Petrol pumps & filling stations of the past

[Johnfromstaffs]

No-one has mentioned Pratt’s, I wonder why?

PRATTS PETROL PUMP GLOBE REPLICA 1920s | #269603569

This replica globe was made to go on the 1920s pump in the museum. As the originals are almost impossible to find and are very expensive. They are made from the same material as the more modern SHELL

www.worthpoint.com

 

[Vivienne14]

Gilbert and Barker pump believed to be 1910/20 delivering Pratt’s petrol (called “Motor Spirit”). I don't remember the brand so maybe it was taken over by one of the bigger companies. Viv.

 

[Eric Gibson]

I had two pumps on my forecourt a Gilbarco and an Avery Hardoll but they and the forecourt are things of the past now.
They only measured gallons but we kept them in use long after fuel went metric.
The latest owner of the site had all the tarmac ripped up and turned it into a nice garden with a privet hedge all round.

 

[mikejee]

Gilbert and Barker pump believed to be 1910/20 delivering Pratt’s petrol (called “Motor Spirit”). I don't remember the brand so maybe it was taken over by one of the bigger companies. Viv.

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Apparently it became ESSO (https://www.exxonmobil.co.uk/Company/Overview/About-us/History-of-Esso-in-the-UK}

 

[mw0njm.]

Gilbarco still make todays pumps.

 

[Richard Dye]

Gilbarco still make todays pumps.
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Pete, Gilbarco was owned by Exxon until 1987 when it was purchased by GEC (UK) it has since been repurchase by a US holding company and as you say still making pumps!

 

[mw0njm.]

Pete, Gilbarco was owned by Exxon until 1987 when it was purchased by GEC (UK) it has since been repurchase by a US holding company and as you say still making pumps!

my brother works in a alum foundry casting pully wheels for them

Fuel Pumps & Dispensers | Gilbarco Veeder-Root Europe​

 

[mw0njm.]

Pete, Gilbarco was owned by Exxon until 1987 when it was purchased by GEC (UK) it has since been repurchase by a US holding company and as you say still making pumps!

yep

 

[Vivienne14]

This 1950s D J Norton photo shows Hazelwell’s Garage on Vicarage Road Kings Heath. The pumps have gone but the premises are still used as a garage. Viv

 

[jmadone]

This 1950s D J Norton photo shows Hazelwell’s Garage on Vicarage Road Kings Heath. The pumps have gone but the premises are still used as a garage. Viv

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I used to catch the 11 outer circle after school from the bus stop adjacent to this garage in the early 60s and have a vague recollection that the pumps were still there then.

 

[mw0njm.]

nechells park rd. the first garage i ever went to in 1950s for parafine about 1s. 4¼d i think

 

[Vivienne14]

A more modern National sign in the photo Pete. And tuppence off petrol !!! Like the swinging arm pumps too. Viv.

 

[Johnfromstaffs]

This 1950s D J Norton photo shows Hazelwell’s Garage on Vicarage Road Kings Heath. The pumps have gone but the premises are still used as a garage. Viv

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A 1937 Morris Eight Series 1 for £25! What are you waiting for!

 

[Radiorails]

My first car, when I was 19 years old and in the RAF, was a 1935 Austin 12 - I gave an old ever-ready battery operated radio for it. I sold it for £25 six months later.

Edited for inaccuracies.

 

[Pedrocut]

Bristol Road, Selly Oak. 29 January 1957.

 

[Lloyd]

Bristol Road, Selly Oak. 29 January 1957.

Harborne Lane behind the Oak Inn.

 

[Pedrocut]

Park Garage Autos, Warwards Lane, Selly Oak.

31 May 1965.

 

[Lloyd]

Petrol 4/6 a gallon - that's under 5p a litre!
317 Warwards Lane.

 

[Richard Dye]

Petrol 4/6 a gallon - that's under 5p a litre!
317 Warwards Lane.

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How much is it now?

 

[Lloyd]

How much is it now?

It got to about £2 a litre, back to about £1.70 now.

 

[John L]

Just down the Chester Road from my family's home was, Satterthwaite's Garage (Foden lorries were regularly there):

 

[Richard Dye]

It got to about £2 a litre, back to about £1.70 now.

Thank you!

 

[Eric Gibson]

It was 1/11d a gallon when I first sold it at Hawthorn Garage on the Chester Road by the Parson & Clerk. £7.96 a gallon now.
Is that garage still there/

 

[Lloyd]

It was 1/11d a gallon when I first sold it at Hawthorn Garage on the Chester Road by the Parson & Clerk. £7.96 a gallon now.
Is that garage still there/

The garage by the island? Yes, but I bet its not as you remember it!

 

[Eric Gibson]

I can answer my own question having had a wander through google Earth, there's still a garage on the site but it's much different to the cottage garage and petrol pumps I worked at, re-developed as a Kia dealership.

 

[Eric Gibson]

Not that one Lloyd I don't think, I would come down on my bike from Kingstanding and turn right at the P&C then a short way along the Chester Road.
I used to love watching the red squirrels bounding along the top of the Sutton Park fence opposite.

 

[John L]

Not that one Lloyd I don't think, I would come down on my bike from Kingstanding and turn right at the P&C then a short way along the Chester Road.
I used to love watching the red squirrels bounding along the top of the Sutton Park fence opposite.

Just past the junction of Bakers Lane with Chester Road and before you reach The Parson & Clerk?

 

[Brookfields Lad]

It was 1/11d a gallon when I first sold it at Hawthorn Garage on the Chester Road by the Parson & Clerk. £7.96 a gallon now.
Is that garage still there/

I remember a Hawthorn garage on the Chester road opposite Sutton park. I Remember going there in the early seventies, it was an Alfa Romeo agency. It is now called Sutton Park Renault.

 

[Pedrocut]

Aston Hall Road, 31st May 1951.

 

[Morturn]

Aston Hall Road, 31st May 1951.

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Super photo Lyn I do remember this garage.