Esso and Shell Pumps - Beecrofts Store, Nyetimber, West Sussex circa 1955
The postcard here shows a variety of views in Nyetimber in this era, I'm guessing mid 1950s. The only part of the garage seen are two pumps, one with a Shell globe and one with an Esso globe. There's a view too of the Bear Inn which was and still is just the other side of the where the garage was. Neither the garage or Beecroft's stores still exist, the garage building is still there, but the shop was entirely demolished more recently and has been replaced with a modern house and a side street, Brooks End, which leads to more modern houses. The tiny Pagham Estate Office seen here is now a much larger building, still an Estate Agents but with a cleaning business sharing the premises.
The garage would go on to be branded BP later on in time, seen below when there was severe flooding in 1967.
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Esso and Shell Pumps - Beecrofts Store, Nyetimber, West Sussex circa 1955
The postcard here shows a variety of views in Nyetimber in this era, I'm guessing mid 1950s. The only part of the garage seen are two pumps, one with a Shell globe and one with an Esso globe. There's a view too of the Bear Inn which was and still is just the other side of the where the garage was. Neither the garage or Beecroft's stores still exist, the garage building is still there, but the shop was entirely demolished more recently and has been replaced with a modern house and a side street, Brooks End, which leads to more modern houses. The tiny Pagham Estate Office seen here is now a much larger building, still an Estate Agents but with a cleaning business sharing the premises.
The garage would go on to be branded BP later on in time, seen below when there was severe flooding in 1967.
www.google.co.uk/maps/@50.7795324,-0.7361601,3a,58.1y,265...