Now Tilly Bailey and Irvine Solicitors, from 1933 and for many years Robert Robinson's cycle shop stood at Carlton Corner on the corner of York Road and Dalton Street. The shop advertises BSA, Triumph, Raleigh, Rudge and Coventry cycles which are names which have all but disappeared. In the windows can also be seen a vast range of accessories and Robert Robinson's was the place to go for puncture repair kits !
The image would be taken in the 1960s
HHT+N 977
Donor : Hartlepool Library Service
Part of the "Library collection" collection
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Robert Robinson, Motor and Cycle Engineers & Factors, Hartlepool first opened in 1888 in York Road close to where the library is now. In 1898, he was the first dealer to sell a car in West Hartlepool and it was a Benz first driven by his 12 year old son. In 1933 he took a shop at Carlton Corner( corner of Dalton St and York Road) and added a radio department. In 1960 he extended the garage premises in Avenue Road.
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