Fuelling the Motoring Age 100 Years of British Petrol Stations

Petrol stations have been with us for 100 years. They have been built on countless rural and industrial landscapes, often becoming a linchpin of the communities they serve. Men and women in slightly oily overalls would fill up your car's tank, wipe the windscreen and even check the oil for you. Football coins, Green Shield Stamps, soup bowls or wine glasses might be handed over to keep your custom - all in the days when a single £1 note was enough to buy hundreds of miles of happy motoring. This vivid, illustrated history takes the reader on a journey from collecting a tin can at the local ironmonger's to filling up on the forecourt, and on to the possibility of not using petrol at all.

ISBN:	9780750991490
Publisher:	The History Press
Imprint:	The History Press
Published date:	29 Nov 2019
DEWEY:	629.2860941
DEWEY edition:	23
Language:	English
Number of pages:	158
Weight:	348g
Height:	168mm
Width:	191mm
Spine width:	7mm

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