boosh Posted September 12, 2006 Share Posted September 12, 2006 Did anyone work at the commercial garage 1979 until it closed? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arfer Mo Posted September 13, 2006 Share Posted September 13, 2006 Did anyone work at the commercial garage 1979 until it closed? savile st was bentleys address Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boosh Posted September 14, 2006 Author Share Posted September 14, 2006 bentleys had a saville street...they used that for cars. Commercial repairs where done at attercliffe road (its the site now used by winchester cars) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeG Posted September 14, 2006 Share Posted September 14, 2006 Whatever happened to Andy Bentley. Boss man late 60's/70's I think. Same school in 50's. Joe Cocker as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ousetunes Posted September 15, 2006 Share Posted September 15, 2006 IIRC an ex-employee of ours used to be the accountant (or at least worked in the accounts office) at Bentley's on Saville Street. He came to our business in 1979 to work for my late father. His name (accountant) was John Wright and he worked for us for twenty years. He told me that Bentley's went belly-up after one of the brothers took on a massive loan to finance the new showroom that was built on the site (maybe across the road)? against the interests of the other directors. Guess I ought to add 'allegedly' to these comments. Oh, and didn't Bentley's have a showroom near to where the University tramstop is (when the road was single carriage)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boosh Posted September 17, 2006 Author Share Posted September 17, 2006 IIRC an ex-employee of ours used to be the accountant (or at least worked in the accounts office) at Bentley's on Saville Street. He came to our business in 1979 to work for my late father. His name (accountant) was John Wright and he worked for us for twenty years. He told me that Bentley's went belly-up after one of the brothers took on a massive loan to finance the new showroom that was built on the site (maybe across the road)? against the interests of the other directors. Guess I ought to add 'allegedly' to these comments. Oh, and didn't Bentley's have a showroom near to where the University tramstop is (when the road was single carriage)? you are right on the reason for closing. Where do you mean near the tramstop? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ousetunes Posted September 18, 2006 Share Posted September 18, 2006 you are right on the reason for closing. Where do you mean near the tramstop? Between University roundabout and Glossop Road/Hanover Way (?) junction. It was, IIRC, a single storey building on the left hand side of the carriageway as you travel away from the University roundabout toward Glossop Road. There was a back lane between this building and the barracks (which front Glossop Road and Gell Street). I'm sure there used to be Vauxhalls and Opels in the showroom windows hence leading to my belief that it was part of Bentley's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boosh Posted September 19, 2006 Author Share Posted September 19, 2006 Hi dont know about that,was it a long time ago?. The other vauxhall dealer in sheffield was turret motor co could it have been them?. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ousetunes Posted September 19, 2006 Share Posted September 19, 2006 Hi dont know about that,was it a long time ago?. The other vauxhall dealer in sheffield was turret motor co could it have been them?. I recall going past the place on a bus which took my class to Glossop Road swimming baths. That would have been 1978/1979. (As a side note, the lime drink I used to get from the vending machine in the foyer at Glossop Road baths used to cost 7p!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wilddancer Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 (edited) Hiya I worked at Bentley Bros at Attercliffe road when i left school in 1970 Left in 1978 to go to National Travel (Old SUT) i met my old man at Bentleys he worked in Engine Shop. I was in the office. Managers at the time i started was Fred Thorpe, Harland Renshaw Dick Williams. Good days, until John Croft, came did not get on with him, he use to send me up to Savile street in stores office. Maiden Name Lindley Edited October 25, 2011 by wilddancer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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