tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post244403054952052275..comments2024-03-25T15:10:13.792+00:00Comments on English Buildings: Ford, GloucestershirePhilip Wilkinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04893714514416441572noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-15499838241474921282014-10-18T14:59:56.745+01:002014-10-18T14:59:56.745+01:00Robert: Thank you very much for these terrific lin...Robert: Thank you very much for these terrific links. I especially like the historic picture of the Exminster Garage: a gem. Getting links and pictures like these is one of the things that makes blogging worthwhile.Philip Wilkinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04893714514416441572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-84273976968000206592014-10-18T12:56:00.594+01:002014-10-18T12:56:00.594+01:00I've been enjoying your 'pumps' theme ...I've been enjoying your 'pumps' theme in recent posts Philip. As a child of the 50s myself, these have evoked memories such as that of my father purchasing 4 gallons of petrol and receiving change from £1.<br /><br />Recently I came across this <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/robertslack/15355759419/" rel="nofollow">very old petrol pump by the roadside near the tourist honeyspot of Dartmeet, Dartmoor</a>. It bears a strong resemblance to the pump in your <a href="http://englishbuildings.blogspot.co.uk/2014/10/rhydd-worcestershire.html" rel="nofollow">'Rhydd, Worcestershire'</a> post of 10/10/2014.<br /><br />Your description of 'corrugated-iron' garages of this period brought to mind this <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/robertslack/14042287883/" rel="nofollow">picture of the garage my father once used</a>, in a guise (I must stress) earlier than I recall. This image is a poster from the wall of the garage as it exists today. Hints of Art Deco in the current structure would suggest this wonderfully improvised earlier construction was soon supplanted.<br /><br />For a time there was a small <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/robertslack/5522541598/" rel="nofollow">motor museum at Colyford</a> with an array of old petrol pumps out front, a number of which are as you described in this post of yours. Sadly I believe the museum is no more. It was housed in an old filling station. I believe the building and pumps remain. Note the old KLG clock just visible under the canopy.<br /><br />Whoever said, 'Nostalgia ain't what it used to be'?Robert Slackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05150704777267563113noreply@blogger.com