
Keene's Garage, Thatcham 143
Harry Lester, Thatcham 147
C G Brown, Thatcham 149
The Sun Garage, Woolhampton 155
Halfway Garage, Padworth 160
Beacon Hill Garage, Burghclere 164
Chapter 4 - Transport Cafes 167
Ridgeway Transport Cafe 168
The Golden Arrow Filling Station and Cafe 171
Mac's Cafe, Padworth 175
Tower Cafe, Beenham 178
Chapter 5 - The Bentley Boys 179
Elmdown Vintage Automobiles, Ramsbury 180
Chapter 6 - Motoring Emergencies 186
Chapter 7 - The 50s, 60s & 70s... accidents, congestion and change 200
Bibliography 207
