Milk Floats

Hopkirk | 11:06 Sun 17th Sep 2017 | ChatterBank

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Are any of these still trundling around? I haven't seen one for a while

I know that those were still going were pretty old, so there can't be much life left in them.

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murraymints

indeed ..well what wi twins the bairns Maggie ..Hen Paw Maw..Granpa... Daphne Joe and Horace.....

murraymints

Ron..gosh electric you had all the mod cons lol

bednobs

i grew up in portsmouth and there was a choice of 2 - unigate who had electric floats and co-op who has a hand-drawn one

Jackdaw33

We didn't have bread delivered as such but every day the Co-op vans came around so you could buy meat, bread and veg on the doorstep.

Hopkirk

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I remember the baker coming to the door, with a big wicker basket of loaves. No idea how he got there though.

hereIam

Blimey this thread brings back memories. I well remember the milk float coming up the street in the dark of early winter mornings and the reassuring sounds it made - all gone now, sadly.

cupid04

You see one on Corrie, but they still buy their milk from the corner shop

mikey4444

I used to get milk delivered, many years ago. But I got fed up with coming home in the summer, and finding it sitting on my doorstep, already going off. Semi-skimmed milk seems to last for days in my fridge, so shopping for a pinta every few days isn't any problem at all.

Togo

Those electric vehicles were never going to catch on. :))

Jackdaw33

Coal wagons are another sight which has disappeared.

Spicerack

It'd be a bit stale, Sandy, wouldn't it?

ubasses

The coal lorries still come round here, difference is they arrive with the coal in sealed plastic sacks and drop them off. No carting the old sacks down the alley and pouring it into the coal bunker for you.

EDDIE51

Milk men still exist but they all use ordinary diesel vans .
We used to have one but I cancelled the order when the price went up to £2,99 for a 4 pint plastic bottle. The corner shop is open 7 days a week 7am to 10 pm and a 4 pint bottle is £1.50.

tonyav

When I was small we had bread delivered by the baker with his electric float, sandy. Can't remember the name of the bakers though.

EDDIE51

We had bread,milk,eggs, fish, fruit and veg ,soft drinks, coal all delivered by tradesmen in their respective vans. No online shopping back in the 1950/60s and no corner shops run by Muslims!