VIDEOS
Steve Wheeler's Milk Bottle Museum was featured on BBC Bargain Hunt in December 2023. Steve explains how his collection started and expanded, and shows the first glass milk bottle from Express Dairy in the 1880's. You can also watch the full BBC programme on this link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m001tcbh
2023 Leslie Croxford's great collection of Express Dairy memorabilia (Courtesy Leslie Croxford)
2026 Leslie Croxford's great collection of Express Dairy memorabilia (Courtesy Leslie Croxford)
2026 Leslie Croxford's great collection of Express Dairy memorabilia (Courtesy Leslie Croxford)
2026 Leslie Croxford's great collection of Express Dairy memorabilia (Courtesy Leslie Croxford)
1880's Clotted Cream Jars, College Farm (Courtesy Mark Hudson)
1950's Express London 'Eggs from the Country' pint bottle, 2 colours. (Courtesy Mark Hudson, eBay)
1888 Express Dairy Co. stoneware cream jars commemorating 'First Prize for Cream' at the Dairy Show. The 'Dairy Show' was founded in 1876 and held annually at The Agricultural Hall, Islington up to the early 1930's when the show moved to the then newly built Olympia. Left jar: holds 10 fl. oz. and stands 5" high, Centre jar: holds 5 fl. oz. and stands 4" high, Right jar: holds 2.5 fl. oz. and stands 2.9" high. (Courtesy Mark Hudson)
(Courtesy Dave Fane)
2023 'Dairy to Doorstep' collection at the MERL. (Courtesy Museum of English Rural Life)
2023 Bottle Collection at MERL, Reading (Courtesy Museum of English Rural Life)
Paul Smith's collection
