This photograph shows JT Young's first premises on the High Road, where by 1896 he had established his successful cycle repair business. In the early 1900s he embraced motor transport and expanded down into Boat Road. With further expansion, the business occupied the entire site of Scotscraig Apartments.
An advertisement for JT Young, Motor Engineer, probably 1920s.
Boat Road 1984. In the distance the first of John T Young's garage buildings is being demolished. The Scotscraig apartments would eventually fill the whole area occupied by the garage.
Advertisement for J T Young's Motor House, probably 1940s.
The huge Shell Bay paint mural on the side wall of J T Young's garage.
George Collie had garage premises in Naughton Road, Wormit, where Stanford Motors is now situated. He hired cars, taxis and charabancs, and ran a connecting bus service to the train in Wormit and the ferries in Newport. This photograph shows the charabanc at Balmerino, with the Balmerino Inn in the background.
Two advertisements for Collie's garage and vehicle hire, early 1900s.
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 ...