Pattison vehicles

[Redroger]

Near Kew Gardens station (National Archive side) at the end house there is an ancient motor vehicle from the period 1890-1910 at a guess. It is a car or small charabanc, and the name on the bonnet is Pattison or Pattinson. Does anyone have information about this company in general and this vehicle in particular, quick before it finally disintegrates!!

[t mo]

hi rr
i did a google street view last night but couldn,t fathom out where this vehicle was can you give us a more precise location please only i,m intrigued to have a look at it
trevor

[Redroger]

Trevor, Come out of the subway if you arrive from Richmond, or out of the station if from London, bear right and join the street which has Burlington Avenue as its first turn left. The vehicle is part covered by the side of the first house on this road before you reach Burlington Avenue. A look at Google Earth shows it is obscured by undergrowth and bushes in the garden of the first house on West Park Road. Opposite the footbridge at Kew station.

[t mo]

hi rr
no wonder i couldn,t see it what with that flaming great buddleia in the garden it must be growing through the vehicle i should think whoever lives there doesn,t like a lot of light getting in to fade the curtains i should think i,ve seen places nearly as bad as that but that one takes the biscuit , i,ve had a quick google to try and find a company called pattison/pattinson but no luck so far , it,s a new one on me but will keep looking .
trevor

[t mo]

me again
have a look at this site it may b the vehicle in question www.highland-ohio.com/patterson_automobile.htm it relates to the c r patterson & son carriage co .
trevor

[ShaunJ]

There was also the W A Paterson company in Michigan http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paterson_(automobile)

[Redroger]

I had a look at those sites, and though the period was right, there was nothing that really fitted the bill. I will have another look next time  I go to Kew to ensure I had the name right. In that era there were very many small motor manufacturers. Have you heard of  the Cheswold? It was made in Doncaster around that time, and one is exhibited in the town museum. Subsequently they were bought out by Ford, and  vehicle production continued in the town for many years, I think into the 1960s. If he cut the buddleigh down, the vehicle would probably disintegrate!

[deebel]

I think the name is more associated with light commercials and tractors. UK manufacturer . Ive heard of Fordson/Pattisson vehicles. Fordson made agricultural tractors . Fordson Thames Pattisson all seem to be connected

[Redroger]

Would what appears to be a small charabanc be classed as a light commercial vehicle? Next time to go to Kew I shall take a photograph, foliage permitting!