Vintage repair garage and workshop in Derbyshire – in pictures

Roger Thorpe, 80, a mechanic and vintage car enthusiast, has run the workshop in Castleton since 1967. The building was constructed in 1895 for the Hope Valley railway and converted to a garage in the 1930s

  • Vintage vehicles at Castleton garage in Derbyshire, which the mechanic and enthusiast Roger Thorpe, 80, has run since 1967. The building was constructed in 1895 for the Hope Valley railway and converted to a garage in the 1930s

    The outside of a vintage car repair garage with a vintage car parked alongside

  • Vintage vehicles inside the garage

    Vintage vehicles inside a garage with a union flag hanging from the ceiling

  • Close-up of a Vauxhall 30/98 dashboard

    Close up of Vauxhall 30/98 dashboard

  • Roger Thorpe, 80, at the wheel of his 1920s Bugatti Type 23, he still races all over the country in Vintage Sports-Car Club trials. The vehicle, which ‘has no doors, no hood, no speedo and not even paint to keep the weight down’, is being repaired after the gearbox failed while competing in Derbyshire last winter

    Roger Thorpe, 80, at the wheel of his 1920s Bugatti Type 23

  • An Edwardian-era steering wheel displayed on the wall in the garage

    Edwardian-era steering wheel displayed on a wall

  • A vintage vehicle under a dust sheet at Castleton Garage

    A vintage vehicle under a dust sheet at Castleton Garage

  • Roger Thorpe at the wheel of his Rover 12 sports saloon

    Roger Thorpe at the wheel of his Rover 12 sports saloon

  • A Vauxhall 30/98 engine

    Vauxhall 30/98 engine

  • Vintage vehicle signs for Vauxhall and BMW

    Vintage vehicle signs for Vauxhall and BMW

  • A vintage Bugatti, part of Roger Thorpe’s collection

    A vintage Bugatti

  • Roger Thorpe showing a visitor his Vauxhall 30/98

    Roger Thorpe showing a visitor his Vauxhall 30/98

  • Close-up of vintage Champion spark plug tester and cleaner

    Close-up of vintage Champion spark plug tester and cleaner

  • The inside of the Castleton garage with a vintage BP motor spirit advert hanging above the door

    The inside of the Castleton garage with a vintage BP motor spirit advert hanging above the door

  • Roger Thorpe at the wheel of his Rover 12 sports saloon

    Roger Thorpe at the wheel of his Rover 12 sports saloon

  • Vintage motoring posters adorn the walls

    Vintage motoring posters, one featuring a man on a motorbike the other an RAF pilot and a young woman

  • Close-up of Rover 12 sports saloon cockpit

    Close up of Rover 12 sports saloon cockpit

  • Vintage rally plaques on the wall

    Vintage rally plaques on the wall

  • Roger Thorpe leans on his Rover 12 sports saloon

    Roger Thorpe leans on his Rover 12 sports saloon

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