Ariel suppliers and dealers 1914

[andrewh]

I’ve turned my mind to doing some research once more on the history of my 1914 Ariel V twin. It was registered in Cardiff but sadly the records don’t tell me who the original owner was. I was wondering whether there are any lists from that period of who the dealers were supplying our machines in the UK. Amazingly there were two dealers in Cardiff back then and one of them is still in business owned by the same family having been being established in 1897. What I don’t know is whether they supplied Ariel’s or not. Anyway, if anybody’s got a list of dealers for back then I’d be very grateful.