Gulf - Llanharan, Pontyclun, Wales CF72 9NR 2
Last time I passed by here this was a Pace branded site but it's now in newest Gulf livery, the change happened before or in 2021. It was an unhappy occasion for me here last time as I'd just been run off a narrow minor road by an oncoming vehicle and into a pothole which took out my front left tyre so I crawled to this garage to change the wheel. This time nothing like that had happened so a much happier visit! Whilst looking around I spotted an old Gilbarco Murco branded pump which suggested to me this was once a Murco branded site although a long time back as the garage here had been Pace branded in the earliest Streetview, and in the older Q8 era livery. However, now looking at the various Streetview shots that Murco pump only appeared quite recently and appears to be serving red diesel maybe?
I haven't been able to find any older images of this garage than Streetview offers, but on Geograph there's a nice photo taken by Jaggery of the car wash on this site which had gone from the site even in 2018. The members of the carwash group might like to see it.......
www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4035197
The same person also uploaded a photo of the forecourt which shows the change to the newer Pace livery had happened by 2014
www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4035186
Below you can see my 2018 photo
www.google.com/maps/@51.5378845,-3.4350409,3a,75y,256.46h...
Gulf - Llanharan, Pontyclun, Wales CF72 9NR 2
Last time I passed by here this was a Pace branded site but it's now in newest Gulf livery, the change happened before or in 2021. It was an unhappy occasion for me here last time as I'd just been run off a narrow minor road by an oncoming vehicle and into a pothole which took out my front left tyre so I crawled to this garage to change the wheel. This time nothing like that had happened so a much happier visit! Whilst looking around I spotted an old Gilbarco Murco branded pump which suggested to me this was once a Murco branded site although a long time back as the garage here had been Pace branded in the earliest Streetview, and in the older Q8 era livery. However, now looking at the various Streetview shots that Murco pump only appeared quite recently and appears to be serving red diesel maybe?
I haven't been able to find any older images of this garage than Streetview offers, but on Geograph there's a nice photo taken by Jaggery of the car wash on this site which had gone from the site even in 2018. The members of the carwash group might like to see it.......
www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4035197
The same person also uploaded a photo of the forecourt which shows the change to the newer Pace livery had happened by 2014
www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4035186
Below you can see my 2018 photo
www.google.com/maps/@51.5378845,-3.4350409,3a,75y,256.46h...