About us

Family Business for Almost 70 years

First opened on the 3rd March 1953 by Eddie and Edna Hodgkinson, Bank top garage has remained in the family is now run by two of their Son's , Chris and Andrew.

Many of our older customers bought cars from Edna & Eddie and now their families follow in their footsteps.

Chris is the main MOT tester at the garage for over 40 years now and he runs the workshop where we Service and repair all makes and models of vehicles.

Andrew is on Car sales. With over 30 years experience he is always ready to find our customers the right car for them.  

Our service advisor and parts guru Nick has worked at the garage since leaving school. Working at the garage for over 40 years his knowledge is invaluable.

Keeping it in the family, Sarah, Chris' daughter is on the main reception and is a multiple winner of the Ford Autoteam competition. Sarah is now also on hand to help with any plate transfers and admin enquiries.

In the workshop we have our Ford trained technician and MOT tester, Jake. We now also have Andy, an experienced mechanic in many makes of vehicles. They work alongside Chris helping maintain our customers vehicles and preparing all our sales vehicles ready for our sales customers.

Very Sadly our friend and colleague of over 30 years~ Dawn, passed away in March 2022. Dawn dealt with our accounts and admin and shall be greatly missed by all who knew her.