Anyone remember what a litre of heating oil cost in 1988.

[artie]

Was reminiscing about putting oil fired heating in my first house back around 1988.

I remember it cost around £6.50 per week, which was less than we had spent on coal, and a lot less bother.

I have no idea how many litres that was.

If I knew how much it was per litre I could extrapolate and compare with current prices.

 

[sawdustandwax]

you can reminisce, here https://assets.publishing.service.g...tachment_data/file/1107531/table_411_413.xlsx
goes back to start of '89. Cost was 10 or 11p a litre. also includes diesel and petrol data.

 

[sawdustandwax]

edit for dates

 

[HOJ]

I fitted an Oil fired Rayburn into my cottage in 1988, (still going strong, the Rayburn that is!) I also put in a 2500 litre oil tank, with the thinking i would fill it up, never have been able to afford it, I have a mental record for the first 1000 litre of oil I bought was 9 pence a litre.

 

[treeturner123]

Skewed slightly, filling my first Mini with petrol at 6/8d a GALLON still caused me some angst! I was working as a trainee I needed a car which regularly got more than I did per week in milage costs!

Phil

 

[Lons]

I moved into this house in June 1987 and paid 7p a litre for 28 sec kerosene, by comparison I put 1000 litres in the tank earlier this week and paid 92p litre including fuel tax.

 

[DBT85]

We only put 1500l in this time. Partly becasue the cost was 90p compared to what, maybe 35p last time. We have lower usage now that I have the Wiser valves on all the radiators and we also have maybe 300l sitting in a tank on the farm that needs using up so now is as good a time as any. I look forward to my £100 assistance from whichever member of the "Guess Who" game is in power at the time.

 

[Cozzer]

Skewed slightly, filling my first Mini with petrol at 6/8d a GALLON still caused me some angst! I was working as a trainee I needed a car which regularly got more than I did per week in milage costs!

Phil

I can only remember this one example, Anston near Worksop, very early '70s. Might've been nearer Lindrick golf club, come to think....
A petrol station which was self-service during the night.
You had to flatten your banknote - £1? £5? - making sure that the corners were not folded over - and somehow deposit it in a machine, before the fuel was dispensed.
My God.
50 years ago.
Frightening....

 

[clogs]

yesterday it was €1,43 per liter here......I use it in my forklift....
Diesel fuel is now €2,14......

 

[Phil Pascoe]

I remember in the mid '60s petrol being 5/3d (26p) a gallon, and in the '70s putting 50p in the pump for 1 1/3 gallons.

 

[stuart little]

I remember in the mid '60s petrol being 5/3d (26p) a gallon, and in the '70s putting 50p in the pump for 1 1/3 gallons.

yep, 1973 i had anMG Midget that did 40mpg & petrol was£0.40p/gal = 1p/mile. excuse typing Mable the cat thinks she's a better typist!

 

[Cozzer]

yep, 1973 i had anMG Midget that did 40mpg & petrol was£0.40p/gal = 1p/mile. excuse typing Mable the cat thinks she's a better typist!

I had a '74 Midget in "Tundra".
Didn't like the colour until I visited the National at Donnington one year and it was one of the rarest colours going!
Swapped it eventually for a BGT which eventualy got trashed....still miss my Midget to this day.
HWE ("Hughie") 26N.
In the big car park in the sky, I guess.....

 

[Phil Pascoe]

Its last MOT was 2010.

 

[Linus]

I had a '74 Midget in "Tundra".
Didn't like the colour until I visited the National at Donnington one year and it was one of the rarest colours going!
Swapped it eventually for a BGT which eventualy got trashed....still miss my Midget to this day.
HWE ("Hughie") 26N.
In the big car park in the sky, I guess.....

I had a Morris Marina coupe in BLMC Tundra while I was serving at Catterick a while back ('75). I remember the reg OTO213M looked a little bit like a military reg at a glance and several times I was saluted as I drove in to camp thinking it was a staff car. Terrible car, gearbox was naff.

 

[Cozzer]

Its last MOT was 2010.

Really?!
It did well.... mind you, I had looked after it.
Great fun, that car, Marina 1500 engine or no!

Thanks for the info.

 

[sawtooth-9]

I seem to remember as a child ( back in the late 1950's ), we had an Austin 7
Petrol was 6 pence a GALLON in Aus ( probably about 3 p UK ).
You got a lot of miles for 6 p in an Austin 7 !!
Later in the early 1960's we had a Ford - single spinner. Much bigger car, but still so cheap compared to todays " fuel efficient " cars.

 

[Suffolk Brian]

I remember in the very early ‘60s my parents moved into a bungalow and had oil fired central heating installed. Dad proudly told us that the heating oil was six (old pence) a Gallon. That boiler had a cast iron heat exchanger and lasted almost 30 years.

 

[HOJ]

I had a '74 Midget in "Tundra".

Its last MOT was 2010.

Might still be going hasn't had to have an MOT since 2014, (+ 40 years old rule)

 

[Phil Pascoe]

Really?!
It did well.... mind you, I had looked after it.
Great fun, that car, Marina 1500 engine or no!

Thanks for the info.

https://www.gov.uk/check-mot-history

 

[stuart little]

Really?!
It did well.... mind you, I had looked after it.
Great fun, that car, Marina 1500 engine or no!

Thanks for the info.

It was a Triumph 1500 engine - xxap! compared with 1275 'A' series. I've restored many an MG as part of my business, all types, but hated 'bubber rumper' 'B's & Midgets. I did re-shell a BGT ('68) with a post '80 'rubber' bodyshell converted to a chrome one, quite easy to do as the only differences were in outward appearance.