Six bob a gallon...

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25 Apr 2012 - 6:01 PM

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marktc (e2 Member)

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25 Apr 2012 - 6:01 PM

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a great image Ann, I really like this image. Nostalgia rules!

AnnChown (e2 Member)

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25 Apr 2012 - 6:06 PM

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Quote: A smashing image here Ann, and it really takes me back too. I reckon at the same time, a 45 (Single record) would've been about the same price I remember them being 6/4d

John

Yes - I agree. I think the petrol was probably about 6/4d!!
Ann

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25 Apr 2012 - 6:09 PM

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I had an old motor bike when I was eleven which I used to ride on farmland, at that time I remember the cheap stuff being 3/11d, and when my first car came along it was 4 Gallons for £1.

Great nostalgic shot and fond memories.

Nick

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25 Apr 2012 - 6:14 PM

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The good old days, Ann, now it's 2 euros (£1.70) a LITRE here . I remember those old pumps, nice memory. Carol

canonfan (e2 Member)

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25 Apr 2012 - 6:26 PM

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Brilliant image. Takes me back. I remember getting 4 gallons for £1
Jim

AnnChown (e2 Member)

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25 Apr 2012 - 6:37 PM

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Quote: This is fantastic, great textures and colours of decay. Where on earth did you find it?

I found it in Ullapool (north west Scotland).

SlowSong (e2 Member)

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25 Apr 2012 - 6:42 PM

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I love these fab old petrol pumps and garages. When men used to amble out and serve you then wipe their hands on dirty rags. And you could buy Esso Blue or Pink Paraffin too.
Chris

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25 Apr 2012 - 7:05 PM

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Ann,
I love this image -- urban decay is one of my favorite subjects. This shot is so well done -- great detail and a wonderful sky.
-=\Walter
PS -- You do realize that we Yanks have no idea how much a "bob" is worth but I get the idea. I remember as a kid seeing signs for gasoline at $0.23 per US Gallon. Now it is up to $4.00 per gallon.

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25 Apr 2012 - 7:19 PM

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Happy Days indeed.
Looks like a National Benzole pump, which was the preferred brand in this household; I imagine it was swallowed up by one of the huge conglomerates without my noticing
But then, my dad used to say that in his teens (mid-1920s) he could cycle from Fulham to Virginia Water at 6 a.m. without encountering another vehicle .. . . ... . .
Regards
Bill

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25 Apr 2012 - 7:28 PM

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I love images like the Ann - excellent!

Ken

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25 Apr 2012 - 7:41 PM

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Think you've struck oil with this one, Ann. Of course, we couldn't afford a car so haven't got a clue how much petrol used to cost! And we used to drink tea out of a cracked cup....

Dave

Cor

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25 Apr 2012 - 7:58 PM

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Excellent . Maybe a try in mono also ? +++++
Cor.

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25 Apr 2012 - 8:17 PM

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Superb Ann. The air of decay and abandonment has been very well captured here. Your composition is excellent and the processing perfectly suited to the subject matter.
Derek

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25 Apr 2012 - 8:49 PM

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Great shot with a character to it,if only the petrol pump could talk.
Netta

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26 Apr 2012 - 12:04 AM

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Mick would remember the things that matter
I love this shot, the angle is really well chosen.
And I can feel in my little finger that there are great things to come around that filling station. I have already spotted 28 small and one big lumps of rust.

Rolepics (e2 Member)

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26 Apr 2012 - 7:23 AM

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A great image Ann, for its composition and jogging all the fine memories. Me I cannot remember petrol prices but the cost of my first shoes with 'princess' heels at £19/11d in white of course Carole

Joline (e2 Member)

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26 Apr 2012 - 11:07 AM

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A very fine and gritty blast from the past. That pump is a classic.

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26 Apr 2012 - 11:44 AM

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I'm sure that 30 pence was a lot back then Ann You wouldn't get far on 30 P of petrol now. A couple of weeks ago I was being told about a guy getting a lift on a motorbike many years ago and the driver stopped and put 9d that's nine old pennies worth of petrol in his bike to get home. I really thought he was making it up.

I hope you didn't wait here for service too long?

Dougie

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26 Apr 2012 - 5:56 PM

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An absolute belter. One of my (primary) school teachers once complained at 3/11 a gallon, but he lived in the posh bit. I bought mine for 3/9, and it was five star.

Hop-A-Long

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29 Apr 2012 - 11:02 AM

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This is excellent, a passage to the past.

Andy

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29 Apr 2012 - 4:36 PM

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Oh those were the days. Bring 'em back fuelwise! Paul

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30 Apr 2012 - 8:52 AM

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How wonderfully nostalgic. Love it.

Regards.

Bob

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30 Apr 2012 - 9:42 AM

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A cracker Ann and it has us all talking. It was 2/6 per Gall when I started.....I think.

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30 Apr 2012 - 5:46 PM

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Superb shot excellently processed and of course captured . Remember 3 gallons for a pound I would think 1967perhaps ....Phil