Photos of Fortes
Inside the grill restaurant.
The grill restaurant before it was finished.
The transport cafe at Keele, under construction.
Keele services, shortly before opening.
The Grill & Griddle at Newport Pagnell.
The kitchen at the grill at the original Newport Pagnell.
The snack bar at the original Newport Pagnell services.
The Fortes Autogrill at Barnsdale Bar.
The amenity building at Corley, shortly after opening. It looks like there's Motor Chef branding on the left,
The facilities available at the services upon opening.
Newport Pagnell shortly after it opened.
The brand new and empty M1, shown on a postcard.
Looking across the car park, past the building towards the filling station, in the Motor Chef days.
One of the many take away vans which were seen as a blight on Gordano when it opened.
A repair building at the side of the services, in the Motor Chef days.
An overview of the garden centre.
Deliveries being made at Scratchwood, under Motor Chef branding.
A postcard from the early '60s.
Newport Pagnell on a 1960s postcard, mostly about the M1.
Charnock Richard in the 1960s.
A similar view, looking south.
A third postcard.
Woodall in the late 1960s. On the face of it, it hasn't changed that much!
Keele in the '60s. Look at the traffic!
