Morris Minor Owners Club

just wondering if any more cars survive that were delivered from the old derbyshire motors/kennings derby? ch was the derby mark mine is a vch, i know of two uch reg cars. Any fa burton reg cars? interesting how many old big dealers there was that supplied minors back in the day, some big names like kennings that sadly no longer exist. Bradburn and wedge was another big morris minor supplier in wolverhampton, lot of there cars carried re plates!

Kennings, that rings a bell----i'm pretty sure I have a brass plate with that name on it, originally riveted to the cill.

I'm pretty sure Kennings started the 'lease' arrangement for Company cars ? Reps cars always seemed to be from Kennings - although none in our neck of the woods!

Kennings was the main Derby BMC dealer but Major and Barnes of Burton Road were a dealer supplying CH and RC reg number cars, plus Repton Garage was also a local BMC dealer but may have supplied with Derbyshire numbers. RA, RB, NU, etc

The company I worked for in Derby had many grey Morris 1000 vans and travellers supplied up to H reg. The last Minor being a J reg pickup. A guy who worked for me had a pristine Minor van which was LCH or LRC***K which I believe still exists.

Thanks for that info busguy, I hadnt realised there was another supplier in derby. My cars 1st owner on its paper log book was derbyshire motors in derwent street derby, heritage centre confirmed my car was despatched to kennings of derby which was situated in derwent street, bit puzzled as to whether that was the garage name just prior to kennings taking it over or whether it was another company? Could have been a dealer demo?

Well according to my dealership & distibutors book from the 60's the companies that sold Morris cars in Derby were.

Ch Allen & Son Ltd 29 Duffield Road.
W.Cragg Ltd 43 - 49 Mansfield Road.
Derbyshire Motors Ltd Derwent Street.
Kennings Ltd Kennings House Queen Street.
Major & Barnes Ltd 152 -160 Burton Road.
Sanderson & Holmes Ltd London road.

Hope this gives you some more info.

Cheers Kevin, that book sounds like a good read, what is the title? I might try and source a copy. Does it list staffordshire dealers? Be interested to see who used to sell them in burton on trent area. Once again Kevin cheers for the info

Hi it's called Distributors & Dealers in the UK and is/was published by BMC Service Limited.
Burton -On-Trent area has onlt 2 listed

Astle's Garage Wiggeston Street with a branch at Tutbury Road.
Kennnings Ltd Morris House Derby Turn.