Matador Garage Boston Road
A Memory of Hanwell.
I remember the Matador Garage. There was a neon Matador who flicked his cape at night. They sold Renaults and I remember the Dauphines lined up. The son of the owner used to give us cards that they gave away with petrol for us kids to clear off. They sold Cleveland petrol. When I got a motor bike (BSA Bantam) I pulled in one day to fill up who should come out to serve me, but an old school colleague ALAN SLAUGHTER who was called TODD. We chatted and he had a James Captain motorbike. We went around for a while on the motor bikes. One day he proudly took me to the showroom where he pointed to a Vauxhall Victor saying, "I have bought that". Later the garage started hiring out mini's and I hired quite a few. There were no credit cards then only cash. Things have changed so much. The garage is now a tile shop.
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