East Howe: filling station in Kinson Road
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East Howe: filling station in Kinson Road
Image: © Chris Downer Taken: 17 May 2011
I bought petrol at this site as recently as Friday 6 May but when I returned a few days later I found it shuttered up and the numerals removed from the sign. Now, a week further on, the sign itself has been removed, the 'Shell' signage has been taken down from the canopy and barriers have been put across the site. Not visible here, an unreachable cashpoint at the far end of the building shines defiantly on. The closure of this filling station, which was always among the cheapest and pretty busy, would have meant that there was now no such facility between Ringwood Road and Charminster Road. However, a week later it transpired that the closure was merely a temporary one while the Shell insignia was changed to Esso signage.
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Image Location
Latitude
50.759052
Longitude
-1.900706