04-08-2021, 10:33 AM
(This post was last modified: 04-08-2021, 10:47 AM by Tony Griffiths.)
(04-08-2021, 09:10 AM)Chris Garner Wrote: Colin,
I thought it was Whitehall 1212. I have it on speed-dial and Jack Hawkins always answers.
We are all showing our age with this. Not even 40-year old know about Whitehall 1212....
(04-08-2021, 09:51 AM)Colin Wilks Wrote: I searched for "Vacuum Oil Co" with little optimism. It is amazing what the internet comes up with!
https://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Vacuum_Oil_Co
Thanks for the link - very interesting. Among the pictures accompanying the article was an advertisement "for our time" - that nasty, poisonous gas that we must eliminate entirely from the atmosphere before the earth turns into a fireball and kills us all: