EVERY YEAR 600 INDEPENDENT PETROL STATIONS CLOSE...UNABLE TO COMPETE WITH SUPERMARKET PRICES AND CONFORM TO EXPENSIVE EU REGULATIONS THE VILLAGE PETROL STATION HAS BECOME A RARITY, EVEN A CURIOSITY...MANY KEEP GOING AT NO PROFIT, OR EVEN A LOSS, SIMPLY TO PROVIDE A LOCAL SERVICE...ONCE CLOSED THESE CHARMING AND SOMETIMES EVEN ANTIQUE OUTLETS DISAPPEAR UNDER MODERN DEVELOPMENTS OR LIE NEGLECTED AT THE MERCY OF VANDALISM AND THE WEATHER...SOON THERE WILL BE NOTHING LEFT TO RECORD THIS PART OF MOTORING HISTORY.