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Gulf - Southbourne Service Station, Emsworth, Hampshire PO10 8JD 1993

The Gulf service station pictured here sadly did not last. By the time the earliest Streetview was taken it had become a Murco branded forecourt and made it to 2014 when it closed down as a petrol station but carried on briefly as a repair garage. The 2016 Streetview shows building work going on and the forecourt already removed. The site is these days a Co-op supermarket.

A few little details. The banner bottom left advertising four star £2.50 a gallon to help people with the slow transition away from prices in gallons to prices in litres; by this time prices had to be displayed in litres. Also the Gulf sign on the front of the building to the right isn't something I remember seeing very much in this era.

Richard managed to get a photo of it before it disappeared, added below.

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Uploaded on May 3, 2025