1930's? Appleby milk churn facility.(Courtesy and comments by David Rooke)
1930's Appleby Matthew Pinto comments "... must have been taken shortly after opening as the railway siding has not yet acquired its roof. Early 30s at a guess." (Courtesy David Rooke)
1930's/ 40's? Appleby milk churn washing and handling, could be Jack Stedman? (Courtesy and comments by David Rooke)
1930's Compliments slip (King George V died in January 1936), showing the Express Creameries at that time: Appleby, Billingshurst, Faringdon, Horam, Rowsley, Frome, Seaton Junction, Leyburn and Brailsford. (Courtesy Keith Sweetland)
1930's? Appleby milk tanker loading bay. (Express News December)
1934 May-Dairymaid Magazine 35 (Courtesy Paul Smith)
1934 May-Dairymaid Magazine 35 (Courtesy Paul Smith)
1934 Appleby empties returning hauled by LMS 5XP Patriot 4-6-0 No 6011 near Nottingham London Road Junction. (Courtesy T.G. Hepburn/Rail Archive Stephenson)
1936 Appleby churn reception, Two Bedfords and Leyland Cub delivering churns. (Express News February 1982)
1930's Appleby Laboratory, with Bill Grisenthwaite on the right. (Express News February 1982)
1930's Appleby workers pose (Express News February 1982)
1930's Appleby-John Crosby was chairman of the Penrith and Eden Valley Milk Producers Association when he met Walter Nell and started construction of the dairy. (Express News February)
1931 Appleby Rail Siding, reproduced in Express News Christmas 1975. Locomotive 472 pictured is an LMS Class 2 designed by George Ivatt, originally built from 1884 - 1901, and rebuilt in this form between 1912 and 1923. Darwin Smith comments "Most milk trains were run at Express Passenger speeds. The first milk tank wagons built in the 1920s had four wheels. Following some derailments it was decided that these were unstable at speed and milk tanks began to be built with six wheels. Eventually older four wheel wagons were all rebuilt to have six wheels. The first six wheel tanks built for the LMS were delivered in 1931. The picture may well be posed to show these new wagons. (They are all very clean and the number of wagons would probably have been the total number delivered for Express Dairies use in that year. Further wagons were delivered in subsequent years and older four wheeled wagons were converted to have six wheels.)"
1931 Churns at Appleby
1931 Appleby from Express Story 1864 - 1964
1931 Appleby (John Crosby & Jack Steadman)
1934 Probably posed in London before its long journey north, this Bedford ‘WLG’, fleet no 169, AUC 768, chassis no 125773, was converted to a six-wheeler by Universal Power Drives. The total cost new, including ‘in-house’ bodywork, came to £383. With a ULW of 2.9.3.17, giving a four-ton ‘useful load’, one wonders how many crates of eggs that would amount to! The front tyres were stated as 600×20, with 30x50s on the rear. A final overhaul in September, 1940, costing £172, extended its life until January 1944. It passed to Dunnings of Enfield for scrap, under MOWT (Ministry of War Transport) licence no 44028, for £35. (Courtesy The Express Dairy Motorised Fleet, Allan Bedford, Heritage Machines)
1936 Taken at the Appleby Creamery in June 1936, this image shows two Bedfords in company with a Leyland Cub. The Bedford WTL, fleet no 218, BXN 873, chassis no 874533, was supplied by Spurlings, and registered in April 1935. The cost, including the ‘in-house’ body, amounted to £300. On its final visit to the workshop in June 1943, chassis and body overhaul costs totalled £459. Remaining in the north, MOWT instructions to scrap the vehicle led to a visit to F Adams in Northallerton, on 26/6/45, with £35 changing hands. (Courtesy The Express Dairy Motorised Fleet, Allan Bedford, Heritage Machines)
1950's? Appleby (Courtesy David Rooke)
1950's? Appleby (Courtesy David Rooke)
1950's? Appleby (Courtesy David Rooke)
1950's? Appleby (Courtesy David Rooke)
1950's? Appleby (Courtesy David Rooke)
1950's? Appleby. Roger Thompson identifies Jack Steadman, second from left. (Courtesy David Rooke)
1950's? Appleby (Courtesy David Rooke)
1950's? Appleby egg packing station. (Courtesy and comments by David Rooke)
1950's? Appleby (Courtesy David Rooke)
1950's churn collection for Appleby, High Force Hotel
1950's? Appleby Drivers (Courtesy David Alderson)
1950's Appleby. Iain Dargue comments "On the back of this one is written “Arthur Dargue and Billy”. Arthur is my late father, but I can only assume that the Appleby based Bedford was Billy... unless the eagle eyed amongst you can see something/someone I can’t. Dad looks very young on this, so I reckon it was taken in the early 1950’s." (Courtesy Iain Dargue)
1950's Closeup of button from Appleby driver Arthur Dargue (Courtesy Iain Dargue)
1950's Express Dairy cap, courtesy of Iain Dargue (his father's)
1950's Appleby Creamery churn lorry line-up. Picture courtesty of Iain Dargue
1950's Appleby Creamery churn lorry line-up with driver's names. Picture courtesty of Iain Dargue
1950's? Appleby milk churn handling facility. (Courtesy and comments by David Rooke)
1950's Arthur Dargue posing at the back of an Appleby truck (Courtesy Iain Dargue)
1950's Appleby Iain Dargue comments "My uncle, Alf Dargue, taken on the side of the A66 at Kirkby Thore. Dents Farm is to left, Bridge End pub is on the extreme right, and the row of houses to the right of Alf’s left elbow were demolished years ago, probably to make the eastbound access into the village better." (Courtesy Iain Dargue)
1950's Appleby-Arthur Dargue beside a Bedford Churn Collection truck. (Courtesy Iain Dargue, his son)
1950's? Appleby, Ron Richardson comments "Express Dairy-my mam Dot Dargue (2nd from right), and my Uncle-Alf Dargue...plus others."
1950's ? Appleby Egg Packing Dept
1950's Appleby Gladys Dargue, nee Allan, on the left. (Courtesy Ian Dargue, Gladys's son)
1950's Appleby, Iain Dargue comments "My mum, Gladys Dargue (nee Allan), front left, with some of her Appleby based colleagues. She worked in the egg packing station, then maybe the office" (Courtesy Iain Dargue)
1950's Iain Argue comments "Pretty sure this is my Dad (Arthur Dargue) again looking super cool, in front of an Appleby based Bedford, probably early 1950's"
1950's Iain Dargue comments "My Dad’s (Arthur Dargue) Express Appleby 'uniform' from the 1950’s. Still in good nick....... apart from needing a wash" (Courtesy Iain Dargue)
1950's? Appleby (Courtesy David Rooke)
1950's? Appleby (Courtesy David Rooke)
1950's? Appleby (Courtesy David Rooke)
1950's Appleby drivers - Iain Dargue writes 'The last one of this motley crew died recently...Derek Powell on the left. Next to him is Bruce Alderson, then Len Potts, Arthur Dargue (my Dad) and Eric Potts, twin brother of Len. All drove collection trucks at Appleby'
Appleby 20 year awards (Courtesy Iain Dargue comments 'My Dad (Arthur Dargue) front row 2nd from left, my Uncle Alf Dargue 5th From left.'
1950's Arthur Dargue, on the truck, deep in conversation with some Express 'top brass'. (Courtesy Iain Dargue, Arthur's son)
1950 Arthur Dargue-Safe Driving letter and Certificate (Courtesy Iain Dargue, Arthur's son)
1950 Arthur Dargue-Safe Driving letter and Certificate (Courtesy Iain Dargue, Arthur's son)
1952 Churn collection, Appleby, OLL 749, Co: 1475. Robert Knowles comments "This is my uncle, Jim Davidson". (Courtesy Robert Knowles)
1954 Express Appleby Egg Packing Station. Vera Shuttleworth comments "I can see my mum, Nora Bowman, second from right." (Express Salesman's Manual Fourth Edition)
1957 Christmas at Appleby. Sue Anderson says she's the nurse on the front row with her 'patient' Willy Forrester
1957 Childrens' parties at South Morden, Cricklewood and Appleby
1957 Egg collection driver R.W.Williams
1958 Minister of Agriculture John Hare visits Appleby, with Walter Nell and JG Capstick with Creamery Manager Frank Betts
1958, Minister of Agriculture John Hare, JG Capstick, Walter Nell and Frank Betts. (Express News, December)
1958 Alfred Dargue wins award for safe driving
1959 Account of Applyby Social Club's Christmas dinner. (Express News March)
1959 Appleby Creamery childrens party, with Frank Betts as Santa. (Express News Summer)
1959 'A Dream Comes True' at Appleby from Express News
1959 'A Dream Comes True' at Appleby from Express News
1959 'A Dream Comes True' at Appleby from Express News
1959 'A Dream Comes True' at Appleby from Express News
1959 'A Dream Comes True' at Appleby from Express News
1959 'A Dream Comes True' at Appleby from Express News
1959 Appleby (Doris Allan, Fred Northgreaves, Jack Steadman)
1959 Eggs are big business at Appleby, as told by Manager Ernest Arnison and Foreman Gilf Pearson. (Express News December)
1959 London Retail Cream Sales winners visit Appleby and play darts. (Express News December)
1959 Appleby veterans Bob Morgan (Creamery Engineer) and Syd Ford (Electrician) met again at a reunion in 1988 (January Express News)
1960's Tanker, 1967 Reg C.W. Sayer tractor, at Appleby. Chris Ewart comments "Could be Express Dairy Appleby-looks like it when I used to load milk tankers with Ernie Hind?" David Atkinson adds "Think that looks like Jack Turnbull on top of the tank so therefore it will be Appleby!". Fiona Egglestone confirms. The caption on the article reads "This vehicle is a typical example of the general bulk liquid carrier's need for the biggest possible payload. It carries 5,000gal of milk in three compartments (two of 2,250gal and one of 500gal) and is constructed from EN58B quality stainless steel. The running gear is a Northern Trailer Co. Ltd. three-axle type incorporating a Ceschi rearmost steering axle." (Courtesy Thelonious Monk)
1960's Milk tankers delivering to Appleby, courtesy of Iain Dargue
1960's Milk tankers delivering to Appleby, courtesy of Iain Dargue
1960's Milk tankers delivering to Appleby, courtesy of Iain Dargue. Keith Johnson comments "I was an MMB Field Officer for Cumberland & Westmorland from 1968 to 1974, based in Appleby, and was heavily involved in the conversion from churns to bulk collection. The creamery manager was Frank Betts, and Bob Smith was transport manager, with Wilson Forrester as transport foreman."
1960's Appleby farm collection vehicles Keith Johnson comments "I was an MMB Field Officer in the late 60s/early 70s based in Appleby when the bulk scheme started. I took the one of the AEC on the first day of bulk collection." (Courtesy Keith Johnson)
1960's Appleby farm collection vehicles (Courtesy Keith Johnson)
1960's Appleby farm collection vehicles David Atkinson comments "That was Len Pott's tanker, looks to be taken on the sands in Appleby!" (Courtesy Keith Johnson)
1960's Appleby. Philip Allen comments "My mam, Mary Allen nee Sowerby, at the front, on the left". Susan Dixon and David Atkinson recognise Anne Atkinson nee Thompson, second left, back row. (Courtesy Philip Allen)
1960's Appleby. Philip Allen comments "My mam, Mary Allen nee Sowerby, at the front, on the left". (Courtesy Philip Allen)
1960's Appleby. Philip Allen comments "My mam, Mary Allen nee Sowerby, at the front, on the left". (Courtesy Philip Allen)
1960's? Appleby Drivers (Courtesy David Alderson)
1960's? Appleby Drivers (Courtesy David Alderson)
1960's? Appleby Egg Packing department with some names, L to R: Back row: Frank Davidson, ?, ?. Middle row: Walter Jennings, Miss Leach, Evelyn Carlton, ? (Betty Dewhurst/ Hayden), Deborah Robinson, Rosina Lowden, Sheila Abbott, Ann Preston, Walter Mitchell. Front Row: ?, Florrie Blewitt, Molly Cole, Sheila Sisson, Vera Balmer, Gerald Thompson.
1960's Appleby Market Hall, creamery Christmas Party for the children. (Courtesy Iain Dargue)
1960 - Express Appleby Vehicle Accident Book Iain Dargue comments "If anyone had relatives who drove for Express Dairy Appleby, I have the accident book which features dozens of names and accident details from 01/01/1959 to 1980. The picture is my Dad’s only entry.... 21/09/1960 reversed into a plant pot 😂😂." (Courtesy Iain Dargue)
1960 Jack Steadman, Dairy Foreman at Appleby, wins the Pools! David Arnold Steadman comments "He was my grandfather's brother, Anne Thompsons dad". Sharon Louise Thompson adds "Ah Grandad Jack, lovely pic" and Helen Holmes says "My husband's uncle, I worked with him at the dairy, lovely man". Sue Anderson comments "Mr Steadman, a nice fella, always in our first footing list at Hogmanay." (Express News Summer)
1960 Appleby Chief Engineer J.H.D. Maughan with Planning Engineeer S.S. Dawes. (Express News Autumn)
1961 Long Service Association Booklet pictures
1962 Appleby town guide (Courtesy David Atkinson)
1962 - Churn collection near Penrith
1962 Express Manufacturing Centres
1962 Appleby Creamery, employed 230 staff. (Express News Christmas)
1962 Appleby Christmas Party, with Manager F.E. Betts as Father Christmas. (Express News Spring)
1962 Appleby Christmas Party, with Manager F.E. Betts as Father Christmas. (Express News Spring)
1962 Fred Northgraves retires from Appleby after 30 years, with Keith Airey, Doris Allan, Jack Steadman and Frank Betts. Sue Anderson comments "I went to school with Judith, Mr Airey's daughter, I knew Anne, Mr Steadmans daughter and Mr Betts, always playing Santa at the annual Dairy Kids Christmas party - happy memories ❤️". Enid Fisher adds "I know Anne, Mr Steadmans daughter; I was her bridesmaid when she got married to Keith xx" (Express News Spring)
1962 Fred Northgraves retires from Appleby after 30 years, with Keith Airey, Doris Allan, Jack Steadman and Frank Betts. Sue Anderson comments "I went to school with Judith, Mr Airey's daughter, I knew Anne, Mr Steadmans daughter and Mr Betts, always playing Santa at the annual Dairy Kids Christmas party - happy memories ❤️". Enid Fisher adds "I know Anne, Mr Steadmans daughter; I was her bridesmaid when she got married to Keith xx" (Express News Spring)
1964 - Appleby from Express Story 1864 - 1964. John-Pauline Parkin comments "Pre 1963 before press room and wrapping room was built"
1965 Appleby Rail Siding. Matthew Pinto comments "This image was taken by Gerald T Robinson. At this date most milk at Appleby was inbound for cheese production." James Ayres comments "The locomotive is an LMS Class 4 designed by George Ivatt built between 1947 and 1952 mainly for light freight work. The characteristic high running-plate was a deliberate decision to aid with cleaning and maintenance."(Courtesy Iain Dargue)
1965 Appleby - The Sands (B6542, by The Grapes Inn) Thames Trader Reg: EUL 817C Churn Collection (Courtesy Michael Aldread)
1966 Appleby Long Service Dinner at the Tufton Arms (Express News Summer 1966)
1967 Arnold Guy retires at Appleby after 30 years
1968 E.K. Robarts announces the closure of Rowsley, and floods at Appleby. (Express News Summer)
1968 River Eden floods caused by snow melt
1968 Appleby Long Service Dinner awards
1969 Appleby Long Service Dinner at the Tufton Arms. (Express News Summer)
1969 Arthur Rees, Appleby Transport Supervisor won a local prize draw to promote the building of Appleby Swimming Pool. (Express News Autumn)
1969 Four of five National Driver of the Year entrants-Ted Hearn (Wythenshawe), Wilson Forrester, John Hodgson (Appleby), and Derek Colvin (Bromley). Missing was Ernie Payne (Sheffield). (Express News Christmas)
