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)
1950's-1960's Wigton Egg Packing and Express Dairy recollections of William Nixon Ismay, who worked at many Express sites. (Express Dairy Tales publication)
1950's-1960's Wigton Egg Packing and Express Dairy recollections of William Nixon Ismay, who worked at many Express sites. (Express Dairy Tales publication)
1973 'Milk to Market' Illustrations by Stanley Baker - Dust Jacket
1973 'Milk to Market' Illustrations by Stanley Baker - Dust Jacket
1934 Aspatria Creamery, from 'Milk to Market' Illustrations by Stanley Baker - Dust Jacket
1960 Barnoldswick Creamery, part of Dobsons Dairies
Larger scale map of location of Brailsford Creamery. Also shown on 1890's map. (Courtesy Matthew Pinto)
1923 GWR map of Oswestry area, with Express Creameries marked. (Original courtesy Michael Armstrong-Smith)
1900's Thornycroft Steam Wagon at Brailsford Dairy (Courtesy Alan Salt)
1914 Advert for Brailsford Cheese in Derbyshire Advertiser and Journal 05 June 1914 (Courtesy Alan Salt)
1958 Brailsford depot in Derbyshire
1960 George Wood retires from Brailsford after 35 years. (Express News Summer)
1962 Joe Wood retired as Brailsford cheesemaker after 41 years. (Express News Spring)
1957 Glutton Bridge win the Wensleydale Cheese trophy at the Dairy Show. (Express News March)
1960's Express Dairy-Glutton Bridge, Derbyshire Alan Salt comments "Only a small site but made some good Derby Cheese. The building is still there but a garage nowadays." (Courtesy Alan Salt)
1960 Glutton Bridge cheese factory staff. (Express News Spring)
1914 Glutton Bridge Dairy. Alan Salt comments "This serious looking crew are being photographed at the opening ceremony" (Courtesy Alan Salt)
1970c Dairy Crest Hartington. Alan Salt comments "Picture is from a MMB magazine showing John Gilman testing the curd, the article also pointed out that John came to the Dairy from Express Glutton Bridge, Derbyshire".
1959 Independent Dairies Holywood Creamery, Dumfries
1960 Lockerbie and Holywood win at the Scottish Dairy Show. (Express News Summer)
1965 Creamery Closures announced at Holywood, Dumfries and Pipegate, Shopshire. (Express News Spring)
2020's Holywood creamery buildings (Courtesy Hastings Bespoke website)
2020's Holywood creamery buildings (Courtesy Hastings Bespoke website)
2023 Holywood creamery Location (Courtesy Historic Environment Scotland)
2023 Holywood creamery (Courtesy Historic Environment Scotland)
1990's? Holywood station (Courtesy Wikipaedia Commons)
History of Holywood Creamery and nearby Kirkudbright Creamery opening. (Express Dairy Tales publication)
History of Holywood Creamery and nearby Kirkudbright Creamery opening. (Express Dairy Tales publication)
History of Holywood Creamery and nearby Kirkudbright Creamery opening. (Express Dairy Tales publication)
History of Holywood Creamery and nearby Kirkudbright Creamery opening. (Express Dairy Tales publication)
History of Holywood Creamery and nearby Kirkudbright Creamery opening. (Express Dairy Tales publication)
History of Holywood Creamery and nearby Kirkudbright Creamery opening. (Express Dairy Tales publication)
History of Holywood Creamery and nearby Kirkudbright Creamery opening. (Express Dairy Tales publication)
History of Holywood Creamery and nearby Kirkudbright Creamery opening. (Express Dairy Tales publication)
History of Holywood Creamery and nearby Kirkudbright Creamery opening. (Express Dairy Tales publication)
1949 Land Registry entry for Henry Edwards, land and buildings at Pipe Gate.
1954 Pipe Gate Station, near Woore in North Shropshire. Closed to passenger services in 1956, next to Express Pipegate Creamery which had its own siding for delivering milk as far away as London" (Courtesy Steven Harley)
1960's Pipe Gate Station, with creamery and siding on the left. Henry Edwards & Son had a creamery with private siding access at Pipe Gate station. During the 1930's this creamery made use of road-rail tanks which were dispatched to the company's bottling plant near Kensington Olympia, taken over by Express in 1950. Milk trains were worked via the LMS line as far as Market Drayton where they were picked up by the GWR and then ran to London via Wellington. (Courtesy Matthew Pinto, Milk on the Rails)
1960 Pipegate Creamery boilerman George Holland describes in poetry the creamery's first dinner and dance at the Crown Hotel, Stone. (Express News Spring)
1960 Pipegate Creamery Dinner at the Crown Hotel, Stone, with a very youthful looking Bill Grisenthwaite. (Express News Spring)
1962 Pipe Gate Creamery, employed 70 staff. (Express News Christmas)
1965 Creamery Closures announced at Holywood, Dumfries and Pipegate, Shopshire. (Express News Spring)
Large scale map of location of Reapsmoor Creamery. Alan Salt comments "(Courtesy Matthew Pinto)
1914 Alan comments "This report re Reapsmoor Friendly Society mentions Mr Sutton and Mr Wooley, names closely related to the Cheese factory's history .(Courtesy Alan Salt, Ashbourne News Telegraph 19 June)
1920's? Reapsmoor cheeses on display in Leek (Courtesy Alan Salt)
1920's? Reapsmoor cheeses on display in Leek (Courtesy Alan Salt)
1920 Reapsmoor Dairy. Alan Salt comments "Mr Sutton and Mr Woolley cheesemaking-not sure who owned the Dairy in 1920 but the site did become an Express site later". (Courtesy Alan Salt)
1950's/ early 1960's. Reapsmoor. Alan Salt comments "Express Dairy Reapsmoor Cheese Factory, in the Staffordshire moorlands. The site was well known for its Derby and Cheddar cheese." (Courtesy Alan Salt)
1956 Rowlsey and Reapsmoor memories from Jock Shepherd, Express boiler engineer. (Express News July)
1957 Reapsmoor Creamery-cutting from the Ashbourne Telegraph, 26 April 1957. Mr John Sutton retires as manager after 42 years. Note: 'WA Mell', mentioned in the first paragraph should be ‘W A Bell’ (Courtesy Alan Salt)
1950's? Express enamelled bottles (Courtesy Dave Fane)
1950's? Express enamelled bottles (Courtesy Dave Fane)
