Pace - Curfew Garage, Moreton in Marsh, Gloucestershire late 1970s
The Curfew Tower in Moreton In Marsh is a very old building, in fact a lot of Moreton is old - much of the original town dates from the 1500's. The Curfew Tower is said to be the oldest building of all in the town and was originally used to lock up petty thieves and drunks when there was no police force or any other place to keep undesirables away from the rest of society. Also it is situated on the Fosse Way, one of the oldest routes in Britain, the High Street is part of that ancient road. Fast forward to the 1970's now and we find it a revised petrol station selling Pace - which means the picture can accurately be dated to at earliest 1972 but also possibly early 1980's. Add to that a T registration BMW in the foreground and that narrows the date band to around 1978-82. Now the pumps have moved round the corner and five Pace globes sit atop them with some fine period BMW's on show as well as some other Pace brand decals and a large sign mounted on the wall. I have to say this is one of the nicer old garage postcards I have bought. Even in the 1970's it still shows a lovely town in an era when it would have been much quieter than today where at this very point there is a busy junction between the A44 and the A429. The A44 is the main route from Oxford to Worcester and the A429 is part of the Fosse Way, a route that extends from Exeter all the way to Lincoln. A 1950's image is shown below. www.google.co.uk/maps/@51.9899067,-1.703143,3a,75y,53.19h...
Pace - Curfew Garage, Moreton in Marsh, Gloucestershire late 1970s
The Curfew Tower in Moreton In Marsh is a very old building, in fact a lot of Moreton is old - much of the original town dates from the 1500's. The Curfew Tower is said to be the oldest building of all in the town and was originally used to lock up petty thieves and drunks when there was no police force or any other place to keep undesirables away from the rest of society. Also it is situated on the Fosse Way, one of the oldest routes in Britain, the High Street is part of that ancient road. Fast forward to the 1970's now and we find it a revised petrol station selling Pace - which means the picture can accurately be dated to at earliest 1972 but also possibly early 1980's. Add to that a T registration BMW in the foreground and that narrows the date band to around 1978-82. Now the pumps have moved round the corner and five Pace globes sit atop them with some fine period BMW's on show as well as some other Pace brand decals and a large sign mounted on the wall. I have to say this is one of the nicer old garage postcards I have bought. Even in the 1970's it still shows a lovely town in an era when it would have been much quieter than today where at this very point there is a busy junction between the A44 and the A429. The A44 is the main route from Oxford to Worcester and the A429 is part of the Fosse Way, a route that extends from Exeter all the way to Lincoln. A 1950's image is shown below. www.google.co.uk/maps/@51.9899067,-1.703143,3a,75y,53.19h...