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Nostalgia For An Old Fashioned Milk Bottle ..
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://
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A milkman delivers in my street, but not to me. Look what he charges!
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When I did have a milkman many years ago he used to call for his money on Friday evenings, just after tea. He was a very clever salesman because he used to bring with him large blocks of chocolate, biscuits, bags of sweets and cakes to sell, presumably 'off the books'. Just what everyone fancies as a treat after a hard day at work.
Perhaps they existed only in the north of Scotland, but there the tops on small milk-bottles were made of cardboard, usually with a circular press-in part for inserting a straw. Family-size bottles were similar but without the straw-bit. Boys used to collect these larger ones and play pitching games with them, the winner being the one nearest some marking-peg. Happy days!
Well, Elina, it has to be said that I was born in the 1930s, but my milk-bottle-top games were definitely in the 1940s and maybe even into the 1950s. Perhaps the cardboard ones just lasted longer in Scotland.
Apart from the games aspect, every dairy had its own top designs, so lots of lads just collected them as a hobby, as they were so varied and colourful...a bit like the much later football-cards and other such stickers.
Apart from the games aspect, every dairy had its own top designs, so lots of lads just collected them as a hobby, as they were so varied and colourful...a bit like the much later football-cards and other such stickers.
Hi Quiz, I can imagine young lads collecting them! I found this link .. & as you said they were very colourful and varied .. http://
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