Haha when I started learning to drive (2007) it was 71p per litre!

I can remember when I passed my test in 1985 petrol at our local Esso station was 71p per Gallon ( yes that's per Gallon not per litre) but about 2.5 miles away on the main A19 the Shell petrol was only 69p per gallon. Only problem was it was an 8 mile round trip to go to shell and the amount of drivers who failed to realise it was inefficient to travel that far when they were only putting 3 to 4 gallon in at a time. Even in 1988 when I had an MG Metro 1300 I could fill the tank for about £8 and run all week back and forth to work, taking my mum to work on a night and then my own 'joyriding' ( I was only 22 at the time). Happy days when petrol was cheapish and cars were simple but pleasurable.

That's strange, because my first job in 1978 was as a petrol pump attendent in an esso station, I clearly remember the 4* costing 71p a gallon, can't believe it didn't go up in price in the subsequent 7 years. I also remember when decimal currency came in (1971) my dad had to pay 36p a gallon !