Europe Cars 1960's

[Jim Hardie]

You're dead right, Person6 - here is one for sale on eBay: a snip at £7,495.

 

Good grief, our kid had two of them. He'll be seriously dischuffed.

[bullerboY]

Waldot Service station was owned by Walter and Dorothy Dungworth who started their business from

premises behind Jack Dysons motorbike shop on Middlewood Rd later they bought land Higher up and Established Waldot Service Station which sold Fina petrol and oils also carried out car servicing and repairs later expanding the business into car sales taking on the Rootes group Vehicles Hillman etc.A while later taking VW ,NSU Wartberg and Reliant,VW and NSU being the most profitable enabling them to open Europa Cars further down Middlewood Rd.A couple of years later opening Europa 2 at the old Attercliffe Palace after Brook Shaw commercials had vacated it.This was a commercial mistake so they took on Ripon Bros old place at the top off Ecclesall rd a block of private flats are there now,they were there a few years until they had sourced the Mercedes dealership for Sheffield and had a new Showroom and workshops built in the German Style.Whilst there Alan Urquarts Auto electrical business was acquired and Europa Carriage Company was set up on Hoyle street.The businesses were very successful until personal affairs forced them to sell the companies to a London concern and they took no further involvement.Walter Dungworth died in 2005 and Dorothy in 2016 aged 80 and 92 respectively I kept in touch with both of them until their deaths.Hope this has helped.

Edited April 26, 2017 by bullerboY

[choogling]

Reading through this topic brought back many memories from the 1970s,i worked at Arundel motors a.k.a Askeys haulage also on middlewood road.The building was later taken on by Gilders as a commercial workshop.

[bullerboY]

Hi Choogling,i used to

know old Harold Askey when he used to serve on the pumps there sometimes i was only 17 then and he always said good Morning to me and i would reply saying morning Mr Askey he used to have a brown smock coat on.There fleet was all Bedfords then and we used to share tools etc like i used to cut valves on their cutter and they would use our gear as well.Alan was only young as well then.I got to know a lot of them who worked there alas most are gone now.Arundel Garage was founded by Mr Arundel who i think lived down Broughton Rd he used to bring an od Rover to me in the 70s for MOT.

Edited April 21, 2017 by bullerboY

[choogling]

I thought the boss was called harry ,alan and jean took over when he died.The fleet were all petrol bedfords tks apart from the alloy bodied albion that did the daily Runcorn salt run.

Edited April 20, 2017 by choogling

[bullerboY]

Sorry Choogling senior moment it was Harold Askey. When i was up there the wagons were all O and A model bedfords and a couple of ex army square fronted ones There was a petrol kiosk on the forecourt where they sold bits and pieces from and it was a red ash covering on the ground.You may have known my mate Tony whose mum and dad had the transport cafe across the road a bit higher up,he fell off the back of a wagon and broke his leg big style and it finishes his driving.

Edited April 21, 2017 by bullerboY

[choogling]

Sorry Choogling senior moment it was Harold Askey. When i was up there the wagons were all O and A model bedfords and a couple of ex army square fronted ones There was a petrol kiosk on the forecourt where they sold bits and pieces from and it was a red ash covering on the ground.You may have known my mate Tony whose mum and dad had the transport cafe across the road a bit higher up,he fell off the back of a wagon and broke his leg big style and it finishes his driving.

 

yes tony was a top guy, still see him sometimes down broomhead res.

[Asaw]

My father bought one car from Europa Cars and then when he moved to NCU Prinz 1200 bought that from Waldot service centre. He followed a mechanic to get his repairs done Peter Grayson to Meersbrook Garage and he opened his own garage near the bottom of Archer rd.

[bullerboY]

Peter the pipe Grayson yes i remember him well,he made a big mistake working for Jan Padzierski probably the reason he left and went on his own.Jan sacked me when i was 17 because he called me a liar saying i had broken a bolt in a water pump and i stood up to him and he didnt like a 17 yr old kid standing up to a 17stone wrestler,i put my tools on the motorbike and he ran after me saying he was sorry yeh tough and i went.Years later when Walter Dungworth gave him a dealership in NSUs he sent one of his minions to poach me and i sent him packing.A couple of weeks later Jan was walking down the yard I was a fair bit older then and no longer a little boy and i collared him and told him straight that if he ever tried it on with anyone there i would make sure his dealership would be blowing in the wind.Took me a long time but revenge was sweet.

Edited April 29, 2017 by bullerboY

[choogling]

Peter the pipe Grayson yes i remember him well,he made a big mistake working for Jan Padzerski probably the reason he left and went on his own.Jan sacked me when i was 17 because he called me a liar saying i had broken a bolt in a water pump and i stood up to him and he didnt like a 17 yr old kid standing up to a 17stone wrestler,i put my tools on the motorbike and he ran after me saying he was sorry yeh tough and i went.Years later when Walter Dungworth gave him a dealership in NSUs he sent one off his minions to poach me and i sent him packing.A couple of weeks later Jan was walking down the yard I was a fair it older then and no longer a little boy and i collared him and told him straight that if he ever tried it on with anyone there i would make sure his dealership would be blowing in the wind.Took me a long time but revenge was sweet.

 

i worked for jan in the early seventies at millhouse garage hoyland,by this time he had acquired the Datsun dealership but we struggled to get the new cars we needed but dc cook always had them, we could have sold any we got they were so popular.i left to work as a labourer in the building trade for double the money he was paying.