Types of CF Jerry Can holders Post War

[Jon Skagfeld]

BTW, Robin, you know of course that the black jerry can was for water, eh?

Not insulting your knowledge base, but some collectors think that "a jerry can's a jerry can" and fill up water ones with petrol.

Early water cans were black, replaced by the green current ones, although there are lots of black ones around.

Petrol cans (the metal ones) disappeared c.1988 or so. I recall seeing banded skids of metal ones being axed so that they were scrap. For shame.

The newer Sceptre green cans with either a red P (Petrol) or a yellow D (Diesel) seem to me to leak a bit more than the metal ones, especially when using the plastic "Spout, can, flexible".

God forbid one's calling it a horse cock anymore!