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1922 Agent for [[Talbot-Darracq]]. (see advert)
1922 Agent for [[Talbot-Darracq]]. (see advert)
1929 Company incorporated as [[Miles Hire]] Ltd to operate self-drive hire business<ref>The Times Jan. 15, 1959</ref>
1930 Name changed to Godfrey Davis Ltd
1938 Appointed [[Ford]] main dealers


1958 Godfrey Davis, the London car dealer, cut the deposit needed on car purchases to 5 percent<ref>The Times Oct. 30, 1958</ref>
1958 Godfrey Davis, the London car dealer, cut the deposit needed on car purchases to 5 percent<ref>The Times Oct. 30, 1958</ref>

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March 1922. Agents for Talbot-Darracq.
February 1952.
October 1989. Ford agents.

of Wilton Road, Victoria, London (1959)

of Alperton, Mddx.

1922 Agent for Talbot-Darracq. (see advert)

1929 Company incorporated as Miles Hire Ltd to operate self-drive hire business[1]

1930 Name changed to Godfrey Davis Ltd

1938 Appointed Ford main dealers

1958 Godfrey Davis, the London car dealer, cut the deposit needed on car purchases to 5 percent[2]

1959 Public listing of shares in the company, car hire specialists and Ford main dealers.[3]

1991 Godfrey Davis (Holdings) changed its name to Davis Service Group; the business included automotive retail and industrial services[4]

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Sources of Information

  1. The Times Jan. 15, 1959
  2. The Times Oct. 30, 1958
  3. The Times Jan. 15, 1959
  4. The Times September 20, 1991