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Originally Posted by garinda
Just came across this, and was suprised to see cars used to be manufactured in Accrington.
Anyone any idea where they were located?
IDENTIFICATION AND DATING: cca 1906 Globe
Photo of an unusual car received from Peter Strutt (UK) being driven by his great-grandfather, William Taylor, the coachman to the Duke of Portland's agent, who ran the Welbeck Estate office in Mansfield Woodhouse, Notts. We are pretty sure that this is a cca 1906 Globe as manufactured by Hitchon Gear & Automobile Co, Accrington, Lancashire (1904/7). Only about 12 such cars made. Not connected with the Globe mentioned earlier on this Help Page, or the US Globe car.
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I have a vague recollection from something my father once said, that they operated in part of H & B's on the bottom floor Scatcliffe St, near Ormerod St end where they kept the wagons.
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