Orr-Tookey – Leamington

Orr-Tookey (Leamington) Ltd was a VW dealership on Myton Road which, was incorporated on 1st January 1970.

Their Head Office was the Volkswagen dealership in Western Road, Stratford.

I was also an Orr Tookey (Warwick) Ltd, which was in the Hexagon Building, 3 Market Street on the corner with Bowling Green Street.

The name is believed to come from the two people that started the business a Mr Orr and Mr Tookey, both unusual names.

Orr Tookey started out much earlier though, with adverts found in 1966 from the Stratford Dealership.

Found information that they were also at Pathlow Service Station, on the Birmingham Road, Stratford which is now the Four Ashes Garage near to the Stratford Armouries.

11 December 1994, an announcement was made in the Coventry Evening Telegraph that the business will be closing down after only three years in business there.

On 6 February 1975, a liquidator was appointed the company was dissolved.

Orr Tookey VW advert – Coventry Standard Paper-29 Sept 1966
Orr Tookey VW – Stratford upon Avon – Coventry Evening Telegraph – Friday 12 May 1967
Orr Tookey VW – Wednesday 18 Sept 1974 – Telegraph
Closing down, 11 December 1974 – Telegraph