Extracts from the ebook “John Donovan, Shell’s Nightmare” (now available on Amazon websites globally)
From pages 12, 13 & 14
Extract begins
My families’ relationship with Shell stretches back nearly 60 years.
My father jointly owned a garage in the county of Essex, with new car showrooms and extensive workshop facilities. He held new car franchises for Standard-Triumph and later, for Chrysler.
My sisters (Lynne and Jessie) and I worked for him from the late 1950’s. Myself, initially on a part-time basis, from when I was a 12-year-old schoolboy.
We all worked as petrol pump attendants. There was no self-service in those days. Goodness knows how much lead we inhaled during those early years filling up countless vehicles of all kinds.
