Description and History of Site:-
After this business was wound up, the site was sold to the British Red Cross which built a flat roofed structure at the front of the site that still exists today. The Red Cross moved out in the 1980s and the building changed hands several times before being converted into the current suite of offices for small firms. In 1932, garage proprietor Kenneth Hartley Pratt, residing in house at 64 Thirsk Road, bought adjacent plot where he started building trailers weighing under 2 cwts that did not require brakes. In 1936, he designed a coupling between car and trailer for which he was granted a patent. Each year, he exhibited his popular boat trailers at the national Boat show in London. The firm was wound up in 1965 when he became too ill to continue and he died the following year.

Further Reading and References:-
NDLHS Occasional Paper 5, "The Pratt Family of Northallerton", Jim Sedgwick, June 2015
http://www.oldclassiccar.co.uk/pratt-trailers.htm

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Key Words :- vehicle trailers

Viewing the Site :- Visible from Thirsk Road

Address :- Thirsk Road, Northallerton, North Yorkshire, DL6 1PL
Grid Ref :- SE 36994 93140
Co-ordinates :- Lat 54.332491 , Long -1.432607
Local Authority :- Hambleton District Council
Pre 1974 County :- Yorkshire - North Riding
Site Status :- Site demolished or no longer extant
Site Condition :- Site in alternative industrial use
Site Dates :- 1932 - 1965
Record Date :- 27 April 2016

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