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Hello and welcome to Vintage Garage. If you have an interest in this colourful chapter of our social history, or just want to do some private research then click the links and take a journey back in time. Visit the "Garage Advertising" section where you will find many examples of enamel advertising signs and other advertising media covering petrol, oil and associated companies. In other sections you will find petrol pump globes, petrol pumps, 2 gallon petrol cans, company histories, vintage garage photographs, and much much more. Whilst here don't forget to visit the "Features" and "Printed Advertising" sections where you will find even more to see and appreciate. There are thousands of images to view and many histories to read so please bookmark this site to make your return journey easier.

Power Topics

Please click either image to view a new pictorial feature on the Power Petroleum's Staff Journal "Power Topics".

Many petrol companies had some sort of magazine which the buying public could read and enjoy but Power Petroleum's magazine was aimed at its own staff and was initially called "Power Times". The magazine was produced a couple of times a year with the purpose to provide information about the company and its industry together with news of its staff through the various company associated social clubs and organised events. Power Topics give an opportunity to look back at the company in some detail and accuracy which otherwise would not be possible.

From the Power magazines comes an amazing 1930's photograph of a very desirable petrol pump glass globe perched precariously on the edge of a

Vintage Garage Power Ethyl Petrol Pump Globe

table with a cat struggling to get out of it - unfortunately it is not known if either survived the moment. Images like this are so rare and illustrate the value of examining old magazines to see what was in the news at the time of issue.

To see the "Power Topics" feature just click any image for more interesting photographs particularly those relating to company petrol tankers and vehicles. If you have any pre war company magazines then please let us know as we might be able to add to this feature with interesting earlier images.

Photographic Contributions

We welcome photographic contributions to this site. If you have a related collection, or perhaps a nice petrol pump or another treasured item, or some historical connection with the Vintage Garage that you would like to share then please let us know. Please click here for more details about submitting images.

Image Contributions

Your contributions are important and welcomed. Each image sent in helps to make the past a little bit clearer.

If sending images please send as large as possible as this helps with cropping and resizing whilst still maintaining a minimum quality of the original. Images between 1000 and 2000 pixels are preferred. Unfortunately we may not be able to use your image if it is too small.

We do not assume copyright of any image sent in but we do reserve the right to use any image to give the best use and effect for Vintage Garage, and to retain that use. We are pleased to give photo credits but some contributors prefer to remain anonymous. We will assume the latter unless you inform us otherwise.

If any images you send in are personal and you wish them to be marked to deter copying then please let us know and we will put a 'Protected' marker on them. This will not prevent copying but will make the image unviable accept for any personal use.

Where possible, please let us have any dates, makers names or model numbers or any other detail which will help to explain your images.

We take this opportunity of saying thanks to all those contributors who have given so generously in the past.

Petrol Items Wanted

Do you have any interesting Petrol or Oil items for sale as we or others may be interested in them. Please email to vintagegarage@btinternet.com or telephone 07966 839741 with details.

A couple of nice oil dispensers are available from site visitors at a reasonable price. The first is a 1950's Newton Motor Oils single dispenser with original decals and paintwork. The second is a 1960's Castrol Motor Oil triple oil dispenser also in original decals and paintwork. Please contacts us for more details.