In 1929, the filling station consisted of a largish detached house, a wooden building, which was the shop and a number of petrol pumps – hand operated of course.
Facilities in our house were fairly basic; water was drawn by hand pump from a well just a few feet beyond the front door.
The late 1950s saw a change in the way petrol was retailed, whereas in the late 1920s and early ‘30s it was not unusual for filling stations to have a ...
