Fuel Watcher ?

Discussion in 'United Kingdom' started by Signal, Apr 15, 2005.

  1. Signal

    Signal Junior Member

    I saw the "Fuel Watcher" expression on a british poster. Look at this link :
    Fuel Watcher posterIt's not the actual poster I have here, but it depicts the same character and says nearly the same.
    My poster deals with the "official Fuel Watcher", so I think it's not just a character for the poster, but a real one.
    Could somebody tell me more ?

    Have a nice day,

    Seb.
     
  2. angie999

    angie999 Very Senior Member

    Things tend to repeat themselves and in my workplace one member of staff is charged with watching out to reduce energy waste and make us all conscious of it. Because energy costs money and waste harms the environment.

    The "fuel watcher" looks to me to be much the same and saving fuel of all types was vitally important in Britain. The picture shows this to be part of a campaign to help the "fuel watcher" to spread the message and I would say that the document contains this sort of advice.
     
  3. Signal

    Signal Junior Member

    Hello,

    Thanks for the answer ! I though exactly the same, but I have no historical informations about it.
    Interresting to know that this kind of "fuel watching" is still used now.

    Have a nice day,

    Seb.
     
  4. Gerry Chester

    Gerry Chester WW2 Veteran WW2 Veteran

    Your post is typical of the many exhorting the civilian population to go easy on this and that. Two I well remember encouraged the burning of coal wisely. "Starring" Father Christmas, one saying that less soot in the flue makes it easy for him to go down the chimney. The other, he was deciding what chimney to go down - the one belching black smoke or the one emitting just a whisper or two.

    Many posters urged both men and women to join the armed services, land army et cetera. I have been seeking, without success, the one that motivated me to join the Royal Tank Regiment.

    Another feature were posters aimed at those already enlisted. Another I would dearly love to get portrays a Churchill tank, of my regiment the North Irish Horse, above which was the caption "We call this maintenance." At the bottom was a brief account of the ninety mile march on tracks, through a dark and stormy night, to face an oncoming attack near Beja, Tunisia.

    Here is one of the many on careless talk - it is free of copyright restrictions:
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    Cheers, Gerry
     
  5. angie999

    angie999 Very Senior Member

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