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gdm27

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I was driving back into Accy from Haslingden a couple of weeks ago and passed the site where "Nobby" had his garage. My misses laughed when I told her that he used to stop the traffic to let you out after filling you up. Anybody remember him and what happened to him? :confused::confused::confused:
 
I don't know what happened to him, but I do remember him going out into the road to stop traffic to let you out.
My dad always bought his petrol from there, or a little garage that was just off the bottom end of Warner St(Oak St...maybe). It might still be there for all I know.
 
gdm27 said:
I was driving back into Accy from Haslingden a couple of weeks ago and passed the site where "Nobby" had his garage. My misses laughed when I told her that he used to stop the traffic to let you out after filling you up. Anybody remember him and what happened to him? :confused::confused::confused:
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Knew Norman Taylor and his family very well, His father started that business just after WW1, first selling petrol in 2 gallon jerry cans, then expanded into what it became, when Nobby & his son Joe ran it, Nobby's daughter did the book work.
Old Joseph who started the business, served in the A.S.C., in WW1, he used to come in every day to check the books & count the money, until just before he died.
Nobby were a beggar for playing practical jokes, and he could tell some dam good tales as well.
Retlaw.
 
Retlaw said:
Knew Norman Taylor and his family very well, His father started that business just after WW1, first selling petrol in 2 gallon jerry cans, then expanded into what it became, when Nobby & his son Joe ran it, Nobby's daughter did the book work.
Old Joseph who started the business, served in the A.S.C., in WW1, he used to come in every day to check the books & count the money, until just before he died.
Nobby were a beggar for playing practical jokes, and he could tell some dam good tales as well.
Retlaw.
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I knew Joe very well Walter, he was a joiner by trade and I worked with him at Arnold Rileys Barfitters for a few years
 
jaysay said:
I knew Joe very well Walter, he was a joiner by trade and I worked with him at Arnold Rileys Barfitters for a few years
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Not sin young Joe for years, he used to live near Rising Bridge Post Office, and his sister Pat used to live near Windles paper Shop. Not seen either of them in oer 30 odd years.
Retlaw.
 
jaysay said:
I knew Joe very well Walter, he was a joiner by trade and I worked with him at Arnold Rileys Barfitters for a few years
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I too remember Joe from my time at Arnold Rileys he was a great roll model for us young uns. I remember him telling of a yellow Triumph Dolomite he found in Nobby's garage after Nobby's demise. It was a good few years old but "brand new" in terms of condition and mileage.
 
Retlaw said:
Not sin young Joe for years, he used to live near Rising Bridge Post Office, and his sister Pat used to live near Windles paper Shop. Not seen either of them in oer 30 odd years.
Retlaw.
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I haven't seen him since I moved back to Ossy in 86 Walter, used to see him knocking about round the Bridge when I frequent the metropolis and your right he did near the post office
 
MovedtoBolton said:
I too remember Joe from my time at Arnold Rileys he was a great roll model for us young uns. I remember him telling of a yellow Triumph Dolomite he found in Nobby's garage after Nobby's demise. It was a good few years old but "brand new" in terms of condition and mileage.
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Ya he was a top bloke, learnt quite a lot from him and Ben
 
Retlaw said:
Thats because Nobby used to sell Jet, have'nt seen that Jet petrol since then, what happened to it.
Retlaw.
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First gallon of jet petrol I bought cost 4 bob.

I can't remember which brand Nobby sold but I filled up there a few times after I moved over here. I remember him stopping traffic to let me get out on to the road in my little van.
 
In 1954 when the petrol supply was de-regulated, Bill Roberts set up Jet Petroleum Ltd - a name inspired by 'JET' - the prefix of vehicles registered in Rotherham, Yorkshire and his first tanker, JET 855.

Soon Bill was seeing demand from the smaller independent retailers around Yorkshire for an alternative supplier to the major brands which effectively controlled the supply and price of petrol. He began selling fuel at lower prices and the JET network started to grow as motorists began searching out these lower price outlets.
In 1961, JET was bought by Conoco Inc, which built on JET’s low price tradition. JET never lost sight of the customer and always offered value for money.

Jet History
 
Gremlin said:
First gallon of jet petrol I bought cost 4 bob.

I can't remember which brand Nobby sold but I filled up there a few times after I moved over here. I remember him stopping traffic to let me get out on to the road in my little van.
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Nobby sold Jet, Shell, Esso, Diesel, and Paraffin.
Other oil companies hated Jet because of its low price, they started rumours that it would ruin engines. I ran my Triumph 650 off it, and to prove them wrong, we took the cylinder heads of my bike, to have a look, it was as clean as a whistle inside, after near 8000 miles running on Jet.
Retlaw.
 
Retlaw said:
Thats because Nobby used to sell Jet, have'nt seen that Jet petrol since then, what happened to it.
Retlaw.
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The garage at the bottom of Willows Lane used to sell Jet in the 60's.
It was known to us kids as the Jet garage.
 
Nobby's Hole in the Wall was always worth the trip. That is until they opened the Jet station at the bottom of Willows Lane. Petrol prices had begun their long journey ever upward and we all went to great lengths to save what we could.
 
In fact both garages are for sale, listed as East and West
 

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Do you remember the aeroplane propellor which seemed to serve the purpose of holding back the steep bank behind the garage? When I was just a youngster, my Granddad used to buy his petrol there. Nobby told me that the plane had crashed into the bank and all that was left was the prop!
 
I seem to remember that Nobby always wore a rather oily beret, and seemed to be permanently tanned - though no doubt in Baxenden that was weather-beaten rather than anything else.

A gent.

Rgds


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