A resident who left the area is researching and looking for photos and memories of this time.
The car dealership, possible Bristol Street Motors would have been where the ( now closed ) Carphone Warehouse is on Loughborough Road.
Colin Abott told us:
‘I moved to West Bridgford in May 1970 as a 6-year-old and attended Heyman County Primary School. My mother worked at the Gem, now Asda.
‘Before we moved away from Branston Gardens in 1973 I remember going to a Ford car dealers in 1972, situated on the junction of Loughborough Rd and Eton Rd.
‘Possibly Bristol Street Motors? On display they had a Ford Escort 1600, it had won the 1972 East Africa Safari Rally. It was driven by a Finnish rally star, Hannu Mikkola.
‘Also in the dealers was a live lion in a cage and everytime we went in to ogle at this magnificent beast and this car that I thought was world famous, we were given free cans of Coca Cola.
‘I have never found any reference to this since the memories came to me yesterday.
I was able to track down a photo of that very car and a 1:18 scale model I have purchased.’
If anyone remembers this or better still has any images email us at newsdesk@westbridgfordwire.com.
Thanks to Steph on Facebook for this update:
‘It was Hooleys Garage, it was where the flats are now not the Car Phone Warehouse, The Escort is up at M-Sport in the Lake District.’
