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Nostalgia For An Old Fashioned Milk Bottle ..

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Elina | 13:52 Tue 23rd Jun 2015 | History
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Going out very early to work this morning, I saw a milk float. Seeing it made me wonder just how much milk is still doorstep 'delivered' .. in comparison to how much used to be delivered years ago. I came up with this link. According to the link .. in the 70s .. 99% of milk was doorstep delivered & now it's less than 5%. Not at all surprised. I think it a kind of quaint idea these days. I'm sure the older generation are very grateful milk is still delivered. Interesting link! http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-29327881
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Can't look at that again Dt ...
I have a doorstep milk delivery (milk in glass bottles)and the milkman also delivers lots of other things as well e.g. groceries, household items, potting compost. I like to support local businesses. When the doorstep deliveries stop, they'll never come back. I HATE the big supermarkets and the way they treat the dairy farmers. Also, my milkman is really rather dishy !
When I was a milkman, I had 520 to 530 houses to deliver to. My round was one main road, and about twelve cul-de-sacs leading from it. I could 'knock' the whole round out in two and a half hours on a Sunday if I were playing football. I guess to have that many customers these days, you'd have to cover miles. They were good days, I made a lot of good friends, and it kept me fit.
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Hiya Jan! Sounds like a great service. I know what you mean regards the way the dairy farmers are treated & I don't mind paying a little more at all if the price was increased. Unfortunately, I think everyone is feeling the pinch financially & people will always seek out the cheaper alternative.
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Hi Second! So there was/ is a social part to the job too. I expect some older people would look forward to you knocking on the door!
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Any stories second?
Stories Elina? A few, but what happens on the milk round stays on the milk round
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I didn't mean that kind of story second! Rescue stories ect .. lol.

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