Dumb Bell Garage, Taplow, about 1946
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Dumb Bell Garage, Taplow, about 1946
Image: © John Arkas Hawgood 1905-1971 Taken: Unknown
This garage had been run by the submitter's grandfather John Leonard Hawgood since the early 1930s. The photo was taken by the submitter's father John Arkas Hawgood. On the far right are steps up to the flat where the proprietor lived, above the workshop and some lock up garages. The caravans in the photo probably belong to Jenkinson's Caravans who had premises opposite. The garage was on the main Bath Road, the A4. It was open throughout the second world war. Much later it became a main Ford dealer, then a BMW dealer as shown in Image
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Image Location
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51.523229
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