The Humer Unbeam Interesting Filling Stations Thread
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DickyC said:
And this, ladies and gentlemen, is what the shop attached to garages used to look like. A bit tired and looking like they were about to run out of everything. Despite appearances, this would have been fully operational.
This was parked up tight to it:
Brinkworth in Wiltshire; the longest village in England.
It was the third of June. Great. I'll have Ode To Billy Joe going round in my head all day.
When Rich and I first discussed producing a book, one of the options was a coffee table book. This didn't happen. Over the months one book became five and, because Rich is a dynamo and I'm not, he was the driving force. Good job, too; the books would never have appeared with me at the helm. However, I do still wonder if there is a need for a book with more emphasis on the pictorial because some of the sites are so attractive. I did try - honest - but my photographic skills weren't up to the job. Here's the kind of thing I mean from a layby in Mareham le Fen that was once a petrol stop.
This is all you see as you drive by and I reckon and most people would miss it.
But get up close and the colours are fascinating and someone with a better eye - and an actual camera rather than their phone - could really make something attractive and pleasing out of it.
Fascinates me. I foresee top photographers, superb layout artists, best quality printing, £100,000 budget and firm orders for three copies.
Maybe not, then.
This is all you see as you drive by and I reckon and most people would miss it.
But get up close and the colours are fascinating and someone with a better eye - and an actual camera rather than their phone - could really make something attractive and pleasing out of it.
Fascinates me. I foresee top photographers, superb layout artists, best quality printing, £100,000 budget and firm orders for three copies.
Maybe not, then.
alpha channel said:
Books are wishlisted (I've a bungalow to outfit first though). However I'd just like to say that while a good camera/lens helps massively a bit of tweaking can improve a photo, even one from a phone (though there's not a lot can be done about the oil paintings my Motorola G4 spits out). And to Dermot O'Logical's idea I present as examples of what can be done (with software that doesn't cost a great deal I may add) -
(and all deleted as of posting).
Thanks for doing that! They are now photos from my David Bailey phase.(and all deleted as of posting).
Jasper-ysohx said:
I know this was posted a while ago but wanted to pop on and say hi as the proud new owner of the former Standerwick garage! I want to try and return it to it's former glory and use the place to store and restore my small fleet of cars. Keep an eye open if you're still using the A36 as hopefully over the next year, I'll start making a bit of a transformation on it to get back as it should be.
Brilliant news! I look forward to seeing it.GIYess said:
Don't think I've posted this. This is our local. Only sells Diesel now though. Can be quite busy as he does all sorts of fuel cards, usually queued up with tipper lorries in the morning.
Maxol? That will be Ireland unless I'm very much mistaken. We should unleash Rich Duisberg on the Ireland Edition of Super.
DickyC said:
Yay! The Scotland edition of Super is out.
Super - The Compleat Works
Yes, that has a ring to it.
Scotland isn't easy to find, apparently. Super - The Compleat Works
Yes, that has a ring to it.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B093S88W9C/ref=db...
Up the A1 and keep going, I always thought.
Gilks Garage Café in Kineton near Gaydon and not a million miles from Aston Martin, Jaguar Land Rover and the British Motor Museum. Run as a garage by the same family since 1904, the business reopened as a café just before the first lockdown - still the same family. It's brilliant.
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A Humer in the flesh. No Unbeams today.
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On "The causeway" between Burnley and Heptonstall.It was shortly after Wacky Racer posted the filling station on Kebs Road, Todmorden, that Rich Duisberg contacted me about producing a book. This was one of the first places I visited for material for the book and, amongst other things, it inspired the name of what turned out to be five volumes. Currently staying in Manchester, I went again today to see how it has fared. It is still there and so is the owner. What I had presumed to be abandoned is in fact home to Brian McNeill and his collection of vintage vehicles which he hires to film and TV companies. The van has appeared in Heartbeat, not only as the chip van seen here but also a butcher's van and a mobile shop plus it appeared in Last of the Summer Wine as a mobile antique shop. Brian has recently bought a new chassis for it. The body, he explained, although scruffy, is sound and the engine is good. It was a real pleasure to meet him and learn about his classic vehicles.
One of the forecourt pumps has gone but the other until recently was pumped by hand to dispense diesel.
Brian McNeill, proprietor.
The very pump that inspired the name of Rich Duisberg's series of books.
SUPER: Old, odd, interesting, obscure and abandoned filling stations by Rich Duisberg is available on Amazon
Wacky Racer said:
On "The causeway" between Burnley and Heptonstall.
One of the forecourt pumps has gone but the other until recently was pumped by hand to dispense diesel.
Brian McNeill, proprietor.
The very pump that inspired the name of Rich Duisberg's series of books.
SUPER: Old, odd, interesting, obscure and abandoned filling stations by Rich Duisberg is available on Amazon
Bit of cheat, going through mountains of stuff I found this from another life. Trips round the harbour in the works Vantage. This was West End Garage, Malborough.
2,200 miles in ten days and spent quite a lot of time in filling stations. So many people wanted rides.
Not there any more.
Not to be confused with West End Garage, Salcombe about a mile away.
2,200 miles in ten days and spent quite a lot of time in filling stations. So many people wanted rides.
Not there any more.
Not to be confused with West End Garage, Salcombe about a mile away.
We've had Colyford Filling Station before but I've just found these of your intrepid correspondent actually using it. The car is 1990 ish and the filling station stopped selling fuel in 2001 so mid to late 90s. Late enough for one of my lads to be able to hold a camera straight anyway.
The car was the works hack. Specced as 4WD by a salesman who promptly left. My guvnor took it on and let anyone who lived near him borrow it for weekends provided you used his fuel card and gave him the money. It's a wonder none of us were locked up.
The car was the works hack. Specced as 4WD by a salesman who promptly left. My guvnor took it on and let anyone who lived near him borrow it for weekends provided you used his fuel card and gave him the money. It's a wonder none of us were locked up.
ShampooEfficient said:
DickyC said:
Are you sure? I can't see the Transporter Bridge.
Are you reading from the "American's guide to filming in Britain?"1. London - include Big Ben and a red bus
2. Newcastle - Tyne Bridge and a shouting man in a black and white shirt when all around is frozen
3 Teesside - Transporter Bridge and the chemical works. And some more chemical works. Don't forget the chemical works"
The Transporter Bridge has fascinated me for a long time. Apparently there is one in South Wales but despite it being a great deal closer to where I live I have never been to see it. Meanwhile back in the North East, at an Aston function in County Durham, a couple arrived in a blue DB2. I said to the owners that I thought the car was the same or very similar colour to the Transporter Bridge and asked if they fancied a drive to Stockton to take some pictures.
Apologies for photo being a bit battered. In the same envelope was this:
This was thirty years ago or so. I've also been interested in old garages and the like for a long time.
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