1920s GARAGE
The origins of the country garage can be traced back to 1895 when the first motoring pioneers took to the roads of Britain.
Ironmongers had already taken advantage of the popularity of cycling, by providing a nationwide service network and it was a logical progression to cater for the motorists’ fuel and repair requirements.
Garages were traditionally sited close to railway stations as motor spirit was distributed by goods train, with the manufacturers supplying their own distinctive 2 gallon containers.
As the road system developed and with the introduction of petrol tankers, garages were able to open in more rural areas, and from the early 1920’s, the roadside, hand operated petrol pump became a common site.
The Lakeland Motor Museum’s faithful re-creation is based on the former Leck’s Garage (Backbarrow) Limited, operated by Mr and Mrs George and Kathleen Newby, until, like many family owned, refueling, repair and servicing stations, it closed, in the early 1980’s, as a result of the village by-pass.
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LAKESIDE & HAVERTHWAITE RAILWAY
- Open daily except Christmas Day from 10.00
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- Closing at 16.30 until the 30th March then 17.30 until the end of October
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- Enquiry line: 015395 30400
For a generation used to their local filling station resembling a cross between a supermarket and a newsagent, the multitude of old spanners, trolley jacks, lubrication charts, puncture repair equipment and tyre inflation pumps, might come as something of a surprise!
