broxtowelad 175 Posted August 26, 2016 Report Share Posted August 26, 2016 Who can remember the name of the garage that sold 3 wheeler cars and vans on Nutthall Road ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
poohbear 1,360 Posted August 26, 2016 Report Share Posted August 26, 2016 Breffitts Quote Link to post Share on other sites
broxtowelad 175 Posted August 26, 2016 Author Report Share Posted August 26, 2016 Thanks poohbear that name came to me a bit ago but I was thinking that was a shoe shop. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,547 Posted August 26, 2016 Report Share Posted August 26, 2016 Where exactly was it on Nuthall Road ? The only Brefitt 3-wheel place I remember was the one at Mansfield Road, Daybrook (near the old railway bridge). Quote Link to post Share on other sites
broxtowelad 175 Posted August 26, 2016 Author Report Share Posted August 26, 2016 Eyup Cliff. I was thinking it was near the Melbourne Road junction. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
katyjay 5,091 Posted August 26, 2016 Report Share Posted August 26, 2016 It rings a bell with me, but can't remember the exact location, but I bet Chulla will. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TBI 2,351 Posted August 26, 2016 Report Share Posted August 26, 2016 The garage seems to have been referred to here.. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The Pianoman 1,541 Posted August 26, 2016 Report Share Posted August 26, 2016 Brefitts was near to the bottom of Bells Lane set into the high wall opposite what is (or was last time I looked) Gateway Hotel. Embassy tyres was at the back of it reached by the lane at side of the railway line that crossed Bells Lane. Embassy Tyres are still there of course. It was a car spares place after Breffits finished but I can't remember what it it now. - and I have driven past it twice today! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted August 26, 2016 Report Share Posted August 26, 2016 J E Breffit ltd,Newcastle filling station,nuthall rd,bobbers mill. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted August 26, 2016 Report Share Posted August 26, 2016 Preferred the four wheeled reliant..not the kitten...the scimitar!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,547 Posted August 26, 2016 Report Share Posted August 26, 2016 Based on what Malcolm said, here.....? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Chulla 4,946 Posted August 26, 2016 Report Share Posted August 26, 2016 Breffitt was an AJS and Matchless motorcycle dealer (I think). His premises were on Nuthall Road opposite the Newcastle Arms. I bought my Ariel Golden Arrow from him. He used to be a competitive scramble/trials rider. If he moved from there I don't know where he moved to. The Reliant dealer was in Daybrook just below where B&Q was until recently. I bought my Reliant Regal from there. Edit: There was a side track ran up beside Breffitt's that led over the railway line and on to Melbourne Park. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The Pianoman 1,541 Posted August 26, 2016 Report Share Posted August 26, 2016 Yes, something was opposite the Newcastle. I remember something on the site of Cliff's photo. I still feel sure that was Breffits. Could it have just been a spares outlet for them? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
broxtowelad 175 Posted August 26, 2016 Author Report Share Posted August 26, 2016 The garage seemed to specialise in and sold new Reliants. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The Pianoman 1,541 Posted August 26, 2016 Report Share Posted August 26, 2016 I certainly remember Breffits as being a Reliant agent - somewhere along Nuthall Road. I do not remember Breffits being a Reliant agent in Daybrook as I never went there in my younger days. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,547 Posted August 26, 2016 Report Share Posted August 26, 2016 There was definitely a 3-wheeler dealer at Daybrook, as mentioned in #4 and #12. The site opposite the Newcastle is still a car dealer. https://goo.gl/maps/USDMjMwcm7L2 That may have been Brefitt's before I knew the area. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
broxtowelad 175 Posted August 26, 2016 Author Report Share Posted August 26, 2016 The area looks familiar. I remember admiring the new Bond Bug it was a bright orange two seater. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
poohbear 1,360 Posted August 26, 2016 Report Share Posted August 26, 2016 Brefitts in the fifties on Nuthall Road was opposite High Street...later Basford Road,opposite the Newcastle Pub...If they moved later it was after I left the area. I don't remember much of the three wheel side but my brother bought a Lambretta there around 1960.They had some waste land at the back for learners to practice on.So when he brought it home he proceeded to hit the gatepost... My workshop backed onto the premises at Daybrook in the seventies before B&Q but I didn't know who owned it.Just that they specialised in three wheelers. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,547 Posted August 26, 2016 Report Share Posted August 26, 2016 I got the wrong pub on the Streetview link at #16, that's not near the Newcastle. The one poohbear is referring to (which is the Newcastle) used to be a car dealer but isn't now. And looking at old phone directories I discovered that JE Brefitt were at the "Newcastle Filling Station" in the mid 60s. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The Pianoman 1,541 Posted August 26, 2016 Report Share Posted August 26, 2016 Further thinking and Chulla is correct about Breffits being opposite the Newcastle. I still remember the place I spoke of previously near Bells Lane also being Breffits. I have also remembered that there was once a Petrol Station (at least) just above Aspley Library. Either Commodore Gardens or Tyne Close are now built on the site. Was that ever a car dealership of any sort? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
davep5491 360 Posted August 26, 2016 Report Share Posted August 26, 2016 Chulla #12 Poohbear#18 That's my recollection, Breffitt's was opposite The Newcastle Arms. Back around 1949 it was run by Ted Breffit one of England's top trials riders. At the left side of Breffitt's (facing Newcastle Arms) was Newcastle Farm by then a series of derelict buildings, the biggest had a large clock on the front wall and a pathway leading to the railway line and Melbourne Park. Halfords now occupy roughly what was Breffitt's area, a bit further on towards town just past Ideal Cleaning Services Ltd. is a filling station that was once a car sales, garage and haulier owned by R.& J. Richardson. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,547 Posted August 26, 2016 Report Share Posted August 26, 2016 15 minutes ago, The Pianoman said: I have also remembered that there was once a Petrol Station (at least) just above Aspley Library. Either Commodore Gardens or Tyne Close are now built on the site. Was that ever a car dealership of any sort? Looks like there was quite a big complex; 'Garage' and 'Motor Body Repair Works' Quote Link to post Share on other sites
poohbear 1,360 Posted August 27, 2016 Report Share Posted August 27, 2016 That garage (top) was seperate from the other repair works and was called the Swan Garage from the mid fifties.Pearces Ice Cream rented part of the building at the rear and I well remember several 'Stop me and buy one' Ice Cream Tricycles in a nettle bed round the back.To my knowledge it was a repair and petrol garage and not a dealership. A friend Suzanne Shelton lived next door and I well remember us talking about Tommy Steele one day and my asking her..."What's Rock n Roll?" Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,547 Posted August 27, 2016 Report Share Posted August 27, 2016 Brefitt's garage I presume. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,109 Posted August 27, 2016 Report Share Posted August 27, 2016 That's exactly the layout I remember in the 50's and 60's. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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