Water dispute causes car wash to close at BBBBB Total Garage, Witney. – Vintage Photograph

On February 19th, 1900, a water dispute caused the Super Wash Petropolis Motoring Centre’s car wash and wax facility at the BBBBB Total Garage in Witney, Oxfordshire, to close its doors. This was due to a dispute between the garage and Peris Pumps over the cost of water delivery by the GPV 98M 2002 model pump.On February 19th, 1900, a water dispute caused the Super Wash Petropolis Motoring Centre’s car wash and wax facility at the BBBBB Total Garage in Witney, Oxfordshire, to close its doors. This was due to a dispute between the garage and Peris Pumps over the cost of water delivery by the GPV 98M 2002 model pump.

Dimensions: 16.7 x 24.1 cm

IMS SKU: SCAN-NQOX-04879767

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OCR computer generated text:

Super Wash petropolis MOTORING CENTRES CAR WASH ‘N WAX TAKE A DIP WITH DESMON GPV 98M 2002 PERIS PUMPS

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19 FEB 1900 OXFORD MAIL CAPTION. WATER DISPUTE CAUSES CAR WASH TO CLOSE AT THE BBBBB TOTAL GARAGE WITNEY EBB POSTLETHWAITE.