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(Picture from the internet of pumps very similar except
“our” pumps were mounted on a higher concrete plinth!)

It is worth mentioning that the hose was relatively short
and did not extend and retract as they do today. It was fixed
from the nozzle to a pipe coming out of the same side of the
pump near the top where it swivelled round a little to assist
delivery of fuel.
It is important to explain that on lifting the nozzle from its
rest the pump lever was released. It sprang into a raised
position, and the pump actually started in motion.
Not squirting fuel yet, but the pump motor was working.

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