John Oram's photos with the keyword: ASDA

There was a time, not long ago, when we thought fuel prices would stay high forever. Then, in 2015, they started to go down and, during the second half of the year, petrol and diesel prices flipped to make diesel cheaper for the first time in a long while. That flip was soon, scandalously, reversed but, as the year drew to a close, even the oil companies could not ignore the steadily falling price of crude. I doubt that they felt either shame or guilt but, nevertheless, as 2016 arrived, prices of both fuels dipped below £1 per litre and, in many places, reached parity. The relief of motorists was reflected in the scrum on the forecourt of ASDA Fareham at around 0920 on a Sunday morning before the store and main pumps had opened. The queue visible in this picture - except for the car second from the right which, inexplicably, was waiting at the pumps which would not open until 1000 - was for the pay at pump pumps. 200_2_P1080372

Although ASDA had announced that it would not participate in Black Friday this year, it did reduce petrol prices to below one pound a litre for the three days of the weekend 27-29 November 2015. This decision led to busy scenes on the forecourt at the supermarket's Fareham branch. Original image by John Oram Photoshop (blur) by Gregory Halse 200_2_P1080248_PS

On my walk around Maesteg and on the way to the station, this combination of signs was eyecatching and set the scene nicely for later photographs. 200_2_P1050612

On my walk around Maesteg and on the way to the station, this combination of signs was eyecatching and set the scene nicely for later photographs. 200_2_P1050611

The petrol station at ASDA, Fareham was refurbished in the second half of May 2015, receiving new, faster pumps and a prominent digital display for its prices in the same location as the previous sign. Its prices ensure that the facility is well used and two card-accepting pumps allow 24 hour use most of the time. 200_2_P1050303

More than four years ago, I took a photograph from a similar pov and, since then, have been resigned to generally increasing fuel prices and a substantial difference between the prices of petrol and diesel. The last quarter of 2014 saw several unexpected (to me) falls in the pump prices and now, in early 2015, the diesel price at ASDA Fareham is slightly less than it was at the time of that earlier picture and the petrol much less as the differential is still in place. 200_2_P1020308C

This photograph of ASDA Fareham has been brought out of my archive to set the scene for the next in sequence. Of note were the prices, always low at ASDA, and the low differential between petrol and diesel. I noted on 9 November 2011 that the differential had expanded to 8p a litre.