BFL - JR Grieves and Son, B1339, Embleton, Northumberland NE66 3XR 1994
Since I have these two images and by alphabetical order they'd be next up, I thought I'd post them today. One is of a BFC branded site and the other the re-named same company BFL from a little later on. As I understand it, BFC stemmed from Cawoods, but quite how what was presumably a private company became involved with the British Coal Board I'm not sure, Certainly BFC was known for supplying coal as well as petrol. Maybe Dan Lockton can fill in some of the missing details?
This is a lovely rural scene of days long passed. the variety of pumps on the forecourt is interesting to see, the nearer one a real survivor at the time. Over to the right is a BFL branded open/closed floor sign, that seems a pretty rare item to me.
Remarkably, JR Grieves & Son survives to the present day, currently branded Gulf but had been Butler and Scottish Fuels in between. No photo of it as Scottish Fuels, but can be seen on Streetview - with the pole sign tilted to a most unfortunate angle so it cannot really be seen from this angle!. I do though have photos of it as Butler and Gulf, both already posted and added below.
BFL - JR Grieves and Son, B1339, Embleton, Northumberland NE66 3XR 1994
Since I have these two images and by alphabetical order they'd be next up, I thought I'd post them today. One is of a BFC branded site and the other the re-named same company BFL from a little later on. As I understand it, BFC stemmed from Cawoods, but quite how what was presumably a private company became involved with the British Coal Board I'm not sure, Certainly BFC was known for supplying coal as well as petrol. Maybe Dan Lockton can fill in some of the missing details?
This is a lovely rural scene of days long passed. the variety of pumps on the forecourt is interesting to see, the nearer one a real survivor at the time. Over to the right is a BFL branded open/closed floor sign, that seems a pretty rare item to me.
Remarkably, JR Grieves & Son survives to the present day, currently branded Gulf but had been Butler and Scottish Fuels in between. No photo of it as Scottish Fuels, but can be seen on Streetview - with the pole sign tilted to a most unfortunate angle so it cannot really be seen from this angle!. I do though have photos of it as Butler and Gulf, both already posted and added below.