This was round the corner from our house. My younger brother had a Saturday job there in the early 60s and was known as the swafega kid because of the amount he had to use to clean his hands after a day at Yallops
By Frederick Wood (08/08/2020)
We used to come here in the 60s to get parts for Woodley hornet and MGs there was also a shop in grays that I used think bill yallop had that he always could parts very helpful guy I was only 17 yrs old then !! Expect he is deaf now think he knew my old man who lived in Parkside ave Tilbury !
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This was round the corner from our house. My younger brother had a Saturday job there in the early 60s and was known as the swafega kid because of the amount he had to use to clean his hands after a day at Yallops
We used to come here in the 60s to get parts for Woodley hornet and MGs there was also a shop in grays that I used think bill yallop had that he always could parts very helpful guy I was only 17 yrs old then !! Expect he is deaf now think he knew my old man who lived in Parkside ave Tilbury !
Willie Yallop raced at the start of British stock-car racing. Here’s a photo from 1957 — they didn’t care if a wheel came off in those days: https://scontent-sea1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/19399395_1378144075554263_4385600377754221207_n.jpg?oh=34ca8b885412a52105582823535b7fec&oe=59CD330F
Repaired lots of cars with second hand spares from here
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