Cleveland Garages
These pictures, taken by local photographers Senett and Spears, were taken for a glossy brochure produced for Cleveland Garages in the late 1940s
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In the years before and after the German Occupation Cleveland Garages, owned by the Ryan family, was Jersey's largest group, with the franchise for the Nuffield Group of manufacturers, including Morris, Austin, Riley and Wolseley.
The business was founded by William John Ryan (1890-1945) and continued by his son Dennis after the Second World War, with William's widow Vera, nee Godfray (1894-1984) as chairman.
The group had its headquarters at Havre des Pas, and further showrooms and workshops in David Place and at Mont a l'Abbe
Directors and staff
The company executives
David Place
David Place
David Place
David Place
David Place
Havre des Pas
Havre des Pas
Mont a l'Abbe
Mont a l'Abbe
Workshop
Breakdown truck - Cleveland called it a 'vehicle ambulance'
Staff in the 1930s
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