(Bus) Garage, Manchester Road, Burnden Park, Bolton

BOLTON - For the erection of a new garage for Messrs. J. R. Tognarelli Co., tyre factors and importers, motor haulage, contractors, etc., of 115, 117 and 119 Manchester Road, Bolton. Architect Mr. G. Henderson, of Acresfield, Bolton. Steelwork, Redpath, Brown Co., Ltd., Trafford Park, Manchester; patent glazing, Helliwell’s of Huddersfield;  ten 1,500-gaIIon petrol tanks, supplied by Messrs. J. Booth & Sons, Ltd., Bolton; petrol and oil pumps, Bowser & Co., Windsor House, Victoria Street, London, S.W.I. [Architect and Building News 8 July 1927 page 80]

Reference           Architect and Building News 8 July 1927 page 80

A new depot was built in Manchester Road (Burnden Park} in 1928 with space for 100 vehicles. In December 1929 Tognarelli sold out to LUT and the Corporations of Manchester, Salford, Oldham and Bolton - his modern fleet was split between the purchasers. Tognarelli retained the haulage, garage and tyre businesses at his original garage 113-117 Manchester Road but concentrated upon what had always been his principal interest - the restaurant, café and ice cream bars. The Tognarelli family’s café and ice cream businesses expanded to the northeast, Cumberland and Scotland, and flourished into the 21st century.