Old UK Petrol Stations.

[The Yukon Sizzler]

Feels ripped off these days not gettin any "green shield stamps".....

Did anyone ever get the full set of football coins ESSO gave away to commemarate the '70 world cup....??

[kevscrivener]

This one's still going in Bala, North Wales....



And last time I went through there, summer of 2008, this one was still going too..... things change but slowly in those parts!

[BaZa®]

GREAT stuff keep them coming.

[Ultima Tony]

Originally Posted by The Yukon Sizzler

Feels ripped off these days not gettin any "green shield stamps".....

Did anyone ever get the full set of football coins ESSO gave away to commemarate the '70 world cup....??

Yes mate, up in the loft, I have got a full set of Esso coins still on the orginal collection card plus lots of other spare coins and car coins on the original collecting card from Shell.
Those were the days eh, when I was 16 and had a Gilera moped, I used to put a gallon of 2star petrol and 25/1 oil mixture in the tank and it used to cost me 50 pence, that was back in 1976 when I used to earn £16.00 for working monday to saturday morning in a garage converting ex-military vehicles for civilian use, mostly land rover series 2 and cut-away models and Bedford RL and QL lorries.
Christ how time flies!

[English Steve]

No pics, but there is one in South Molton, Devon, which still serves fuel across the pavement, and I think Pincombes in Chulmleigh do the same.

[BaZa®]

U.K. PETROL STATION GLOBES

[harleyshrew]

Originally Posted by Onion

Brilliant, i really enjoyed that, 25yrs ago i used to work in a station who used to serve the petrol, check oil and water, and `do` the tyres for the customers till 10 o`clock at night. The fuel used to rot your clothes, it was always cold with the wind sucking under the canopy but used to be a brilliant laugh with the people who came in. There is only one garage left that I can think of still serving petrol `old school` and that`s on the West Wales coast. Times have certainly changed with the supermarkets characterless anticeptic faceless approach. Cheers

I worked at a Chevron garage in 76, had to wear a uniform, and on Sundays me and me mate used to play Buddy Holly and Everly Brothers tunes over the forecourt speakers and serve people and clean the windscreens and check their oil (especially the ladies-not that they were interested in us spotty youth's) The owner of the Garage owned a Jensen Interseptor which he never drove, but we did round the fourecourt and the back of the garage Happy days but cashing up at midnight was scary No fun in filling up these days

[Steppenwulf]

Originally Posted by kevscrivener

This one's still going in Bala, North Wales....... things change but slowly in those parts! [/size][/font]

Yer not kidding, I took this 15 minutes ago.


Plenty like these around if you know where to look,
most people think they are abandoned but when the fuel strikes hit the large forecourts these kind of places suddenly get busy again!