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General => Chatter => Topic started by: Oilybloke on February 25, 2014, 07:13:33 PM

Title: Remember these?
Post by: Oilybloke on February 25, 2014, 07:13:33 PM

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First correct answer gets a trumpet (if he hasn't already got one).

Title: Re: Remember these?
Post by: Julian on February 25, 2014, 07:27:47 PM

Yes, still got mine ... somewhere.  Fuel tokens.  Think they were printed for war use but were issued and not used some years later due to a strike or some sort of fuel supply crises.

Title: Re: Remember these?
Post by: Jamesrl on February 25, 2014, 09:58:24 PM

The 1973 oil crisis when petrol went up from 5.5p/ltr to 7.7p/ltr, yes that's pence per litre.

I remember it well, I was contracting in those days and drove a MkI Escort and the cost of a fill up went from £2.50 to £3.50.

Being on contract I could get hold of many more tokens than mere mortals.