Topic: Milk

[magellan]

We were the last in our street to get milk delivered to the doorstep. In the end, we felt sorry for the milkie who got complaints about the electric van's noise and his having to make a special trip to get paid every Friday evening.

Two memories stick in my mind:-

The day all milk in the area disappeared from doorsteps. I don't think it was ever proved but suspicion lay with the nearby travellers site where people had arrived for a funeral.

The day something big and black was visible inside the capped bottle. A call to the dairy brought a very apologetic manager carrying gifts of fresh cream. Probably a slug or snail.

[Lila1410]

Many milkie memories, including one who was murdered for the cash (long ago now, when I was a child. The did know who did it because they boasted about it. Only given short sentences for manslaughter because of their age. And went on persecuting milkie's widow when they came out.

But the reason why I had to give up was that the last one kept such irregular hours and brought milk the wrong days and then out-of-date milk.

[Lila1410]

Of course my mother always had a special affinity with milk people having been one herself. Back when it was the pony and trap. Winter 1941-2.

[manwinoname]

i cant take milk or anything made with it   because i have lactose intolerance , it upsets my stomach  very badly,

[DG]

I enjoy 2% Milk

[aron]

When making coffee in my machine, I like to heat up a good dash of Channel Island full cream milk in the microwave before putting the cup under the coffee maker. This makes a lovely hot creamy coffee.

[Dixie]

Gone are the days when you would hear a rattling of bottles,
And you new your milk was on its way
Liked to get it in as soon as possible as the birds would peck the cap on top to get some milk.
Now it’s mainly bought from the supermarkets.

[Lila1410]

Most of the time when I was working I could not have milk delivered as I would not have been at home. Travel times varied.

there was a time when I could get milk delivered (3 times a week) and the milkman sold eggs, potatoes, bread & orange juice too. But then he left and the one who took over was useless, came on the wrong day, brought out of date milk and juice, so I gave up. Had to buy it on the way home from work, and sometimes it was a long commute, times varied, and corner shops were not reliable. I relied a lot on Marvel then, or evap.

Now it comes from Abel & Cole, once a week, and luckily they have now invented reusable plastic bottles so I put them out for collection.

https://www.abelandcole.co.uk/milk-semi-skimmed-1-litre

[Fruit]

Gone are the days when you would hear a rattling of bottles,
And you new your milk was on its way
Liked to get it in as soon as possible as the birds would peck the cap on top to get some milk.
Now it’s mainly bought from the supermarkets.

I remember having to get the milk in before the tits had it.

[Beppy]

Gone are the days when you would hear a rattling of bottles,
And you new your milk was on its way
Liked to get it in as soon as possible as the birds would peck the cap on top to get some milk.
Now it’s mainly bought from the supermarkets.

I still hear the rattling of bottles Dixie as my milk is delivered, the milkman comes at 5-30 am so fresh milk in glass bottles all year round.

[Fruit]

I still hear the rattling of bottles Dixie as my milk is delivered, the milkman comes at 5-30 am so fresh milk in glass bottles all year round.

Long gone around here Beppy . And of course the supermarket is a lot cheaper

[Beppy]

Long gone around here Beppy . And of course the supermarket is a lot cheaper

We still have a few dairies here Fruit so we're lucky to have deliveries. The supermarket may be a few pennies cheaper but to have my milk on the doorstep all year round without braving the cold weather in winter is priceless to me. They will also deliver eggs, bread and other things but I shop online so I don't need the extras.

[Dickiemint]

We still have milk roundsmen here. Two companies. And, as a sign of the times, we get half a dozen eggs for our next-door neighbours, as the milk companies now demand online payment - no cash. And Mrs next-door is not on the internet.

We swapped companies as the first one started delivering at 11pm, after we'd gone to bed. It meant in the summer having to get up to bring it in.  And the company we presently use delivers at 3 am and pops it in the porch.

They also deliver other stuff, too expensive for us.

The milk is much more expensive than supermarkets, but comes from local farms. As if Stafford is local to here!  Mrs DM believes in using local companies and trying to keep doorstep deliveries alive.

Only tiny problem is the milk sometimes is dated days apart, like this morning.  22nd and 25th.  Makes you wonder if it's been out on a round and come back.

[Beppy]

I'm with Mrs Dm in keeping small businesses going and when in town I always pop into the market for fresh veg all from local farms. Supermarkets have their place but if I can help out by buying local I do.

[Dickiemint]

Unfortunately, Solihull council suppressed the local much used market some years ago. Now all we get are the highly expensive 'Artisan' and foreign food street markets.