Garages have been in existance in one form or another since the late 1800's and came into their own during the 1920's when petrol pumps were installed by the larger oil companies such as Shell and BP. The 'petrol pump', coupled with the expansion of the motor industry, led to a relatively unregulated spread of garages throughout the UK which has has left us today with a variable but valuable photographic legacy that we can explore and enjoy.
We welcome contributions from any country of old garage images either from photographs or postcards. If you do send in images would you please email the largest possible size
as this will help us to crop and re-size but to still maintain image quality and detail which is important. If it is possible please also include any relevant information such as dates, locations etc, and also whether you would like a photographic credit.
Please click here for more details about submitting images.
Your contributions are important and welcomed. Each image sent in helps to make the past a little bit clearer.
If sending images please send as large as possible as this helps with cropping and resizing whilst still maintaining a minimum quality of the original. Images between 1000 and 2000 pixels are preferred. Unfortunately we may not be able to use your image if it is too small.
We do not assume copyright of any image sent in but we do reserve the right to use any image to give the best use and effect for Vintage Garage, and to retain that use. We are pleased to give photo credits but some contributors prefer to remain anonymous. We will assume the latter unless you inform us otherwise.
If any images you send in are personal and you wish them to be marked to deter copying then please let us know and we will put a 'Protected' marker on them. This will not prevent copying but will make the image unviable accept for any personal use.
Where possible, please let us have any dates, makers names or model numbers or any other detail which will help to explain your images.
We take this opportunity of saying thanks to all those contributors who have given so generously in the past.
