Michael Ware found
this advertising postcard at the Motoring Picture Library in Beaulieu. The reverse of the postcard reads "The two Theo multiple pumps are connected to the one set of tanks, thus enabling two clients to be served at the same time with the same grade of spirit or different grades. The above duplicating system reduces delay in service to a minimum, which could be obtained otherwise only by the use of twelve single type pumps. A "Theo Multiple" 8-way Oil Pump has also been installed enabling any one of 8 grades of oil to be served through this pump in quantities of 1 pint or 1 quart per operation, and all such servings are correctly registered on a very reliable totalizer. The oil tanks can be placed either above or underground. The station shows a very neat and inexpensive fitting arrangement of the archway globe signs."
Michael adds that in the 1920s United Kingdom was an outcry at the number of petrol pumps on any one filling station. There were few Petrol Company owned sites then and so every petrol company wanted to have their pumps on each forecourt. This pump, made by Theo and Company of Liverpool, was one solution to this problem. And
the Theo Oil Pump must be even rarer these days than the petrol pumps.
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