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I remember as a kid watching the milk floats coming out of the Coop Dairy at the bottom of Westdale Lane. They were eagerly awaited by the local residents within fifty yards of the Dairy, all waiting

Every Sunday morning my grandma did bacon sandwiches (with the bread dipped in a frying pan of tinned tomatoes) and a pot of tea for the 2 Co-op milkmen who did the deliveries round our way. As a kid

I did 5 years nearly for Co-op. I started in 1974 at Beechdale Dairy. I did two rounds at Sherwood to start with and another one around Alfreton Road through to the Arboretum and beyond. The latter w

Despite the fact that she goes to Tesco's first thing in the morning, my elderly neighbour has a milk delivery every morning, the only one to do so in our street.

This noisy twat roars down here in his diesel truck waking us up every time at 4:00am, noisily reversing in our cul de sac, what a pain, whatever happened to electric milk floats.

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The Co Op milk floats operated out of Beechdale Road. I worked occasionally on the milk wagon (which brought the milk in bulk from the various farms and milk processing plants) it was a joy as the hours were from about 3am with delivery to Beechdale for 5am. I recall very fondly the dawn light over the countryside, a delight which has never left me.

However, when we got to Beechdale, many of the floats woudnt work and needed batteries

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I remember Beechdale. When I started there, milk churns were still being delivered as well as milk in tankers. Each milk churn passed a professional 'sniffer' who knew by the odour if the milk was ok. The tanker milk relied on a laboratory test. What a waste. Often the tanker would have milk from two or three farms. If one had bad milk, it was all tipped.

The dairy delivered consignments of crates to dairies at Skegness, Retford, Grantham and Long Eaton by Artic lorries. Each lorry would take four stacker truck rows of crates from one side to the other. The stacker trucks would off load the empties first and then start loading the full ones. They would load one row and then push the first along with the second and so on. Trouble was, the stacker truck drivers could not count. Every few minutes you would hear an almighty crash and then much hard swearing as they loaded one too many. It was safer to risk walking the side the stacker trucks were working than to walk down what should have been the safe side of the lorry.

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When I worked in the kitchen at Minehead Butlins in 1969 our milk was delivered every morning from a dairy in Taunton. The delivery man was bigger, stronger and more tanned than the Incredible Hulk. He used to climb on the back of the truck and pick up the biggest, fullest milk churn with one arm and swing it down for me and Steve Wood to deal with. With much effort the two of us were just about able to drag it into the cool room, and if you remember from BGS days Bilbraborn, Steve was a big lad.

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When I lived at Thurgarton our milk was supplied by Palings of Lowdham, who bought it from Wheldons on the top of Carlton Hill. IIRC Wheldons also ran a garage and filling station, the dairy yard was round the back.Palings had Bedford CA floats with sliding doors, later replaced by electric trucks in the early 1970's.

Jack Paling is my Uncle,he retired from the milk round in the early 80s and moved to the south coast.

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Fresh as well....not like today when the milk has been in Cool Stores for some time before hitting the shelves.
Strange thing is that the use by date on those stored in the Cool Stores is several weeks down the track. slywink

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Jack Paling is my Uncle,he retired from the milk round in the early 80s and moved to the south coast.

Hello Dave. I remember that, didn't they take on a hotel in Brighton or somewhere nearby? If Jack and Margaret (?) are still around, could you please tell them that Helen Scrivener's lad says hello. Sadly my mum died in 1999 and dad in 2002. IIRC your great-uncle was Mr. Pearson (always known as Pedro) who taught at Edward Cludd school in Southwell.

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#16 BUBBLEWRAP I remember Frank Hickman very well he lived on Burton road. I worked as a lad for Peggy Pearson as he was known.

we delivered sterilised milk and TT milk and pasturised in bottles with the cardboard tops. Mr Pearson used to drop me off at doctor hunts on station road while he delivered into Netherfield. I took the milk up to dr hunts mother and mrs Selby's up the steep drive next to the surgery

careful not to disturb the flippin alsation dog that would often come bounding down, needless to say the milk was left on the drive while I made a run for it. I'd sit on the wall at the bottom and wait for the van to come back. That was the end of my school holidays and weekends.

Mr pearson's farm was at the top of Southcliffe road, I lived in Kirks Buildings. As I remember Mr Hickman carried on into his eighties if not longer.

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I came from Hucknall and we had everything from the Co-op.....Mums number was 4425......The milk was delivered very early every dayon a milk float, always on the doorstep when you got up........3 pints silver top, very fresh milk.....................When I was a teenager, we had a milkman called 'Bram' - I jived with him at the Locarno, he sometimes took me home, raining very heavily he stayed one night, too far to walk home, he did not want to get his new suit wet so he slept on the settee in the front room, my dad got up and saw him......He said to my mum" what's the milkman doing sleeping in the front room, did you forget to pay him" ? He was given a good fry up for breakfast...........Not seen him for years..............

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ey up blondie,we are the same age and in 61,62 i worked in Hucknall,Farrands in the high st,and Vernons store on Derbyshire lane,bet you went to Locarno for teenbeat' tuesday nights 1/6,and i also bet our paths have crossed :biggrin:

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I lived in Heanor as a young child and our milkman was a local farmer with a horse and cart. The milk was ladled from a churn.....a pint or half pint into a jug left by the back door with a lace circle on the top to keep the flies off.

Many years later I went to his daughter's wedding in the farm house opposite Marpool church. It was the same Saturday in 1996 as a famous victory by the English football team. Funny thing is that I can't remember her name but the groom was Greg Macdonald.

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Benjamin1945 - I Must have known you, I think I knew everybody my age - My name is Lynn, I left school at 16 in1961, can you remember the milkman called Bram, he lived on Ruff's Estate ?- I went to all the local gigs, socialised in Hucknall during the week as money was a bit tight, only had a £1 a week to spend back then, bus fares to Nottingham were a bit over the top........Was at the Locarno every Saturday Night though, came home on the last bus from Huntingdon Street Bus Station (11.30) - was always packed, very rowdy, but fun, snogged on the back seat - Nobody was ever left standing at the bus stop.......Bus Drivers/ Conductor's were great ............I was born at Westville in September 45, bought up on Station Terrace - I loved Hucknall as a kid and a teenager - My first job was at Reynold's on Watnall Road,.......I can remember Farrand's and Vernons................The town was full of Co-ops.......Do you still live in Hucknall ?.........

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Blondie,did'nt live in Hucknall just worked and drank there alot as a teenager,i'm from Bestwood and Bulwell and left school (padstow) in 1960,played football also early 60s for Hazel Grove celtic on Titchfield park,only remember 3 Hucknall lads from that team Tilley big ginger lad,Barry Stokely off Ruffs and Ray Bramley who was a milkman.

However loved the Locarno' went there as much as possible,maybe we danced together a few did say yes..... :)

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benjamin1945 -- The Milkman' Bram' was Tony Bramley, he married a Bulwell Lass from Bulwell Hall Estate, she was a twin..... I think Ray the footballer was his brother, there was 5 of them, another brother was called Ivor - Maybe I danced with you at the Locarno I knew a few Bestwood and Bulwell fellas..........John Guy, Frank Smith, Will Chambers and a tall lad called Ray who sang in a group, I knew 2 Bestwood Estate girls, Sandra Binch and Marion Frost from my school............where have all the years gone ?..........

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See John Guy often in Bulwell he was the goalie at school,haven't seen Frank Smith for years think he went to America,he was in my class all through school,Sandra Binch and Marion Frost were also in my class in junior school (Henry Whipple),

Small world innit. :)

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hellothere benjamin1945 - Did You go to the Nottingham Textile School ?.......Frank Smith was in my class there, he was my first boyfriend, we were 14/15yrs old, he was a lovelly chap.....................John Guy was a friend of Ray's (cannot remember Ray's surname) Ray sang in a Hucknall formed group, they called themselves The Tremelose, we hung around with them as my friend Pat fancied one of them......John courted a friend of mine for a while, her name was Carole Boardman, this was way back in the early 60's. lost touch with Sandra and Marion after we left school.............Will Chambers lived next door to me when I was a child,they moved to Bestwood Village............a very small world

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No , went to Padstow, if we got the same Frank,he was a blond good looking lad bit of a Rod Stewart lookalike,and he lived on Teviot rd 13 i think,last time i saw him 70s he worked at Meridian.

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