Comments on: When petrol was plentiful /2 http://yorkstories.co.uk/when-petrol-was-plentiful-2/ A resident's record of York and its changes Wed, 05 Mar 2025 17:45:53 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.38 By: YorkStories http://yorkstories.co.uk/when-petrol-was-plentiful-2/#comment-197 Tue, 05 Mar 2013 22:43:00 +0000 #comment-197 You’re right Ian, just looked it up on old-maps.co.uk. Wow. Manchester has the only other Free Trade Hall I’ve ever heard of.
All rather mysterious though, as despite searching online I can find no further information on York’s Free Trade Hall.

Impressed that your dad has such well-organised paperwork Mallory! In 1972 our family car was a second-hand Cortina, so you were clearly posher than us ;)

]]> By: Mallory http://yorkstories.co.uk/when-petrol-was-plentiful-2/#comment-196 Tue, 05 Mar 2013 17:55:05 +0000 #comment-196 oops:

meant to say: February, 1972 it was dated…

]]> By: Mallory http://yorkstories.co.uk/when-petrol-was-plentiful-2/#comment-195 Tue, 05 Mar 2013 17:54:28 +0000 #comment-195 I showed this page to my father.. who was able to produce a sales invoice from Castle Garage for an Austin Maxi, just like the one three cars from the left on the photo [i think…]

£962, brand new

]]> By: Ian Fisher http://yorkstories.co.uk/when-petrol-was-plentiful-2/#comment-194 Mon, 04 Mar 2013 20:19:20 +0000 #comment-194 The stone building that you ask about that’s in your second photo is marked as ‘Free Trade Hall’ on the 1891 1:500 scale town map of York. Sorry I know no more than that

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