With the comment "Best balanced brakes he had seen in a car that old, for a very long time".
Nice. They do charge the full test fee, but they don't make up fail faults like some of the other garages that charge less do.
For those who might be vaguely interested, Princess St Garage Warrington. I tend to use them for my MOTs all the time, apart from when I might need a friendly MOT, then I know who to have a word with.