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Mitcham Models, 243/5 London Road

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1953 OS Map

1953 OS Map

mitcham-models-long-ad

Telephone MITcham 1514 and 2206 Mitcham Models Partners – Leslie Hastings, Ivy Hastings MODEL AIRCRAFT KITS AND ACCESSORIES SPECIALISTS Everything for the Modelist Stockists of … Yachts and Trains Model Engineering Tools Diesel Engines Perspex, Balsa Wood Dopes, Marine Fittings Galleons MODEL AIRCRAFT KITS SKYLEADER KIEL PREMIER FROG etc. etc. Expert advice gladly given on Model Aircraft by Les Hastings 243-5 LONDON ROAD MITCHAM

1952 ad: Stationery and Modelling Books Model Aircraft Kits and Accessories Specialists MITCHAM 243/5 London Road Mitcham 'phone : MITcham 1514 Fishing Tackle Model Engineering Tools, etc. Yachts and Trains

1952 ad: Stationery and Modelling Books Model Aircraft Kits and Accessories Specialists
MITCHAM
243/5 London Road Mitcham ‘phone : MITcham 1514
Fishing Tackle Model Engineering Tools, etc.
Yachts and Trains

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Gresham Motors, 263/5 London Road

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1953 OS Map

1953 OS Map

1987 clip from Merton Memories photo 28020 Copyright London Borough of Merton

1987 clip from Merton Memories photo 28020 Copyright London Borough of Merton

This building was demolished and a block of flats, with a shop was built, see Google StreetView:

Why Worry? Consult GRESHAM MOTORS Ltd. Daimler Car Hire Repairs - Car Sales - 24-hour Breakdown Service Pressure Greasing & Service Body Work Spraying and Reboring Decarbonising Overnight 263/5 London Road, Mitcham - Surrey Tel. MITCHAM 8181

1957 ad : Why Worry? Consult
GRESHAM MOTORS
Ltd.
Daimler Car Hire
Repairs – Car Sales – 24-hour
Breakdown Service
Pressure Greasing & Service
Body Work Spraying and
Reboring
Decarbonising Overnight
263/5 London Road,
Mitcham – Surrey
Tel. MITCHAM 8181

Ad from 1960 shows prices of secondhand cars sold.

Ad from 20th May 1960 Mitcham News & Mercury

This ad from 1963 said that they also had premises in Rosehill, and the makes of vehicles were Humber, Hillman, Sunbeam and Commer:

1963 ad

Listed in the 1989 list of shops in The Parade.

The previous garage at this address was Blox, as there was an application to the Mitcham Borough Council for a transfer of the petroleum licence in July 1957:

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