Comments on: At JC Motors, Haggerston

By: Penny

Penny — Tue, 18 Aug 2015 11:03:05 +0000

Great to see Len again, to hear that JC Motors has continued to thrive and to have the chance to back the campaign to keep down rental prices for long-established local businesses. We haven’t seen Len since we let our old Volkswagon camper go more than a decade ago, but Len serviced it for many years. We always awaited the MOT inspection with trepidation, but at JC Motors Len always came up with a cost effective way of keeping the vehicle safe and on the road. The very best of luck to him and his team.

By: Charles Garrad

Charles Garrad — Tue, 18 Aug 2015 10:02:20 +0000

I have been going to Len with successive VWs since Joe was alive. He and his staff are old friends as well as first class mechanics. The place is a haven of civility and good practice in a ragged world of call waiting and takeovers. I have lived in the borough since 1980 and enjoyed its rebirth. Over all that time it is the past that has fed the future. This business is the best of the past and the future so we must not let it go!

By: Achim

Achim — Mon, 17 Aug 2015 10:37:23 +0000

It’s a little bit curious: While you are liking the Volkswagen Camper Vans, I always fall in love when seeing a Landrover Defender… My Dream Car!

Love & Peace
ACHIM

By: annie s

annie s — Mon, 17 Aug 2015 09:47:40 +0000

Signed.
Thank you for bringing attention to these causes.

By: Natalie Koch

Natalie Koch — Mon, 17 Aug 2015 08:40:05 +0000

Signed the petition. Good luck to Leonard and the other businesses, I hope they will survive.

By: Lucy

Lucy — Mon, 17 Aug 2015 08:10:37 +0000

TfL says: “Our role is to keep London working and growing and make life better” but they ignore the important part played by their own tenants. Londoners don’t want to lose the services provided by businesses like Leonard’s. TfL’s budget is £11,500,000,000 (11.5 billion) of which 23% is local and government grants and we have every right to tell TfL to stop this harassment.

By: Peter

Peter — Mon, 17 Aug 2015 06:30:41 +0000

Small businesses like this are the lifeblood of local communities.

I really enjoyed reading about Mr Maloney and how he steadily built up his garage.
More especially the trust of his customers; a very rare thing nowadays and to be cherished by all.

I sincerely hope the business is able to survive, both Mr Moloneys customers and the community are the better for it.

By: Valerie-Jael

Valerie-Jael — Mon, 17 Aug 2015 05:11:27 +0000

JC Motors and Leonard is a fantastic example of a hardworking man, who supports the community by helping others. When all the little shops and places get driven away to make more money for the greedy investors, what is going to be left? Good luck to Leonard and others in the same situation, and hope they get lots of support to save their businesses. Valerie