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Upper Hutt bicycle shops.
History
HistoryAdam King Jowitt (‘Creamo’) had a saddle and cycle agents business with the slogan 'You smash 'em, we'll fix 'em! in two 1948 pictures.
Keith Jolly had started 'Jolly's Hardware & Cycles Ltd' in Logan Street, and moved to 76 Queen Street on November 20, 1975; he moved to 67 Main Street in April 1977. The May 5, 1981 'Leader announced that he had outgrown No. 67, and Cycletown, without the Jolly name, would move to the PSIS building at 15 Main Street; the PSIS had closed in June 1980. The advertisement said Keith Jolly would still be about. He may have sold the business three years earlier, but there was no mention of a change of ownership. Another account said that when he retired, he sold the business to Peter Strong, who moved it to 15 Main Street three years later.
Cycletown moved to Ice Clear Leisure World, 205 Main Street, in mid-November 1983; the building also housed Ice Clear TV and Sound Specialists, and Café Clochemerle.
Cycletown returned to 15 Main Street in May 1984, after 15 months; the other location had not worked well; bikes had to be wheeled past the café and electrical areas. Peter retired in 1987, and Tony and Odette Reid, who also owned Bluebird Cycles in Petone, bought Cycletown in July 1987, and named it Bluebird Cycles.
Barry's Cycles was owned by Barry Perkins, and moved from 3 Main Street (he was there in early 1977) to Maidstone Mall.
David and Sheila Butler came from England in 1980. They moved to Upper Hutt from Levin around April 1986, and started Upper Hutt Bicycle Village at 7 Queen Street on April 1, 1986. In October 1987, their son Ian would be coming from England to join them; they moved the business to 3 Logan Street, with a new name, Upper Hutt Bicycles. The Butlers bought Bluebird Cycles from the Reids in September 1990, and combined the businesses as Upper Hutt Bicycles at 15 Main Street.
Andrew Hanlon and Bev Elliot, Keith Jolly's daughter, had worked at Bluebird Cycles, and were made redundant in September 1990. They set up The Cycle Centre, which opened in October 1990 at 83 Main Street (their advertising simply said 'opposite Astral Towers'). Keith Jolly and Peter Strong were photographed helping to set up the business.
Upper Hutt Bicycles and The Cycle Centre advertised side by side in the 'Leader' until September 1992; then Upper Hutt Bicycles stopped.
The Cycle Centre needed more room, and advertised a relocating sale on May 22, 1996, before moving to 105 Main Street.
When Upper Hutt Bicycles closed, The Cycle Centre moved into No. 15; they were there until October 2015, when they took over No. 13; the former 'Chez Elle Exclusive Bridal and Evening Wear Boutique', with about half the floor area.
Bike Hutt started on the corner of Princes Street and Fergusson Drive, and later moved to the corner of Fergusson Drive and Blenheim Street, before closing.
Keith Jolly had started 'Jolly's Hardware & Cycles Ltd' in Logan Street, and moved to 76 Queen Street on November 20, 1975; he moved to 67 Main Street in April 1977. The May 5, 1981 'Leader announced that he had outgrown No. 67, and Cycletown, without the Jolly name, would move to the PSIS building at 15 Main Street; the PSIS had closed in June 1980. The advertisement said Keith Jolly would still be about. He may have sold the business three years earlier, but there was no mention of a change of ownership. Another account said that when he retired, he sold the business to Peter Strong, who moved it to 15 Main Street three years later.
Cycletown moved to Ice Clear Leisure World, 205 Main Street, in mid-November 1983; the building also housed Ice Clear TV and Sound Specialists, and Café Clochemerle.
Cycletown returned to 15 Main Street in May 1984, after 15 months; the other location had not worked well; bikes had to be wheeled past the café and electrical areas. Peter retired in 1987, and Tony and Odette Reid, who also owned Bluebird Cycles in Petone, bought Cycletown in July 1987, and named it Bluebird Cycles.
Barry's Cycles was owned by Barry Perkins, and moved from 3 Main Street (he was there in early 1977) to Maidstone Mall.
David and Sheila Butler came from England in 1980. They moved to Upper Hutt from Levin around April 1986, and started Upper Hutt Bicycle Village at 7 Queen Street on April 1, 1986. In October 1987, their son Ian would be coming from England to join them; they moved the business to 3 Logan Street, with a new name, Upper Hutt Bicycles. The Butlers bought Bluebird Cycles from the Reids in September 1990, and combined the businesses as Upper Hutt Bicycles at 15 Main Street.
Andrew Hanlon and Bev Elliot, Keith Jolly's daughter, had worked at Bluebird Cycles, and were made redundant in September 1990. They set up The Cycle Centre, which opened in October 1990 at 83 Main Street (their advertising simply said 'opposite Astral Towers'). Keith Jolly and Peter Strong were photographed helping to set up the business.
Upper Hutt Bicycles and The Cycle Centre advertised side by side in the 'Leader' until September 1992; then Upper Hutt Bicycles stopped.
The Cycle Centre needed more room, and advertised a relocating sale on May 22, 1996, before moving to 105 Main Street.
When Upper Hutt Bicycles closed, The Cycle Centre moved into No. 15; they were there until October 2015, when they took over No. 13; the former 'Chez Elle Exclusive Bridal and Evening Wear Boutique', with about half the floor area.
Bike Hutt started on the corner of Princes Street and Fergusson Drive, and later moved to the corner of Fergusson Drive and Blenheim Street, before closing.
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