i remember when i was a boy......... 16, working at the local Ampol servo. super fuel......12.5 c.p.l.
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i remember when i was a boy......... 16, working at the local Ampol servo. super fuel......12.5 c.p.l.
working at Amppol at 16 years old. petrol...... 12.5 c.p.l. i once filled my car up for four dollars.
In the mid 60s when I started driving petrol was around 3s6d (no dollars then but equal to 35c) per gallon - roughly 8c per litre.
Yes that was a part of the 60's but the part I remember was the pay....5 pounds 11 shillings a fortnight after tax then pay mum 2 pounds for board, 10 shillings in the bank then ciggies and petrol for the bike couple picture shows (1 per week) if anything good was on. Thank god I haven't smoked for over 20 years.