mick2me 3,033 Posted May 12, 2006 Report Share Posted May 12, 2006 339 DTV 1958 Smiths 40cwt Milk Truck Reg No: 339 DTV Operator: Nottingham Co-operative Society Chassis: 40 cwt Milk Truck Most successful of the post-war twin rear wheeled b.e.r.v. chassis was that offered by Smiths. Popular with specialist coachwork such as mobile shops, there were some that received dairy dray bodywork. However, few dairies could justify trucks of this size for household milk deliveries, perhaps buying just one or two. Nottingham was an exception, receiving over 100 of them. The body and cab of 339 DTV was constructed and fitted by the Nottingham Co-op at their Meadow Lane workshops. One of the last seven to remain active with the society, the truck was repainted into its original livery prior to delivery to Wythall in July 1992. Image and Text Courtesy HERE Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted May 12, 2006 Author Report Share Posted May 12, 2006 And the above was no good without... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ilkolad 9 Posted June 6, 2006 Report Share Posted June 6, 2006 Don't forget the old bun boys, they also played their part in the building of the empire... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Smithylass returns 6 Posted June 6, 2006 Report Share Posted June 6, 2006 How can i remember that...remember i am only 21 !rotfl! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
robindabok 1 Posted June 6, 2006 Report Share Posted June 6, 2006 woow, some one younger then me, thats nice to know some one my own age are you going to that meet up..... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ilkolad 9 Posted June 6, 2006 Report Share Posted June 6, 2006 When I started the Co-op in 1965 a large sliced {Wheatsheaf) loaf was 11½d.. also bread in those days didn't last so long, it was very seldom you could palm a customer off with the previous days bake, especially unwrapped, tinned, bloomers etc. the next day they would be as hard as a brick... the only way to get shut of old bread was to leave it at those customers that were out when you called.. you knew they'd moan come pay day, but it didn't matter as the object of the exercise had been a success, plus you could always say "It wasn't me that left it, I was off that day" - nine times out of ten this ploy would do the trick... it was only very occasionally that it didn't.. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cali Gal 1 Posted June 6, 2006 Report Share Posted June 6, 2006 woow, some one younger then me, thats nice to know some one my own age are you going to that meet up..... Sorry Robin, I think she's 21 with LOTS of experience (a decade or so of experience) like me!! Besides, you have 2 dates already!!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ilkolad 9 Posted June 6, 2006 Report Share Posted June 6, 2006 Plus, if ever you got hungry there was always plenty to eat on the van.. didn't matter whether it was ordered or not, the same criteria applied whereby you would simply lie and say "sorry, I couldn't get you one!" especially in the case of the Co-op pork pie... little did they know it had been ravenously devoured hours before reaching it's final destination. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
robindabok 1 Posted June 6, 2006 Report Share Posted June 6, 2006 Sorry Robin, I think she's 21 with LOTS of experience (a decade or so of experience) like me!! Besides, you have 2 dates already!!! i was only asking so i have some one my own age there.. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ilkolad 9 Posted June 6, 2006 Report Share Posted June 6, 2006 Another ruse if ever you would be short of bread, and to save running back to the bakery, was to simply miss the customer out altogether.. naturally you knew the next time you had occasion to visit there would be a roasting.. but hey, we were young, thick skinned, case hardened delivery personnel, stuff like this merely rolled off our back. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ilkolad 9 Posted June 6, 2006 Report Share Posted June 6, 2006 But, the ultimate was when we drove the old battery powered bread floats which were unsafe to say the very least. I remember on one occasion whilst hurtling down Mansfield road at about 40mph , on reaching the island at the bottom my helper suddenly up skittled and vacated the vehicle, leaving the door wide open and him lying in the road.. needless to say the ambulance had to be called, and he was taken away ... oddly enough, I never saw him again after this event!. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted June 6, 2006 Author Report Share Posted June 6, 2006 in the case of the Co-op pork pie... little did they know it had been ravenously devoured hours before reaching it's final destination. Bl00dy Hell Ilko Did you never visit the Coop Pork Factory at Meadow lane? (See my posting elswhere) Also cam you remember the Rat catcher that used to visit the lane on Fridays Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ilkolad 9 Posted June 6, 2006 Report Share Posted June 6, 2006 RAT MAN? .. he always charged me half a crown and told me they were baby rabbits! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Smithylass returns 6 Posted June 6, 2006 Report Share Posted June 6, 2006 cali girl whatever do u mean ! i AM 21 lol Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ilkolad 9 Posted June 6, 2006 Report Share Posted June 6, 2006 I once had a pet rat named Gerald. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bip 88 Posted June 6, 2006 Report Share Posted June 6, 2006 I had a rabbit called thumper but unfortunatly i killed it, made a great stew! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ilkolad 9 Posted June 6, 2006 Report Share Posted June 6, 2006 A mate of mine used to own a couple of piebald mice, one was called Cucumber, and the other was called Penelope... they died at a very early age which hit my mate very hard, he never really got over the loss.. as an asde: he now lives in a dug out in Wapping, and has nothing to do with society. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bip 88 Posted June 6, 2006 Report Share Posted June 6, 2006 if a mate of mine had owned a couple of piebold mice and had named them cucumber and penalope i too would have expected him to take the bad news very hard but if he had called them cucumber and sandwich well that would have been another story? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ilkolad 9 Posted June 6, 2006 Report Share Posted June 6, 2006 They reckon fleas can jump about twenty feet into the air! imagine that hey? .. do you think they get dizzy? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Caz 25 Posted June 7, 2006 Report Share Posted June 7, 2006 Am I correct in thinking you 2 are taking the P***, no of course not you wouldn't be so clever Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ayupmeducks 1,730 Posted June 7, 2006 Report Share Posted June 7, 2006 Another ruse if ever you would be short of bread, and to save running back to the bakery, was to simply miss the customer out altogether.. naturally you knew the next time you had occasion to visit there would be a roasting.. but hey, we were young, thick skinned, case hardened delivery personnel, stuff like this merely rolled off our back. So THATS what my Dad gorruptoo!! He worked for COOP, he did a stint as a bread delivery roundsman and also as a milkman for them, he also did a stint for Prices bakery too as a roundsman, mostly shops with them though. When he first started delivery, not sure who with! But he had a horse and cart delivering milk during his late teens, he said he loved that as all he had to do as he was working his way down the street, was cll out, and the hoss just walked down. He was unlucky one day though, near the end of his round, the horse knew it was close to knock off time and started forward while the old man was sorting crates out. He was standing on the road and the wheels of the cart ran over his feet!! Pity the old feller isn't around to add his funny bits to this thread. I remember him when I was a kid, coming home at the end of his round, having a cuppa with my Mother, doing his books and counting all those pennies, tanners and thre'penny bits, before setting off to the depot. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cali Gal 1 Posted June 8, 2006 Report Share Posted June 8, 2006 cali girl whatever do u mean ! i AM 21 lol So am I, REALLY!!!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
piggy and babs 544 Posted May 8, 2010 Report Share Posted May 8, 2010 A FRIEND OF MINE CALLED HER KITTEN MAFAKIN CAT NOW TRYING SAYING THAT FAST. BETTER STILL SOUTING IN THE STREET WHEN YOU WANT IT TO COME IN AT NIGHT. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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