The Humer Unbeam Interesting Filling Stations Thread
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There was a report on the radio a few weeks' back stating that UK filling stations had declined by 2/3 in just 25 years iirc. Once upon a time I worked for Conder Group *, then the largest UK supplier of forecourt canopies (and a very nice company to work for before it all went tits-up).
Some close to me, starting with currently trading at Bidborough, Kent
A more rural affair in Bayham, near Lamberhurst, no pumps but still active (see the similarity with the Penshurst garage posted already - the horse shoe design);
This one is a fine example of 'garage vernacular' (it's all gone a bit Johnathan Glancey) from Hartfield, replete with headless sign;
And this is a sad former garage close to Bodiam in Sussex;
Some close to me, starting with currently trading at Bidborough, Kent
A more rural affair in Bayham, near Lamberhurst, no pumps but still active (see the similarity with the Penshurst garage posted already - the horse shoe design);
This one is a fine example of 'garage vernacular' (it's all gone a bit Johnathan Glancey) from Hartfield, replete with headless sign;
And this is a sad former garage close to Bodiam in Sussex;
- Conder Canopies - although I missed the heady days of the post-self-service boom, most of the staff were still there including a sales manager whose early career was spent on the A1 - calling at every northbound filling station one week, turn around at Edinburgh, then all the southbound stations next week. Then A4, A2, A3 etc etc for 15 years.
Took a customer's Range Rover to local experts Moss in Easton, half way between Newbury and Lambourn (that's the M4 you can see in the background). They diagnosed the problem in about five minutes, just long enough for me to have a mooch about. Among every age and variety of Land Rover, Range Rover and Discovery I found this:
And I also spotted this being restored; a very rare Land Rover Perpendicular where the cab is at right angles to the chassis. Must be worth a mint.
Pass this one a lot near me, not much to look at but the price suggest he still sells fuel
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@53.0912113,-1.31654...
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@53.0912113,-1.31654...
hidetheelephants said:
Gasboy sounds like a rubbish Marvel character, in french France he would be Le Pétomane. Remarkable how so much metering equipment was of US origin back then even when the UK was ostensibly regarded as the workshop of the world.
We could make stuff, we just couldn't measure anything. It was why British goods were thought of as flamboyant elsewhere in the world.These two are long gone, interesting that they're both quite close together and are both now some sort of mini garden centre. On your way to Matlock from Alfreton.
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@53.1244348,-1.46002...
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@53.1317864,-1.52079...
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@53.1244348,-1.46002...
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@53.1317864,-1.52079...
Again, on your way to Matlock from the Whatstandwell side. Back when they phased out 4 star for LRP I can remember coming here to fill up my V6 Sierra with Leaded at an extortionate rate, I found it on a list in a classic car magazine that listed all the stations still stocking full fat leaded 4 star.
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@53.0926768,-1.51142...
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@53.0926768,-1.51142...
Almost forgot this one near Darley Dale, Diesel only, cash only(!)
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@53.173998,-1.606472...
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@53.173998,-1.606472...
Telecaster_ said:
Almost forgot this one near Darley Dale, Diesel only, cash only(!)
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@53.173998,-1.606472...
It's the quarry trucks keeping him in businesshttps://www.google.co.uk/maps/@53.173998,-1.606472...
Lucas CAV said:
It's the quarry trucks keeping him in business
It's bang opposite where I used to work for a while, I think the wagons from there might have used it as well, but cash only bemused me in this age, how many wagon drivers carry enough cash to fill a tank on one of them, what is it about £300-400??Telecaster_ said:
Lucas CAV said:
It's the quarry trucks keeping him in business
It's bang opposite where I used to work for a while, I think the wagons from there might have used it as well, but cash only bemused me in this age, how many wagon drivers carry enough cash to fill a tank on one of them, what is it about £300-400??Gassing Station | General Gassing | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff