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The Motorists’ Mecca

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Recorded date
2006
Operator
The Worthing Society
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In 1899 George Warne, 1864‒1916, an early motoring enthusiast, promoted his new hotel as The Motorists’ Mecca, establishing the first hotel garage, or engine house, in England on this site in York Road in 1900. The garage was demolished in 1947

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  • Paul Gillett, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Steve Daniels, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Katharine Oakeshott, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Robert Eva, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
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  • P L Chadwick, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
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