With the advent of the motor car, the Bennett brothers opened a garage and petrol station here in 1928 which operated until World War Two. They also ran a car hire business with two hire cars. The Sturni family were operating this garage in the late 1960s.
The photo you can see on your screen is of Bennett’s Garage taken around 1939.
Introduction (1:53 min) • Site of original Shire Hall, now Linton Community Hub (1:09 min) • 64-66 Sussex Street - site of Austin's tailor shop, J Y Clarke barber and tobacconist, and Barr's drapery store (1:36 min) • 62 Sussex Street - site of Royal Standard Hotel (1:00 min) • 58 Sussex Street - former home of the Allan family and Hall's Bakery (0:45 min) • 56 Sussex Street - former home of Ernest and Fanny Ball (0:22 min) • 54 Sussex Street - former home of Oscar and Elizabeth Ball (0:41 min) • 52 Sussex Street - site of Ball Brothers' Blacksmiths (0:51 min) • 46 Sussex Street - former first house of Oscar Ball (0:44 min) • Pioneer Memorial (0:37 min) • Site of Bryant's Shop, on the street behind the memorial (0:54 min) • 53 Sussex Street - former home of Nellie Gray, opera singer (0:55 min) • 55 Sussex Street - former home of Cassie McBeath (0:34 min) • 57 Sussex Street - former Bank of New South Wales (0:55 min) • 59 Sussex Street - former Linton Post Office (1:02 min) • 61-63 Sussex Street - site of Bennett's and Todd's Butchery (1:34 min) • 65 Sussex Street - former Todd family home (0:45 min) • 67 Sussex Street - Linton Library (1:47 min) • 69 Sussex Street - Linton and District Historical Society: The Letty Armstrong Resource Centre, formerly Nelson's Undertakers (1:39 min) • 71-73 Sussex St – Railway Hotel (1:28 min) • Site of original Grenville Standard office, between Railway Hotel and Murrell's Newsagency (0:42 min) • 75 Sussex Street - former Murrell's Newsagency (0:53 min) • 77 Sussex Street - site of previous Linton fire station (1:17 min) • 79 Sussex Street (0:21 min) • 81 Sussex Street - formerly sweet and green grocery shop (1:00 min) • 87 Sussex Street - site of G G Bennett's butcher's shop (1:17 min) • 89 Sussex Street - former Nichol's Bakehouse (0:50 min) • From 91 Sussex Street to corner of Gillespie Street - site of Ellington House, Black Swan Hotel, and Preston's shop (1:20 min) • 90 Sussex Street - Traquair House, site of Bank of New South Wales 1861-1904 (1:25 min) • 88 Sussex Street - former Bonthorn's/Sandow's/Jennings' shop (1:17 min) • 84 Sussex Street - site of Ching's grocery store and residence (1:01 min) • 80 Sussex Street - former Nicholls'/Morgan's/Verdoorn's grocery store (1:32 min) • 76-78 Sussex Street - site of original Wesleyan Methodist Church and Joseph Shepherd's house (1:08 min) • 74 Sussex St - site of Shepherd's grocery store and ironmongery store (1:24 min) • 68 Sussex Street - site of Criterion House (1:33 min) • Conclusion (0:51 min)
