Nostalgia in a can



      An old petrol can with a little more presence than the modern plastic version that you can purchase at any filling station or motorway services. We don't know if Redline is a long defunct petrol brand but that is rather a fine bit of branding that promises performance and speed; we can even see the can strapped to the running board on the old motor.
      Then, from the fifties or sixties, a paraffin can to allow you to carry the fuel for your paraffin heater home from your local Esso Blue dealer. More nostalgia because I can remember the black and white television commercials in the 1960's that were a short cartoon. Those were the days and never mind the windows streaming with condensation that froze solid when the paraffin ran out.
      Dum, dum, dum Esso Blue.
      




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