Texaco - Jubilee Garage, East Lyng, Taunton, Somerset 20th June 1973
Before this garage closed altogether it sold UK petrol. There are many photos of this garage around, most notably in the Andrew Parker article from the Daily Mail November 2013 - it's the first one featured www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2514345/The-death-rural-... Images 2 and 10 in this estate agents listing show the garage looking very sad and unloved - at least it did sell! www.onthemarket.com/details/5862141/ There is a Francis Frith image here which shows it branded as Regent which makes sense if it was Texaco as shown here in 1973, Texaco entered the British market in 1967 taking over the Regent brand. www.francisfrith.com/east-lyng/east-lyng-church-farm-and-... A photo on Geograph taken in 2009 shows the UK branding still in place www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1398425 And here's the Streetview location www.google.co.uk/maps/@51.0551318,-2.9542114,3a,75y,90h,9...
Texaco - Jubilee Garage, East Lyng, Taunton, Somerset 20th June 1973
Before this garage closed altogether it sold UK petrol. There are many photos of this garage around, most notably in the Andrew Parker article from the Daily Mail November 2013 - it's the first one featured www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2514345/The-death-rural-... Images 2 and 10 in this estate agents listing show the garage looking very sad and unloved - at least it did sell! www.onthemarket.com/details/5862141/ There is a Francis Frith image here which shows it branded as Regent which makes sense if it was Texaco as shown here in 1973, Texaco entered the British market in 1967 taking over the Regent brand. www.francisfrith.com/east-lyng/east-lyng-church-farm-and-... A photo on Geograph taken in 2009 shows the UK branding still in place www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1398425 And here's the Streetview location www.google.co.uk/maps/@51.0551318,-2.9542114,3a,75y,90h,9...