I wrote for the free chart....

[Tony Griffiths]

...but no reply.

[Colin Wilks]

I would definitely ring to complain. 
Number is Whitehall 1010.

[Chris Garner]

Colin,
I thought it was Whitehall 1212. I have it on speed-dial and Jack Hawkins always answers.

[Colin Wilks]

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

[Chris Garner]

It's interesting how, over the years, oil companies vied for Austin's business.

I have recently acquired a Shell pamphlet detailing how on June 8th, 1928 Austin's beat the 24 hour class record at Montlhery ( 1584.32 miles in 24 hours ) stating that Shell products are "approved by Austin Motor Ltd for all Austin Engines ", and that Shell oil & petrol were used throughout.

In Beatrice's book she gives the date of the attempt as the 13th June '28 and states that whilst petrol and grease was supplied by Shell, oil was by Castrol!

[Tony Griffiths]

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....

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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:

[John Mason]

Whitehall 1212 was the telephone number for the old “New Scotland Yard” if that is not a contradiction in itself. The New “New Scotland Yard” The one presently in use by The Metropolitan Police. Does have a phone number for it’s new address but few of us know what it is. The original Scotland Yard is just off Whitehall on the embankment.

John Mason.