Gloucestershire distributors for Standard in 1930's?.

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Hello, Wondered if anyone would know who the distributors for the county of Gloucestershire would have been prior to WW2. I understand Tom Norton were a distributor for Herefordshire as well as S. Wales and Monmouthshire, and I guess most of mid Wales, but I wondered if they did in fact act as distributors for Gloucestershire as well as Herefordshire, or if anyone knew who did. 

Many thanks.  

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There was a Standard dealer in Cheltenham.I have spoken to David Mileham from Lutterworth who is a regular attendee at Midlands events and he told me a while ago that they are still in being and still had their old ledgers where he actually found his own car ,a 1934 12 ,on the same page as the White Speed Coupe on display at Gaydon.
Unfortunately I need to find out from David who they are.
Peter Lockley
P.S.If anyone has read Steve O'Hara's recent comments in the Review about Coventry Motor Museum, by contrast Gaydon currently have 4 Standards on display at present.
I don't recall full details but recall that one is a pre First World War Cheltenham,there are also a 1929 4 light Teignmouth,the 1934 10-12 Speed Coupe above and a 1955 8 DeLuxe.They also have a late 1950s Ensign under restoration in the workshop.
All the more reason to come to the AGM when you'll get free admission.Full details are in the Review.
Peter Lockley

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Many thanks for the helpful reply Peter - I look forward to receiving some more information if you are able to get it.
Perhaps I should explain that in my case,  I know who the supplying dealers (new) were -  located in Stroud - and indeed the name of the original owner, but I believe the dealer may have been a relatively small concern and possibly more along the lines of Standard agents with a primary business of cycle dealers. It is my belief (correct or incorrectly?) that counties perhaps had "main" dealers or distributors fed with stock from the factory, and these distributors  may have then supplied the smaller dealers/agents in their locality. Or, is it possible that the majority of individual agent orders were satisfied direct from the factory, or perhaps a combination of both.
 Last week for example, I came across a feature advert for Standard in a 1931 newspaper and there Tom Norton Ltd. but we're listed as distributors for my area, but other dealers associated with this feature included a long established Morris dealership in my locality. Since I believe that at that time there wasn't another Standard main dealer until you get to Cardiff, was my local Morris dealer also a Standard agent perhaps?  A bit surprising, since if they were a stick of rock then it would have said Morris right through!
Food for thought?
Many thanks.

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Hello Peter,
Just wondered if you had managed to get any more on this. Kind regards.

[plockley]

The Cheltenham dealers were Haines and Strange who were also distributors.They later became Vauxhall dealers.Having just Googled them ,in 2000 they were swallowed up by Baylis www.baylis.uk.com
Baylis are the main Vauxhall dealers for Herefordshire,Gloucestershire and Worcestershire .
Their website states that their Cheltenham premises have had a major rebuild so there's probably little of the Standard heritage left.
Peter Lockley

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Many thanks Peter. That is very helpful, and I think it would be fair to assume that my 1935 12, Stroud-agent-supplied ( Taylors Automobiles) would have been distributed by Haines and Strange then. Alway nice to have as much early background as possible. Kind regards, Gareth.