UPDATED.Located on Victoria Street, Ryde on the Isle of Wight Downing and Donovan (Ryde Garage) was the Standard Triumph area dealer on the island. UPDATE.We have looked at the 1939 Census for Downing and Donovan […]
Crossed paths many times – reunited at the weekend! These two Island cars met again after, no doubt, seeing each other regularly in and around Freshwater. Despite the V versus A – the Triumph Herald […]
Since the scrappage of the UK tax disc – displaying them as opposed to paying the tax – there has been a whole host of companies set up reproducing the car tax disc for classic […]
Munns and Underwood new unit at Exmouth Road didn’t last particularly long. There were a number of changes with Wadhams, the holding company, making wholesale changes to the company. These superb photos date from 1966/67 […]
Munn and Underwood Ltd were Standard Triumph Distributors and were located in both Portsmouth and Southampton. In Portsmouth they were located at Standard House, 89 Palmerston Road, Southsea. In Southampton, Standard House, 111 Commercial Road. Munn and […]
The actual road – Victoria Street, in Ryde has changed very little since the 60’s as we can see in modern and period photos. The garage and showrooms for Downing and Donovan – Ryde Garage […]
A fantastic period photograph showing the launch of the Triumph Herald Convertible at A.G. Boyes, Standard Triumph Dealership. A.G. Boyes were based on East Parade, Huddlesfield and this photo would probably date around August/September 1960.
Thanks to the archives on the Isle of Wight the original registrations still exist for the VDL range – with confirmation that Downing and Donovan registered the car on 8th December 1960. Now a (Mr?) […]
A new photo and a new angle – looking down Victoria Street, in Ryde, this time. The view looks towards the mainland – the Methodist Church at the end of the road (actually located in […]
Our car VDL634 (Y15469CV) was build and despatched from Canley to Munns & Underwood (Portsmouth) through to the Isle of Wight Distributor Downing and Donovan August 1960. We know the car was present in the Isle of […]
