Two brothers. One local garage.
Brothers Nigel and Richard Turner establish Turner Brothers (Huddersfield) Ltd, opening a garage to look after local motorists and their vehicles.
Turner Brothers / Holmfirth
Our story. Here in Holmfirth.
Two brothers, a local garage and a story that keeps growing. Explore the people, places and community moments behind Turner Brothers, with photographs from our own collection.
A glimpse of the past
From the Turner Brothers photograph collection.
Through the years
The moments that shaped us.
Life at Turner Brothers, inside the workshop and beyond its doors. Read through the years or choose a chapter to explore.
The garage and a Land Rover, from the Turner Brothers archive. Recovery vehicles outside the garage, from the Turner Brothers archive. Room to grow. A new home.
Turner Brothers moves to larger premises at Bottoms Mill, which remains home to the business today. As demand for vehicle recovery grows, the team begins working with the police and motoring organisations, including the AA and RAC.
The recovery fleet, lined up for a photograph. 
A moment on the forecourt at Bottoms Mill. A busy recovery service. Three new apprentices.
With the recovery side of the business thriving, Nigel and Richard welcome three apprentices to the team. Among them is Adam Ogden, starting his career at Turner Brothers.
A fleet display from the Turner Brothers photo collection. Branching out into ATVs and quads.
Turner Brothers expands into selling ATVs, quads and accessories, adding another branch to the business.
A quad demonstration featured in the Holme Valley Review, May 2014. Nigel and Richard pass on the business.
After nearly two decades, Nigel and Richard decide it is time to hang up their overalls. They sell the business to Turner Brothers (Holmfirth) Ltd, beginning a new chapter for the garage.
Turner Brothers at Bottoms Mill before the exterior renovation. Hands-on learning for the next generation.
Turner Brothers delivers a Ford Focus and a Ford Mondeo to Holmfirth High School, giving students the chance to build their vehicle knowledge through practical experience.
Press coverage shared in our school story. A pink car. A tractor rally. A community effort.
In 2022, Eden’s Army brings the community together to support Eden Smith, a young girl from Holmfirth, and help her family fund specialist cancer treatment in the USA. From sponsored walks to a charity tractor rally, people across the Holme Valley and Huddersfield join the fundraising effort. Pink, Eden’s favourite colour, becomes a familiar sign of support.
Turner Brothers plays its part by preparing a bright pink Ford Focus for donation to Eden’s Army and helping make Eden’s tractor rally possible. The car is a shared effort, with Gavin Shaw of Shaws Autos Repairs providing the repaint and Dave Askew of CV Graphics Ltd designing and applying the graphics.
The team thanks everyone who helps bring the rally together, including its escorts, and celebrates the generosity of the local community.
The pink car prepared for Eden’s Army. A fresh look for the garage.
The outside of the garage gets a makeover, giving the building a fresh new look. Investment in new courtesy cars adds to the improvements for customers visiting Turner Brothers.
The updated garage exterior and forecourt. 
A closer look at the refreshed frontage. A fresh start inside the workshop.
Attention turns to the interior, with a renovation that gives the workshop a brighter, refreshed working environment.
Inside the refreshed workshop. 
Another view of the workshop and repair bays. Supporting our local firefighters.
Turner Brothers welcomes the Holmfirth fire service for a training session at the garage. By making space available for practical training, the team supports the local firefighters who help keep our community safe.
The Holmfirth fire service during a training session at Turner Brothers. 
Firefighters practising with an overturned vehicle during a training exercise.
The next chapter
The story continues.
Today, the story continues at Bottoms Mill. Meet the people behind Turner Brothers, take a look around the workshop, or talk to us about your next visit.
The dates and stories behind this page
This timeline follows the history supplied by Adam Ogden and the Turner Brothers team, with links to stories from our news archive.
Photographs come from the Turner Brothers collection and illustrate the story. They were not necessarily taken in the year beside them.
- The Turner Brothers story, supplied by Adam Ogden
- Archive photographs supplied by Turner Brothers
- Turner Brothers: investing in the future
- Turner Brothers: Eden’s pink car
- Turner Brothers: Eden’s tractor rally
- Gardens of Eden Tour: the 2022 fundraising campaign
- Huddersfield Hub: the community’s support for Eden, May 2022
- Ramsdens: joining Eden’s fundraising walk, January 2022