Fuel prices

[SpilsbyPete]

On Sat 16th at Peterborough Services it was £1.59 a litre of diesel.
Yet 5 mins down the road at Sainsbury's it was £1.39.

Never buy anything from a Service Station !!

[Condor68]

Much the same here 143.8 at a Shell station 138.7 at ASdA

[C24]

147.9/l in Rutland yesterday

[iainpeden]

I thought Rutland still worked in gallons and pounds, shillings and pence.

[C24]

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Off the top of my head that would be £23 11s 7d per gallon, give or take. ?? Im sure someone will check it and correct me if I’ve make a mistake.

[iainpeden]

Your figure give c.£6.71 a gallon - it was 70p a gallon when I was pumping it out at the Central garage in Uppingham (mid to late 70s). But I was being paid 60p an hour so with minimum wage at about £10 an hour now petrol prices haven't kept up.

[C24]

Sounds about right. Using a calculator and pencil I make it around £6.58.

I used to fill my scooter for half a crown and the mini for ten bob. Something like that. That was on £2 7s 6d per week. I vaguely remember that was for 48hrs a week. 7.30-12. 12.30-5.15 and 7.30-12 on Saturday.

[iainpeden]

147.9 x 4.54 (litres per gallon) rounded down. Wonder if I ever filled up your mini ?

[tm74sqn]

In 1960s it was about 10 bob per gallon if I remember correctly - converts to 50 pence per gallon in new money - and in those days it contained lead, so even better value!

[C24]

The cost of a gallon of petrol increased from 4s 8d (23p) in 1960 to 6s 6d (33p) in 1969. This increase was down to fuel duty which rose from 2s 6d (1960) to 4s 6d (1969). Today a gallon of petrol costs £5.68

Happy days

[paddyboy]

Diesel is currently 156.9p/litre in Long Stratton

No wonder I don’t use it unless forced to

In 1972, when I had my Moggie, it was 33p/gallon, with 24-fold Green Shield stamps thrown in

[baz1]

diesel £146.9 Tesco lincoln £152.9 BP/Shell

[100arw]

C24 / tm74sqn,
Don't forget, as an example, in 1960 my salary at Fairy Aviation was £2 7s 6pence - per week.
P.

[C24]

Yesterday in rutland, 129.9p/l and 154.9p/l in the wilds of fenland.

[raptor9]

M4 1/69 on Monday

[slogen51]

Jet in Mildenhall £1.32 for E10

I remember Green Shield Stamps and the books

[Pune]

£1:35 E10 Stratford upon Avon Tesco

[Nighthawke]

Sainsburys in Bury St Edmunds has been £1.28.9 for at least a week.

[raptor9]

Nighhawke. That's where I filled up to avoid the 1.69 on the Motorway for our Mimi break.

[Pune]

I did start a petition highlighting rip off fuel prices at motorway services, strangely it only got a few hundred signatures, we now find fuel supplies just off the motorways.