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Day 100 of #petrolstations

Imperial (W. Eves)

R.E. Stothard, Lockton, North Yorks, 1993 flickr.com/photos/danlock…

A photo that means a lot to me—here I am, 11th birthday, with Bob the border terrier, in Lockton village, with a '20s Bowser pump. The garage is now @Locktontearooms Image
And, reaching Day 100 of this incredibly niche set of tweets, I want to say: when I started this back in December, as a kind of Christmas diversion, I had no idea that 3 months later it would be become a way of keeping a kind of sanity and connection with the past amidst the fear
and uncertainty of this very strange locked-in era we're in. When I stood there smiling in that photo, could I ever have imagined one day somehow sharing that photo with thousands of people, while trapped in a house on another continent, thousands of miles away from my family?
Anyway: there will be summers again. That's maybe what I really want to say.
The other thing: clearly, I should have been threading these #petrolstations tweets, but I didn't. So, here's the first 100 twitter.com/search?f=tweet… and from now on, I'll thread them!
Day 101 of #petrolstations

UK

Old Town Garage, Beaconsfield, Bucks 1999 flickr.com/photos/danlock…

An old high street garage; it had just stopped selling petrol at time of the photo. UK had about 860 outlets in 1999, mostly small.

Now @AJDunlopCarServ—run by the town's mayor! Image
Day 102 of #petrolstations

Margram

Honley Filling Station, Honley, W Yorks 1993 flickr.com/photos/danlock… flickr.com/photos/danlock… flickr.com/photos/danlock…

Very 80s 'speed lines' logo from Margram—a developer of service stations & motorway services; here using their own brand ImageImageImage
useful info here on Margram from @mwayservices
Day 103 of #petrolstations

Lion, 1989 flickr.com/photos/danlock… & BFL, 1994 flickr.com/photos/danlock…

Station Road Garage, Halwill Junction, Devon

Lion Petroleum was based in Topsham, supplying mostly small rural garages. BFL was a privatised descendant of the National Coal Board ImageImage
Day 104 of #petrolstations

Summit

Bond's Garage, Barkway, Herts 2005 flickr.com/photos/danlock…

An amazing survivor—1930s Wayne pumps + 1960s Summit globes. Summit, with a "lower half of union jack as an ⬆️" logo, was a brand of Herts & Beds Petroleum, bought by Ultramar in 1968. ImageImageImageImage
Day 105 of #petrolstations

Proteus

Tripp Hill Garage, Fittleworth, W Sussex, 2000 flickr.com/photos/danlock…

Neat rural garage that doesn't look too different 20 years on (per other photos online). Proteus was 2nd petrol venture of former Aston Martin chairman Victor Gauntlett. Image
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