Garages

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- Petrol Station - (BS0087) Known as KCB - That is "Keep the Countryside Beautiful". See also BS088 & BS372 below. Also under "Cafes" for more photos. Lost when the runway was extended in 1940.

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- KCB Petrol Station & Cafe - 1942 - (BS0088) See detail on this contemporary postcard.

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- Wharton's Garage - 1945 - (BS0179) Frank Wharton Garage and Taxi on site of present Taylor's Garage. Originally built as a cycle shop by Frank Yard.

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- Fire at Wharton's Garage - (BS0517) On site of present Taylor's Garage. Thought to be 1940s. The Wharton’s left the village in a hurry for no known reason.

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- Junction Mill Lane onto the High Street - (BS0534) Date probably 1970s. Note the Wharton’s garage is long gone, replaced by The Benson Garage, run by Mr John Taylor, and in the 21st century by his son Martin.

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- Gurney's Parts & Service Dpt - (BS0549) Chapel Lane in 1993.

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- Gurney's Garage - (BS0550) Watlington Road, early 1990's. See “Benson – A Century of Change” page 58.

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- Gurney's Garage - (BS0551) see BS0550 above

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- KCB Filling Station - 1930 - (BS0372) The beautiful thatching would not pass 21st century regulations!

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