Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
Texaco petrol on Tottenham Lane near Hornsey Station c1987
I don't have an exact date for this photo. I have a few clues.
1. Dylan Thomas House in the distance, was demolished in 1998.
2. The wisdom of the internet tells me that petrol was 37p per litre in 1986.
3. The 'C reg' Vauxhall travelling along the road was registered in 1986.
What do you think?
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Comment by Lesley Ramm on September 15, 2023 at 6:30
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I recall petrol shortages in 1970s when you had to go to one petrol station. Mine was Tottenham Lane and queues were huge. I didn't rely on car too much back then but it was a real inconvenience. Don't remember similar in the 1980s. Great photo
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Comment by Richard Woods on September 22, 2023 at 16:50
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That must be the Railway with the yard and the one-time Lotus works to the right.
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Comment by Alan on September 22, 2023 at 17:52
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I don't recall 'Having' to go to one petrol station or any real inconvenience and I drove everywhere.
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The 70s were a bad decade for oil. The 73 OPEC crisis (the Oil Producing and Exporting Countries) had an embargo and price hike, the 76 Yon Kippur War between Israel and Egypt sent things haywire and it was never the same again. But it hastened the arrival of North Sea Oil and Gas. Sadly Mrs Thatcher saw this as a money tree and wasted most of the advantage.
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