C.H. Soans and Son – Leamington | Motoring History of Leamington Spa & Warwick

Soans of Leamington.

The Soans family first moved to Leamington from Bromley in Kent opened up their first single dealership garage in the area on May 1^st 1928 at 34 the Parade, now the site of Macdonald’s.

Eventually in 1933 buying what had been the old roller-skating ring in Dormer Place.

Both Dormer Place and the Sydenham remain open at the same time for a while and because Sydenham was a bit out of town for most customers they ran a chauffeur service using a Blue and White? Mk3 Zodiac automatic to drop people back into town.

C. H. Soans & Son Main Ford Distributors Sat March 10 1934 Warwick Advertiser

C.H. Soans and Son, 34 Parade – April 26 1929 – Courier

C.H. Soans and Son, Dormer Place, Leamington Spa.

C.H. Soans & Son Parade March 2 1945 – Main Ford Dealers since 1913

C.H. Soans and Son, Sydenham Drive, Leamington Spa.

The picture below is of the grand opening of the new Sydenham Estate premises on Monday, March 27th. 1967 by Graham Hill who was also racing at Silverstone that Easter bank holiday weekend against the likes of Jochen Rindt, Jack Brabham, Denny Hulme, Bruce McLaren and Jackie Stewart.

The Torry Canyon hit the headlines the day after with the RAF bombing the ship in an attempt the set fire the oil onboard. Needless to say, that took all the glory that weekend.