Filling Station Freebies

[staffslad]

Re: Filling Station Freebies

In 1970 one filling station chain...Shell?...gave away coins with the heads of that year's England World Cup squad on them. I think they were in little packets so you didn't know which one you were getting.

[Mulletino]

Re: Filling Station Freebies

I remember getting my first Smurf from a National garage in the 70s.

[Richard1978]

Re: Filling Station Freebies

I remember my parents getting things like teaspoons, cups & storage jars with petrol.

By the early 1990s these gifts seemed to fade away.

[Twocky61]

Re: Filling Station Freebies

Nowadays Shell filling stations give you a free coffee & newspaper when you fill your tank

[Twocky61]

In the 70's filling stations gave free glass tumblers to motorists filling their tanks

Also playing cards with the franchise logo on the back