I’d forgotten about that tube across the forecourt and that bell ringing. In the days when I was using petrol stations with attendants I recall that petrol seemed very expensive then as a proportion of my then wage. I remember one budget day in the 60’s. I think I was in my late teens with the Ariel Arrow. Whilst at work heard that petrol duty was to be increased by six pence per gallon from midnight that night. (. That’s 6d. old currency, 2 1/2 pence using today’s currency.) ( and a gallon, that’s 4 1/2 litres ) There were queues of cars at the petrol stations to fill up before the price rise.
|