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Penman
Joined: 23 Nov 2007 Posts: 4765 Location: Swindon, Wilts.
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Posted: Fri Apr 21, 2017 5:24 pm Post subject: |
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Hi mikeC
If you ctrl+ you will seethat the upright next to the pump looks like a piece if "I" section girder. Perhaps it was a gate post at some time. _________________ Bristols should always come in pairs.
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Peter_L
Joined: 10 Apr 2008 Posts: 2680 Location: New Brunswick. Canada.
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Posted: Sun Apr 23, 2017 2:46 am Post subject: |
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Although there is a building on the old map it doesn't align with the existing structure but could well be the "wooden cart-house" mentioned below
Quote from The Guarlford Story
"In early days, Fowler’s Farm provided the only garage in the area. This was quite a change for a farm that for many years had swept the board with prizes for heavy horses. The doors of the old wooden cart-house behind the garage used to be covered with prize certificates on the inner side. I called there for petrol in a 1934 Austin 7 once. Mr. Cooper Bladder who served me said, “How much - a pint?" But I actually refuelled at that pump (shown on page 94 of “The Guarlford Story”)
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Below Google 2008
It was there in 1940
From: http://englishbuildings.blogspot.ca/2014/
Pumpery
By the side of a road a few miles outside elegant, hilly Malvern, in the flat country between the villages of Guarlford and Rhydd, is this small corrugated-iron building, now partly surrounded by grass, weeds, and elderberries. Driving past many times, I took it to be a farm outbuilding, but then I noticed the way it faces right on to the road and the presence of a very old petrol pump at one corner. There’s an enamel warning sign about the dangers of petroleum spirit too, its red lettering still clear against a white background, now partly obscured by the elder. I assume, then, that this was once a small garage, supplying fuel to cars on the way to and from Malvern and also to vehicles associated with the neighbouring farm.* Like so many early garages and pumps, it is right by the roadside (the tarmac is just out of shot), so that the motorist had just to stop and refuel. Since Malvern is the home of the Morgan Motor Company, I have mental images of early three-wheelers and 4/4s pulling up…
In 1927, as car ownership increased in Britain, the Roadside Petrol Pumps Act was passed, giving local councils the power to licence petrol pumps. To start with, these pumps were hand-cranked, but by 1930, electric pumps were being installed on roadsides. World War II brought petrol rationing and the demise of many rural garages, but once the post-war period of austerity was over, there was a steady increase in car ownership again and many new purpose-built garages and filling stations were built. More and more, these were substantial buildings with proper forecourts, on to which one pulled, and eventually safety considerations meant that the old roadside pumps disappeared. The occasional survivor, either rusty like this one or more consciously preserved, remains to remind us of a very different era of motoring.
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*And since this is an assumption, I’d be very interested to hear from anyone who knows more about the history of this building.
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Penman
Joined: 23 Nov 2007 Posts: 4765 Location: Swindon, Wilts.
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Posted: Sun Apr 23, 2017 8:25 am Post subject: |
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Hi Peter
Well done for finding all that from so far away.
Just goes to show that we aren't the only people fascinated by vehicles and commercial/industrial archaeology etc.
I might keep a link to the englishbuildings blog site. _________________ Bristols should always come in pairs.
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peter scott
Joined: 18 Dec 2007 Posts: 7121 Location: Edinburgh
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Posted: Sun Apr 23, 2017 9:02 am Post subject: |
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I guess there wasn't an under ground tank and the tank behind the pump in Peter's 2008 photo was the supply, now gone in the present day photo.
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lowdrag
Joined: 10 Apr 2009 Posts: 1585 Location: Le Mans
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Posted: Sun Apr 23, 2017 11:07 am Post subject: |
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My father had the Ford dealership right in the middle of Fareham, next to Trinity Church. Esso pumps on the pavement and petrol storage right under the showroom. He sold it for development in 1959 because the council were on his back on safety grounds. I remember as a nipper sitting on the pumps waving my flag and the Queen and Philip passed by. it was called Croker and Farrell. |
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Peter_L
Joined: 10 Apr 2008 Posts: 2680 Location: New Brunswick. Canada.
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Posted: Sun Apr 23, 2017 12:26 pm Post subject: |
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lowdrag wrote: | .................... passed by. it was called Croker and Farrell. | Not THE Charlie Croker ! |
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Penman
Joined: 23 Nov 2007 Posts: 4765 Location: Swindon, Wilts.
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Posted: Sat Jun 24, 2017 9:05 am Post subject: |
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Hi
Just found this one, from 1972, in Stockport.
http://www.sct61.org.uk/tt604
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Click on High Res Left side under caption. _________________ Bristols should always come in pairs.
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peter scott
Joined: 18 Dec 2007 Posts: 7121 Location: Edinburgh
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Posted: Sat Jun 24, 2017 9:46 am Post subject: |
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I struggled to spot them at first. I assume they at the left side of the photo. Another interesting facet is that vehicles stopping to fill up will be occupying the bus stop area if I'm interpreting the photo correctly.
Peter _________________ http://www.nostalgiatech.co.uk
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Penman
Joined: 23 Nov 2007 Posts: 4765 Location: Swindon, Wilts.
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Posted: Sat Jun 24, 2017 10:19 am Post subject: |
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Hi
Sorry, should have said click on the High Res button, left side under the caption, they are actually on the side road and vehicles at the pumps are probably interfering with emerging vehicles. _________________ Bristols should always come in pairs.
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ukdave2002
Joined: 23 Nov 2007 Posts: 4109 Location: South Cheshire
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Posted: Sat Jun 24, 2017 10:28 am Post subject: |
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There are a couple in Bala:
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peter scott
Joined: 18 Dec 2007 Posts: 7121 Location: Edinburgh
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Posted: Sat Jun 24, 2017 1:32 pm Post subject: |
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Penman wrote: | Hi
Sorry, should have said click on the High Res button, left side under the caption, they are actually on the side road and vehicles at the pumps are probably interfering with emerging vehicles. |
Thanks Penman. Not much evidence today.
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Penman
Joined: 23 Nov 2007 Posts: 4765 Location: Swindon, Wilts.
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Posted: Sun Jul 23, 2017 3:24 pm Post subject: |
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Hi
This has just cropped up on SCT61
http://www.sct61.org.uk/sd382 use the Hi-Res button for the best view.
Steetview is still ID'able but no pumps etc now.
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Penman
Joined: 23 Nov 2007 Posts: 4765 Location: Swindon, Wilts.
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Posted: Fri Feb 15, 2019 8:07 pm Post subject: |
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Hi
This picture cropped up in our local paper yesterday.
I can't figure why the Hotel or Garage business would want weighing scales outside. _________________ Bristols should always come in pairs.
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Rootes75
Joined: 30 Apr 2013 Posts: 3828 Location: The Somerset Levels
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Posted: Fri Feb 15, 2019 9:40 pm Post subject: |
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I remember a road side petrol station in Somerton, in Somerset. I dont recall it when it was open but even up to the last couple years the pumps were still there, pumps from the 40's.
The area has of course now been redeveloped, although I still think a pump is at the roadside. _________________ Various Rootes Vehicles. |
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Penman
Joined: 23 Nov 2007 Posts: 4765 Location: Swindon, Wilts.
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Posted: Fri Feb 15, 2019 10:19 pm Post subject: |
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Hi
Langport Rd. by any chance?
2009 and the off road pum bases are still there as well as the road side pump, (well most of it anyway)
https://goo.gl/maps/jDcyYE2XTmo
2015 now only the roadside puimp.
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