Boom, boom, boom, Esso Blue
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Boom, boom, boom, Esso Blue by Phillip Perry as part of the Geograph project.
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Image: © Phillip Perry Taken: 4 Aug 2008
Those of us who are over a certain age may remember paraffin machines where you placed a gallon container under a nozzle in the base of the machine, put in a token and watch it fill up. Ah what memories...... Corner of Tamworth Street & Sedlescombe Road, SW6.
Image Location
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