Car and Caravan outside Robert Robinson, South Road, Hartlepool. Car reg no EF 4596.
The car is an American Hudson Terraplane Coupe manufactured in Detriot in 1932.
HHT&N 648
Donor : Hartlepool Library Service
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Images and stories relating to motor cars in Hartlepool and the surrounding area.
More detail »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.
More detail »South Road, West Hartlepool, was just west of the Cenotaph and was demolished when the Middleton Grange Shopping Centre was built.
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