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Car garages have popped up on a few threads so I thought it a good idea to have a dedicated area. Any memories or information on Old Wirral Garages?

R. E. Wright & Co Ltd

Forde and Right in the early 1900s. They had premises at 14 Balls Road and 40a Beresford Road

Before 1920, the name had been changed to R.E.Wright & Co, and they had another garage at 32a Grange Mount.

In the mid 1940s they moved to a much larger garage in Borough Road.

In the 1950s they had

790-794 Borough Road Birkenhead
Upton Motor Works, Arrowe Park Road Upton
The Borough Filling Station 474 Borough Rd Birkenhead
The Wirral Way 411-425 Borough Rd Birkenhead

(thanks to uptoncx)

Kirbys Limited

Had the big garage on Woodchurch Road Prenton where Sainsburys is now. They also had premises in Liverpool, Maghull, Southport and Blackpool.

They were a Hillman (Which became Chrysler) dealer and sold Hillmans, Humbers, Sunbeam, Commer and Karrier.

Funny Diggingdeeper should mention garages, I've been thinking about them myself. Here are a few I prepared earlier:

Quarry Service Station, Telegraph Rd, Heswall:



J Barlow & Co Milner Rd Heswall:



Leighton Motors:



Upton Motor Works:

Lowe & Powell Woodchurch Rd:



Thingwall Garage:



Alexandra Garage, Conway Street:



Hughes & Watts Woodchurch Road (became Kirby's later):

Kirbys about 1950 (I have the name Cowie-Kirbys in my head for some reason)

James Edwards, Parkgate:



Cottage Garage/Victoria Garage, Albion Street, New Brighton:



W.E.Hunt & Son, Albion St, New Brighton:



Efficiency Garage, Column Road, West Kirby:

It became Cowie-Kirby in the 1970s

awesome, thanks for sharing

i remember 1 on greenway rd tranmere where the doctors is now, i remember when they removed the tank

I hope this is not off thread with it being a showroom.
The one i remember was Palace Motors, not that i bought anything off them, i think they had a bit of a bad name, but they were always on the adverts in the interlude at the pictures during the 70s. if i remember right their place was in New Chester Rd Rock Ferry.

Very good Bert, Palace Motors was beside New Ferry Car Auctions, I am not sure if there was a cinema/theatre there at one time (was this the Lyceum?).

If the Upton Motor Works site is where the present day Shell Garage is, on Sainsbury roundabout. Further up there was/is Arrowebrook Motors near the Fire Station who were one of the first Lada dealers in this area.

Cool i remember a garage on the way to the arno up manor hill.. Dunno what it looked like back in its hay day.. AND yes i cant remember the name...

That would be Manor Hill Garage - black and white mock tudor style building.