During this holiday season I have been sketching a series of old petrol stations. This one is in the inner west suburb of Sydney called Leichhardt. It is not obvious from this sketch but the shape of the building is the P&O style, that rounded shape of the P&O a ships. This was popular in the 1920's and 30's.
A man tied his dog to a pole and went into the shop very quickly. I managed to sketch him in near the electricity pole before the owner hurried out and away they went. 
This is an interesting old petrol station, no longer in use. It is located on Cleveland St, Chippendale in Sydney. It seemed to look after luxury cars and there were signs for Jag and others. Parked out the front were old cars, Mercedes, Volvo and I think a Rolls Royce. I am not sure when this interesting station was built, maybe in the 1950's. A middle aged guy came by when I sketched and said it was there when he was a boy and had a reputation as a good garage.
More petrol stations to come...
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