Langley Park Garage (Chinese Garage)

[boybiffa]

Hello everyone

my name is Robert Bath. I am tracing the history of my 1979 Triumph Dolomite 1300. In the history it states the car was first registered by "The bromley motor works (Kent) Ltd 1 Wickham road beckenham,kent.

after doing a little bit of research into this. I strongly suspect the name bromley motor works ltd was the main name of the company that was buying and selling the cars (behind the scene name so to speak).

My car was first registered on the 30/1/1979 by the bromley motor works ltd kent with the address above. But in my research it appears the garage at that address was called "langley park garage". I have made contact with the Kia/Peugeot dealership there now,to be told it was once a "rover" dealership,but they couldn't say when etc.

Does anyone have any information regarding the bromley motor works or langley garage if they ever sold triumph cars (if anyone has any photographs when they were selling triumph and or rover cars of around the 60's-70's this would be much appreciated.

Thank you in advance

Rob

[chrisdoran]

1979 Yellow Pages, p204, confirms:-

Austin Morris
Jaguar
Rover Triumph
AUTHORISED DEALERS

BECKENHAM

Bromley Motor Works (Kent) Ltd.,
1 Wickham Road, BR3 2JU
Main Dealer: Austin Morris, Rover Triumph
Retail Dealer: Jaguar, Land-Rover, Sherpa Vans,
Unipart & Leycare

[The Historian]

If you go to the photos on the site and then select Langley from the left hand drop-down menue then go to image 7 you will find a photo www.beckenhamhistory.co.uk/flashNifties/gallery1.html

The garage is still there today if you look on Google Street maps you will see it. I remember the garage selling Rovers. It was taken over by the Masters group many years ago, Ron Stoneham was the owner then, it is now run by one of his sons.

[boybiffa]

many thanks for the info and photo's!

I don't suppose anyone would be able to help in the way of a photograph of the dealership rear window sticker of the garage still supplying BL/jaguar rover and triumph cars?

Many thanks this garage has such a nice history

Rob

[nigel]

well! well! well!
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Borough 19 Motor Club was initially formed in the Spring of 1963 and took its name after Bromley and Beckenham became the 19th London Borough. It was formed by schoolmates, workmates, customers and friends of Stoneham's Garage at Eden Park, Beckenham, Kent who were fed up with the snobby and cliquey attitudes of members of existing local motor clubs. They also had the novel idea of helping each other if any of their cars broke down. The Club's first event was a Sunday treasure hunt in September 1963.

I knew about a Stoneham's football team but the above might be more your territory.