Petrol Sign in Barrack Lane, Craigweil on Sea, Sussex circa 1930
I bought this card mostly because of how odd the whole image seemed, a most unlikely place for a petrol station as it appears from this view. However, looking at the same place and view in the present day it makes far more sense. This viewpoint must have been chosen very carefully to make it look as rural as possible whereas, if not then, certainly now, it's in the middle of a built up area. I think the biggest factor is the trees which appear to be in the peak of growth suggesting this photo was taken at the height of summer. One might just be able to make out a single pump in the distance but I'm not sure. The one thing that really stands out is the sign for petrol.
in the present day, where the petrol station was, is now a neat row of shops set back from the main road on its own access road and with the aforementioned row of trees in between. I say main road, it's clearly not now as it is marked as a dead end, which takes me back to my original point of it being an unlikely place for the petrol station to have ever existed.
Maybe it wasn't a dead end back then.
Here's the same view in the present day.
www.google.co.uk/maps/@50.7781634,-0.7164564,3a,75y,180.5...
Petrol Sign in Barrack Lane, Craigweil on Sea, Sussex circa 1930
I bought this card mostly because of how odd the whole image seemed, a most unlikely place for a petrol station as it appears from this view. However, looking at the same place and view in the present day it makes far more sense. This viewpoint must have been chosen very carefully to make it look as rural as possible whereas, if not then, certainly now, it's in the middle of a built up area. I think the biggest factor is the trees which appear to be in the peak of growth suggesting this photo was taken at the height of summer. One might just be able to make out a single pump in the distance but I'm not sure. The one thing that really stands out is the sign for petrol.
in the present day, where the petrol station was, is now a neat row of shops set back from the main road on its own access road and with the aforementioned row of trees in between. I say main road, it's clearly not now as it is marked as a dead end, which takes me back to my original point of it being an unlikely place for the petrol station to have ever existed.
Maybe it wasn't a dead end back then.
Here's the same view in the present day.
www.google.co.uk/maps/@50.7781634,-0.7164564,3a,75y,180.5...