The popularity of the milk round has soared in London lately, with companies like Parker Dairies in east London catering to hip, eco-friendly - and even vegan - customers.
But goes off quickly coz of the foil cover can’t leave in fridge door. Organic lasts at least 7 days past the BBE if stored in fridge and not in the door! 😃
@@sdeee3842 I don't understand what you're saying. "can’t leave in fridge door" - what? why? "Organic lasts at least 7 days past the BBE" - why would you ever do that? And "organic" and "in a glass bottle" are not opposites? And fridge door shelves are not warmer than the shelves in the fridge, trust me, I have measured the temperatures.
@@oscyk Common native English speaker 'usage' in England & Commonwealth places like NZ regarding someone who you patronize for a service like plumbing, electrical work, builder, milk delivery etc. 'We used that plumber as he gave good quotes' etc, etc. Quite normal, nothing 'off' about it at all. "We didn't end up using Barry the brickie as he left a mess when he did the wall, so we didn't employ him for the patio & used Amanda instead."
Always lovely, but especially so now - my local milkman is focusing on deliveries for the elderly and vulnerable, and since I can't get out to the shops because of my health, it's been a god send.
Yes, they state on their website that because they do most deliveries early in the morning, there is little to none interaction, therefore it is safer to get basic groceries from them.
it may not be something that comes to mind often. But when you really get down to it the Milkman is just as associated with the UK as the red post boxes, the red double-decker buses, H.M the Queen, Big ben, Tea etc. This comming from someone who dossent even live in the UK🇸🇪
Amazing some people think recycling is a newish concept - who’d of thought the the milkman with their electric floats were ahead of the time. Bring back the 5p on an empty bottle of fizzy drink!
I loved my milkman. But I especially loved seeing them, super early in the morning, when I was setting off my long day round trips down to London from Scotland. There was something Audenesque seeing them in the morning, with a great deal of appreciation on my part for the work they did.
We've never stopped doing it here in Staffordshire. Actually our latest milkman asks for cheques rather than money. So cheques are still being used in some places!
Wow, i can still remember the name of our United Dairies milkman from when i was a child in the early 70's - Ted. That was back where i grew up in Thornton Heath. Sadly a milkman down my old road these days would cause nothing but chaos, simply because the road is so full of parked cars there would be nowhere for a milkman to pull over to do his deliveries. Very different from the early 70's when we just had a handful of cars along the entire road. Different pace of life back then.
But in the 50's most of electricity came from coal. These days, though, coal makes up for less than 10% of all power. And on some days those power plants (only 3 left now) don't run at all. Which means that old milkfloats became greener as they aged :)
Brilliant. I remember as a kid when I visited my Grandad in Tottenham seeing the electric milk trucks and wondering why we have had them in Canada. Thanks for this. Nice to know they are sill around.
My dad was a milkman for over 30 years. He died just after Christmas. And at his funeral, this was the song that was playing as we left the church. I've only ever heard the actual song about 3 times yet I know every bloody word. Because I'd hear my old man singing it every Saturday when I'd help him out on the milk round 😂😂
In my area, 1pint of milk in a glass bottle delivered is the same as going to the shop and getting a 4 pint of milk. I can't speak for all but if they weren't so expensive, I would be using milkmen. I don't mind paying a little bit extra but some of the companies are stupidly expensive.
Here in New Jersey, USA, my area is slowly seeing the return of the milkman. I never grew up with a milkman as a 2000s kid, however I had heard of them. We need them now more than ever, especially with a fair bit of countries having stay-at-home orders (which idiots don't follow the orders and have parties..). Mlkmen are crucial. Now more than ever. God bless y'all.
That brings back memories of my dad who was a milkman for thirty years I grew up doing the round every Saturday. Have always kept our milkman even though at one time it was just two of us in our road. Now it’s going up. Which is great.
I used to help my dad on the milk round every Saturday from the age of 10 till about my mid 20s when he retired. I enjoyed it, I always got a free breakfast and my money to go watch Orient on Saturday. I wish I'd taken over from him when he retired in hindsight. Happy days!
I'm an Australian and we lived in Esher for a year in 1960-61 and one of my favourite memories is of the milkman and his milk float. We also had milkmen (and women) in Australia who were fondly known as the "milko", but they're pretty much all gone now.
We have Steve as our milkman and he's always so friendly and hardworking, he always makes time to ask how our family are doing, everyone loves him round here!
Back in the 60's our London street was served by three different dairies, each having a different type and colour of milk float. United was orange and was a three wheeler; Express was blue; and also a three wheeler, the third was the Co-Op, a mainly white four wheeler. In the back of my mind I also remember green floats in the area, not sure who the dairy was.
Our local milkman was set to retire at 76.. then the pandemic hit and he went from 80 clients to over 500 in 2-3 weeks. He also offers fruit and vegetables. He's expanded to 3 trucks and more people keep signing up
unfortunately, in my area they use vehicles built on diesel Ford Transit chassis (rear platform just like in the video, but with Transit cab at the front) for that. They do say they are buying new electric vehicles though. Just not in my area, at the moment.
My family were one of those who switched back to milkmen after David Attenboroughs big movement! It made us think about how much plastic we were producing and this is a great way to cut down our footprint! Granted, we use a different company (milk and more,) but it still amazing that there is a growth in sales again. Also, the fact they supply other amenities such as bread and eggs are also really useful! Especially when you can order them just before bed and it will be waiting for you in the morning! :D
When I was a teenager I used to help my milk man in the school holidays. Leave a note the next day you got what you wanted. Supermarkets killed off milk men.
Wonderful I grew up in Kings Cross and just like Steve used to do a paper round and help the milkman in the sixties when their was hundreds of milk floats it was hard work but bloody good fun especially delivering around the posh flats such as Queen Alexandra Mansions in Judd Street. Bring back the milkman everywhere i say,and as Steve does have them deliver groceries as well.
Not had a milkman for maybe 30 years 😲 one memory of the milkman was sitting in a cafe in Romford Road, the milk man brought in a crate of milk bottles for the cafe, as he was doing it a group of kids appeared jumped aboard and one took the drivers seat and went off as fast as an old milk float could. Milkman gave chase as the milk float disappeared up the road. I’m little ashamed to say the incident was hilarious.
albear972 this was in the days when chav meant kid rather than derogatory term for working class children 😜 maybe you have grown up in a different time to me 🤷🏼♂️ we used to play outside and get up to stuff, didn’t make us criminals nor the kids that pinched the milk float!
My dad was a milkman, I used to help him out on a Saturday when I was younger and not working. One day he didn't come to pick me up at the time he usually did. And I couldn't get him on the phone either. I was starting to worry about him. Eventually he showed up 3 hours late with a new float. He was fuming. When I asked what was wrong. He told me some kids had nicked his float, and had crashed it right in the middle of a roundabout at the junction of Lower and Upper Clapton roads and Lea Bridge road in Hackney. Then It dawned on me, that's what must have caused the 2 mile long tail backs in North London that the travel correspondent mentioned on the radio. That I was listening to waiting for my dad to pick me up. He'd had to wait for the police to show up to tell them what had happened, get a lift back to Edmonton, pick up a new float and drive back to Hackney in a traffic jam to pick me up. Then do the 5 hours or so of work he should have almost finished by now. I found it hilarious, but then he just had to drop me off at the corner once I'd finished as my house was on the route that he served. He had to drive back to Edmonton in a milk float, in a traffic jam (that his float created). And then drive back to Cheshunt where he lived. Me and my brother's still laugh our arses off at it now about 15 years later. 😂😂
A service very much coming into it's own again. We started getting bottled milk delivered again about 5 years ago, around our way it's only 3 days a week and he turns up in a diesel float but I'm sure it's only a matter of time before the electric milkfloat rides again.
It's a service that people should consider if they're struggling to get supplies delivered from the big supermarkets as many milk companies do groceries so if you're locked down in self isolation it's well worth signing up for delivery from your local milkman/woman
Come to Australia! Melbourne has the largest tram network in the world and Sydney has a Double Decker subway with around 14 underground stations. There's a lot of history here!
We had milkmen in Toronto, Canada till the 1970s at least. Many houses had a milk delivery cupboard that could open from the outside and inside. My grandparents had one. So interesting that now people are talking about contactless delivery for groceries, take-away food, and supplies and regretting the loss of those boxes. Unfortunately I think they were doomed by cat burglers using them to break in and by people paying more attention to heat loss in the winter.
