Leese's of Barlaston - Triumph Car Dealer 36

Leese's rear window sticker

Number 36 in my series of articles about Triumph car dealers this is short article about Leese's of Barlaston.

Leese's rear window sticker from 1985

Leese's of Barlaston, Station Road, Barlaston, Stoke-on-Trent ST12 9DH are still in trading from the same site. They have been in business for over 30 years as at June 2017.

Leese's Garage Barlaston advert in Motor 8 January 1964

The following images show the garage when it was a Rover Triumph dealer. Barlaston is a village in the borough of Stafford in the county of Staffordshire, England. It is roughly halfway between the city of Stoke-on-Trent and the small town of Stone.

Leese's garage forecourt

All these images are from the same era and several feature a Triumph Dolomite in the showroom.

Leese's showroom

Triumph Dolomite in Leese's showroom

Leese's garage forecourt image 2

This is a photo taken from the air of Leese's showing their entire site.

Lesse's of Barlaston from the air

Plea for information

If you have any more information or recollections about this garage, photos of window stickers, dealer badges or sill plates etc please let me know.  I can be contacted via the comments to this post or on facebook at https://www.facebook.com/stephen.weblin

Further information and sources

Link to the other articles in this series.

Link to face book page: Triumph Car Dealers.

Link to my Triumph Car Dealers Flickr gallery of images I have found on Flickr.

I have a collection of Standard Triumph car dealer directories: http://vitessesteve.blogspot.co.uk/2016/03/triumph-car-dealer-directories.html

Picture credits: Leese's rear window sticker photos from John on flickr; Leese's Garage Barlaston advert in Motor 8 January 1964 scanned from my collection; other images from Chris Green on facebook.