Fuel Shortage Warning

[lorna]

Mr Smith.  ;D ;D. I was interested to read Carol's post. I though old age has finally caught up with me ;D (memory?) However I am absolutely convinced there were no coupons in the Fens , otherwise we would have to serve people if they presented coupons, and I think I would have remembered the extra work. Wonder if they were used in different parts of the country? I am not very good at googling but last night I did find an item where it said "Petrol coupons issued in the 1970's but never used"
Quite interesting isn't it?
Wonder if my memory is correct on price? I seem to remember that in 1972 when we bought the garage petrol was 32.1/2p for 4*.Can't remember prices of 2*, 5* etc.

[lorna]

[Carol]

Checked with him who knows all and we were issued with Coupons in 1973 but they were never actually used.  The speed limit on the Motorways was set at 50mph though.   We lived in Suffolk at this time.  Hope the Talks find a solution soon.  We have no bus service to talk about and nearest trains are 25 miles away.  Car is essential in this area.   :-X :-X

[artichoke]

I certainly remember being issued with coupons in 70s in South East, and you could only get them if you were a regular customer at the issuing garage, which fortunately we were. We never had to use them after all that.

[Shelle]

Grrrrrr I didnt "panic buy" last weekend when I had half a tank, but then as a result ended up paying 3p a litre more and had to queue forever last night.  Seems I paid the price for not panic buying!  The petrol I got should last me a fortnight so hopefully things will have calmed down by then.

I cant help thinking the media are responsible for scaring people into panic buying.  If the news and radio keep saying there is a shortage, then of course what are people going to do?  For  a lot of us petrol is a lifeline where there is no real alternative to driving.