Shell Petrol Station Free Gifts
Fill up, get a glass tumbler or a plastic coin.
Petrol brands gave away tumblers, coins and football badges to keep families coming back to the same forecourt.
Whole sets of World Cup coins were assembled over months of the family car being filled at one specific garage, occasionally at a detour.
The glasses lasted for decades. There are still kitchens in Britain drinking squash out of Esso tumblers.
Cost back then
Free with four gallons
Goes for now
Complete coin sets £20–£80
