The Humer Unbeam Interesting Filling Stations Thread
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DickyC said:
The scout car is a Ferret btw. It's in reception along with the other mementoes.
The chaps who work there enjoy the easy banter of amiable years working together.
"What's going on here?"
"He likes old things and is taking some photos."
"He'll want a picture of you, then."
"Us, you mean."
The chaps who work there enjoy the easy banter of amiable years working together.
"What's going on here?"
"He likes old things and is taking some photos."
"He'll want a picture of you, then."
"Us, you mean."
A strange place to buy carpets from.
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@53.7324933,-1.65737...
And I remember this place as a Renault main dealer.
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@53.7321839,-1.65698...
And they are pretty much opposite each other.
I dont remember them being part of the same garage but it is possible.
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@53.7324933,-1.65737...
And I remember this place as a Renault main dealer.
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@53.7321839,-1.65698...
And they are pretty much opposite each other.
I dont remember them being part of the same garage but it is possible.
One near here has become a dry cleaners
GOG440][b said:
A strange place to buy carpets from.
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@53.7324933,-1.65737...
And I remember this place as a Renault main dealer.
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@53.7321839,-1.65698...
And they are pretty much opposite each other.
I dont remember them being part of the same garage but it is possible.
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@53.7324933,-1.65737...
And I remember this place as a Renault main dealer.
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@53.7321839,-1.65698...
And they are pretty much opposite each other.
I dont remember them being part of the same garage but it is possible.
GreatGranny said:
YorkshirePudding said:
Not sure if the one just down the road from Cadwell Park is still going,
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@53.291336,-0.089194...
Go passed that one maybe 3-4 times a year and the last time (maybe a month ago) cars were blocking both entrance and it looked quieter than usual.https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@53.291336,-0.089194...
DaveGoddard said:
GreatGranny said:
YorkshirePudding said:
Not sure if the one just down the road from Cadwell Park is still going,
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@53.291336,-0.089194...
Go passed that one maybe 3-4 times a year and the last time (maybe a month ago) cars were blocking both entrance and it looked quieter than usual.https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@53.291336,-0.089194...
Edited by hidetheelephants on Monday 30th November 00:46
hidetheelephants said:
Oh that is very cool, thanks for the reply.Also, I can't believe I forgot the Brafield-on-the-Green garage on the previous page - I regularly work just down the road from there.
Zod said:
This is still a working station in Highgate, North London. The shop sell good cakes and coffee. It used to be a pub.
Indeed, lovely Monmouth coffee and fresh cakes for sale. This is languishing in showroom. Guy behind the counter, not the most effusive of men, and maybe the owner, say's it's his and it's in perfect nick but hasn't been used in donkey's. 
Edited by Dapster on Thursday 3rd December 23:58
DickyC said:
Post pictures of interesting filling stations and garages you come across: small, picturesque, disused, derelict or recycled - anything eye catching. Then and Now pics would be good too.
This one is in Llandrindod Wells. I had to stop the car and walk back.
When I searched on "Pritchard & Sons Llandrindod Wells" they are now Funeral Directors. That's a Change of Business Planning Application I would have liked to have seen.
79.9p per litre? So, not a million years ago it was still functioning like this.
What a time warp place it is!
DickyC said:
A smallish industrial area in Woodley has its own filling station! There must be personal applications here.
For the man who has everything...
They have their own filling station at Mercedes-Benz World in Brooklands, I noticed.
r129sl said:
DickyC said:
A smallish industrial area in Woodley has its own filling station! There must be personal applications here.
For the man who has everything...
They have their own filling station at Mercedes-Benz World in Brooklands, I noticed.
Down East Grinstead way the other day, I remembered a garage in Lingfield with glass top pumps. It would have been rude not to go and have a look.
Either the pumps have migrated inside or a shop front has appeared between them and the road. Whichever it was, the pumps are now a display. Reet cosy it looked, too.
Either the pumps have migrated inside or a shop front has appeared between them and the road. Whichever it was, the pumps are now a display. Reet cosy it looked, too.
Passed this one today, not long left for it sadly. It's about a mile away from Castle Combe circuit and was **the** place to go for Mercedes knowledge. As far as I understand, divorce has meant selling up and there's little left other than the petrol pump, which I am going to try to acquire!
I can remember how outrageous the Mk3 Cortina looked when it came out. Big and outrageous.
It looks cosy now.
The predictive text on my phone wasn't at all sure about Cortina.
Corticosteroids is my favourite of its suggestions but surely it's not phone's role to introduce me to new words.
It looks cosy now.
The predictive text on my phone wasn't at all sure about Cortina.
Corticosteroids is my favourite of its suggestions but surely it's not phone's role to introduce me to new words.
miniman said:
Passed this one today, not long left for it sadly. It's about a mile away from Castle Combe circuit and was **the** place to go for Mercedes knowledge. As far as I understand, divorce has meant selling up and there's little left other than the petrol pump, which I am going to try to acquire!
A guy from the barge thread bought a car from there. I think he used Street View to do the viewing!Ooo, what a lovely thread. Spent a very agreeable hour or so going through these 20 pages. Bookmarked. 
Just one to add for now, but there are plenty of small still-operating stations around these parts. I'll have to dig a few out.
Walking distance from my house is Smith's Garage in Bungay, north Suffolk. They stopped selling petrol around 8 (ish?) years ago, but the pumps remain. This is a very active garage, and they maintain many cars from Bungay and the surrounding villages.
https://www.google.de/maps/place/Bungay,+Suffolk,+...
Oh yeah, and I got given an old pump which proudly sits postured in the corner of my garden. All the panels are in the undergrowth in this pic, but there are quite a few parts to it. No idea what it is, assume it's 1920's/ 30's? It's just a cool piece of rusting stuff. Bloody heavy though!
Just one to add for now, but there are plenty of small still-operating stations around these parts. I'll have to dig a few out.
Walking distance from my house is Smith's Garage in Bungay, north Suffolk. They stopped selling petrol around 8 (ish?) years ago, but the pumps remain. This is a very active garage, and they maintain many cars from Bungay and the surrounding villages.
https://www.google.de/maps/place/Bungay,+Suffolk,+...
Oh yeah, and I got given an old pump which proudly sits postured in the corner of my garden. All the panels are in the undergrowth in this pic, but there are quite a few parts to it. No idea what it is, assume it's 1920's/ 30's? It's just a cool piece of rusting stuff. Bloody heavy though!
miniman said:
Passed this one today, not long left for it sadly. It's about a mile away from Castle Combe circuit and was **the** place to go for Mercedes knowledge. As far as I understand, divorce has meant selling up and there's little left other than the petrol pump, which I am going to try to acquire!
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