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Posted: 12 Jan 2013


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. GARAGE . MOTORS . REPAIRS .

. GARAGE . MOTORS . REPAIRS .
I haven't seen a garage with faience before, and this example on Doncaster Road, Askern, is a gem. It is good that the modern signing on the frontage replicates the colours, if not quite the font, of the original.

The buildings appear to have been erected in the 1920s. From the Doncaster Free Press:

Claybourn’s was established by Jack Ernest Claybourn, who was born in Askern in 1893 and was a sergeant mechanic with the Royal Flying Corps during the First World War. He returned to Askern after the war and opened a bicycle and motorcycle repair shop. After he was married in 1922 his father-in-law, Sydney Webster, helped him establish a motor garage on Doncaster Road, Askern. The business thrived and in 1931, moved to premises at the corner of Hall Gate and Waterdale.

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 David Lloyd
David Lloyd
Have you seen the 'Automobile Palace' in Llandrindrod Wells?

www.transportheritage.com/find-heritage-locations.html?sobi2Task=sobi2Details&sobi2Id=686

that has a similar style, and is a lot grander.
10 years ago.
tarboat club has replied to David Lloyd
Oh that's rather nice. I must call to see it next time I am in Llandrindod Wells.
10 years ago.

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