Texaco - Devizes Service Station, The Green, Estcourt Street, Devizes, Wiltshire SN10 1LQ 1975 2
This was an imposing premises with a very stylish canopy and a super example of Texaco petrol stations in this era. We see a Henlys van on the forecourt so imagine there was some kind of connection there. This is the "second attempt" affording us a full view of the forecourt. We see it is of course attended service and the young lady serving seems to be wearing a bright red colour coded Texaco branded top. There are a few small stands across the front of the building and one seems to be for Danone but the others are harder to work out what they are. I would have passed this garage several times each year in this era on our way down to Somerset - this was on the route my parents would take. I can't say I remember it but then there were so many great garages like this back then there's no particular reason why I should.
Sadly the premises were at some point demolished or at least radically overhauled and the canopy went - there is now a modern Kwik Fit here which looks rubbish compared to this! The houses beyond are unchanged and the lamp-post is still there too if now upgraded.
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Texaco - Devizes Service Station, The Green, Estcourt Street, Devizes, Wiltshire SN10 1LQ 1975 2
This was an imposing premises with a very stylish canopy and a super example of Texaco petrol stations in this era. We see a Henlys van on the forecourt so imagine there was some kind of connection there. This is the "second attempt" affording us a full view of the forecourt. We see it is of course attended service and the young lady serving seems to be wearing a bright red colour coded Texaco branded top. There are a few small stands across the front of the building and one seems to be for Danone but the others are harder to work out what they are. I would have passed this garage several times each year in this era on our way down to Somerset - this was on the route my parents would take. I can't say I remember it but then there were so many great garages like this back then there's no particular reason why I should.
Sadly the premises were at some point demolished or at least radically overhauled and the canopy went - there is now a modern Kwik Fit here which looks rubbish compared to this! The houses beyond are unchanged and the lamp-post is still there too if now upgraded.
www.google.co.uk/maps/@51.3521573,-1.9893098,3a,75y,141.7...