One of the most famous cars in movie history was once driven around Mirfield, near Huddersfield.
George Silverwood, a former mechanic at the Central Garage in Mirfield, has told of how the Aston Martin that was made famous in the 1964 film Goldfinger was driven through the town two years after its first starring role.
After George saw that the car had been voted as the most iconic car in film history, he decided to share his story.
At the time the Aston Martin Company was owned by Huddersfield businessman Sir David Brown and more than 1,000 of the DB5 models were made.
George believes that the famous car came to the Central Garage in order to promote to promote a new range of cars. George was a mechanic at the garage at the time and because he had the keys, he decided to take if for a spin around Mirfield.
“The car had certainly been well used to the point it looked tatty,’’ said George.
“Don’t forget that at that time the James Bond films were new and no-one realised how iconic those early ones would become. I remember the car still had its rotating number plates and steel plate at the back to protect 007 from gunfire.’’
69 year old George worked at the garage for many years and became the garage’s service manager. He also raced cars around Europe with the garage’s owner, Derek Buller-Sinfield.