Brandish's

When did Brandish deal in Lanchester and Daimler as well as Vauxhall?

This advert first appears in 1947 - before this date they seemed only to advertise as Vauxhall distributors It seems to have ended around 1955/56 as far as I can see

. . . . and they also sold bicycles - this ad from 1949 And that's the identical model which our Rob rides to work on each day

. . . . and motor bikes too (1951 ad)

. . . . and Televisions (1952 ad)

Interesting finds Midland Red The 1947 illustration looks more than little fanciful as the premises were being shared with Marks & Spencer at the time. I've never associated Brandish with motorcycles before due to the proximity of Fretton's. Those televisions made in Coventry are probably the only true GEC sets because as far as I can tell they were all made by the Sobell factory in Wales after 1957 and then rebadged as 'GEC'.

Good grief - that's equivalent to a current price of £1,766 !

... and Brandish's phone number hasn't changed in all that time either! (just put 024 7622 in front of it)

59 guineas was a lot for a TV at the time, hence the overwhelming popularity of the Bush TV22 at 'only' £36-2s-6d, still a considerable sum of money. Mods note : for our younger readers, 59 guineas was 59 pounds and 59 shillings, in other words, £61.19s.0d

My aunt bought me a bike for my 15th birthday from Whitefriars St. It was a Hercules Kestrel in polychromatic gold. It had a reversible rear wheel, free wheel on one side and a fixed cog on the other. It was made from Reynolds tubing and at the time it was sold for the princely sum of £14 pounds and 5 shillings.

. . . and I guess you only got one channel for your money too!

This is from 1963 - a snip at just £1471.96!

For anyone interested, I use this online calculator to work out today's prices... Historic Inflation Calculator