Photographs from Blue Bell Smithy

A selection of pictures from the Blue Bell garage and smithy

 

Tom Turnbull, petrol pumps

At the Blue Bell garage: Tom Turnbull and the petrol pumps.

 

 

Blue Bell smithy 1925

The Blue Bell smithy about 1925 (before its demolition in 1927 and rebuild in 1929)

 

 

The rebuilding of the smithy, around 1929:

 

Rebuilding the smithy A

Rebuilding the smithy B

Rebuilding the smithy C

 

 

Thomas and Sarah Turnbull

Thomas and Sarah Turnbull

 

Blue Bell Garage, June 2016

Blue Bell Garage, June 2016

 

Blue Bell Garage, June 2016

Blue Bell Garage, June 2016

 

Tom Turnbull, 2016

Tom Turnbull in June 2016: still working aged 83.
Tom died on 5th January 2019.

 

 

Copyright for all photographs:  Maureen Charlton / TillVAS.