Originally Posted by maxthecollie (Post 974876)

I used to buy my petrol at Hillock Vale Motors on Burnley Road. Four Gallon for a quid.

Originally Posted by wadey (Post 974972)

Yes it was five bob a gallon when I worked on a petrol station in 1969, I had a BSA Bantam and couldn't fit a quids worth in !

Originally Posted by Karateman (Post 975788)

I always remember my dad filling up with petrol at Nobby's...come the budget time dad would drive over to Nobby's to fill up the tank to save about 2d (2 owd pennies) a gallon just before 10.00pm when it was due to go up, there was always a queue of cars filling up.
He did used to have an old oily beret and I think a brown smock and as you say always looked tanned, but my uncle who new Nobby well, always said he worked 7 days a week 365 days a year and had never had a holiday and worked 4.00am till about 10.30 pm everyday. He joked that Nobbys only ambition was to eventually retire and see his house in daylight....LOL

I also remember filling my scooter up at the JET willows lane garage and it being about 32p a gallon in 1971...ish I think.


Phil

Originally Posted by Retlaw (Post 975861)

Nobby never wore a brown smock, he sometimes wore khaki trousers, and always wore army style boots, and his beret was like Fred Dibnah's, cap never off his head, his wife brought his meals round for him, when he was living in Langford St.
Retlaw.

Originally Posted by Karateman (Post 976000)

Yep you are right I stand corrected...it was probably nearly 40 yrs ago...did he used to wear a big belt over his trousers and rolled up sleeves.. i seem to have these visions of him as well..

Phil

Originally Posted by scoot66 (Post 976239)

it was at nobby`s about 78 or 79 he was selling a jenson interceptor.niether me or my mates had ever seen out as exotic.....apaertfrom the aston martin with a dinted wing that was down oakwood rd :)