EAW023144 ENGLAND (1949). Chestfield Filling Station off Thanet Way and environs, Chestfield, 1949. This image has been produced from a print marked by Aerofilms Ltd for photo editing.

This is the old George Fitt filling station adjacent to the Chestfield roundabout. It stood on the site of what is today the Shell filling station. George Fitt was a successful local businessman who established The Marine Hotel, on the seafront, from a pair of adjoining houses in 1906 having moved from London due to poor health. He also established a successful garage business in Tankerton in 1919, which can be seen in images EAW023138 & EAW023139.