Images Dated 23rd June 1972

Lesley's Fuel is Brand X. Motorists who buy petrol at pretty Lesley Fers'

Lesley's Fuel is Brand X. Motorists who buy petrol at pretty Lesley Fers pump get an unusual extra - a high octane kiss to zoom them on their way. Drivers who don't want to be kissed can have a beer instead. "The older ones usually go for the kiss, "Lesley said, "but quite a few of the younger ones prefer the wallop. I don't know why." Lesley, 19, is one of four bikini-clad girls employed at a filling station in Portsmouth, Hampshire. But the local vicar doesn't approve. As motorists queued for a gallon and a smacker, Canon Jeffrey Maples said: "It's degrading. A kiss is a genuine expression of love and affection. When distributed freely as a publicity gimmick it loses its meaning." And the fact that the garage is offering cut-price contraceptives as well has upset quite a few of the more conservative-minded of the local populace. June 1972 P018788

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