Even at the height of a 1970’s global fuel and oil crisis, look at the prices at the Esso garage at the top of Forrest Street, junction of Glasgow Road back in the day. These were eye watering prices at the time, stopping people from wanting to fill up their vehicles. Wonder what they would […]
Shared here by Sandy Wilkie, is the former Esso Garage on the North side of Glasgow Road. A particularly snowy winter in 1978. Just look at the price of petrol! I have this garage as being owned by John O Neil and dating from the late 1950’s following the demolition of Baird’s Rows. Situated directly […]