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A Triumph motor car parked in a Hartlepool Street. The reg. no. is EF 2and it belonged to Sid Robinson who owned Robert Robinson's Garage in Avenue Road. The plate had originally been on his father's 1903 De Dion
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Donor : Hartlepool Library Service
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Motor carsImages and stories relating to motor cars in Hartlepool and the surrounding area.
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Robert RobinsonRobert 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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