Robert Robinson's Garage, Avenue Road. The showrom on the right was added in 1960. Note the Triumph motor car with the reg no EF 4 parked there.
Sid Robinson also owned EF2 which was the original number plate of his father's De Dion.
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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.
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