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Originally Posted by solarsailor
In the early 70s, between leaving school and being old enough to join the RAF, I worked at a garage both on the forecourt and in the tyre bay. This was long before self service and customers used to come in and ask for a pound's worth of petrol which got them three and a bit gallons! First pint of bitter I ever bought (at the tender age of 14 - don't tell anyone) cost me the princely sum of one and tenpence in pre-decimal currency.
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Brings back memories, I started work in 1969 at Smiths Industries in Bishop's cleeve as an apprentice. First wage was £6 2s 2d plus 15 shillings lodging allowance. I rode a Triumph tiger cub, I used to fill it every friday at the 477 garage in Alstone lane, about 2.5 gallons of 4 star, ten number 6 fags and a box of matches for £1. First pint at Smith's clubhouse was 1s 9d. ( 8p today)
From a now bad memory the petrol was just under 7 shillings a gallon (35p today)
Relatively petrol is much cheaper now.