Memories of George Collie's Motor Business
Written by Ena Scott (nee Gleig) in 1989.
In the early 1920s a Mr George Collie and his son who had been running a successful horse hiring business started a motor business (now Stanford Motors). The Collies repaired and sold cars and had a bus for hire for special occasions. All cars in those days were open with a hood which pulled up and down should it rain. On Sundays a familiar sight was the Collie family all dressed up in their Sunday best – hats with veils, feather boas etc, sitting erect in their car on a Sunday afternoon jaunt to Newport.
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