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Photographs from Blue Bell Smithy
A selection of pictures from the Blue Bell garage and smithy
At the Blue Bell garage: Tom Turnbull and the petrol pumps.
The Blue Bell smithy about 1925 (before its demolition in 1927 and rebuild in 1929)
The rebuilding of the smithy, around 1929:
Thomas and Sarah Turnbull
Blue Bell Garage, June 2016
Blue Bell Garage, June 2016
Tom Turnbull in June 2016: still working aged 83.
Tom died on 5th January 2019.
Copyright for all photographs: Maureen Charlton / TillVAS.