R & E L Birley - Long Clawson, Leicestershire - Vintage Gas Stations on Waymarking.com

"R & E L Birley, motor engineers, was founded by the late Raymond Birley in 1959.
The original facility’s included a small workshop for repairs (now used as a store room) and two petrol pumps selling ESSO petrol.
In the early 1960’s the then Ministry Of Transport introduced the basic mandatory vehicle safety check that became commonly known as the MOT test. The government department has changed its name many times over the years, currently VOSA (vehicle and operators service agency), but the MOT name has stuck. Over the years the test has developed with many more items being included and it now covers environmental as well a safety related components and makes a major contribution to road safety.
We where approved as an MOT test center soon after the scheme started. We have been a MOT test station now for over 40 years and are proud of our contribution to road safety through the scheme.
We were agents for NSU cars in the 1960’s, until they where swallowed up Audi.

The workshop was extended in the 1960’s and 1970’s to cope with increased volume of car repairs and also to enable us to cater for repairs to HGV vehicles, for which there was a local demand. Fuel sales where extended to include Diesel."

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Address of the station: R & E L Birley 1 Waltham lane Long Clawson, Leicestershire England Type of Gas Station: Vintage

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