IN DEPTH
George Barham set up the Dairy Supply Company in Coptic Street; later the Company was run by his youngest son, Arthur Barham and expanded with branches in Edinburgh and Belfast. Read this illustrated account which shows the London headquarters as they still exist today, as a Pizza Express restaurant.
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)
1888 Express Dairy Co. stoneware cream jars commemorating 'First Prize for Cream' at the Dairy Show, supplied by the Dairy Supply Company. 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)
1890's The Dairy Supply Company, Coptic Street, from framed picture in Pizza Express 2016. (Courtesy Baldwin Hamey, https://baldwinhamey.wordpress.com/2013/08/05/dairy-supply-company/)
The Dairy Supply Company, Coptic Street (Courtesy Baldwin Hamey, https://baldwinhamey.wordpress.com/2013/08/05/dairy-supply-company/)
1890 Victorian Devonshire clotted cream pot, made by the Dairy Supply Company. Height, 11.5cm, Diameter, 6.3cm (Courtesy jfrancesantiques.co.uk)
1890 Victorian Devonshire clotted cream pot, made by the Dairy Supply Company. Height, 11.5cm, Diameter, 6.3cm (Courtesy jfrancesantiques.co.uk)
1900's Dairy Supply Company milk can, made for
Dairy Supply Co. Ltd utensils and equipment from the Strathnairn rally, September 2014, and the Scottish National Tractor Show, Lanark, September 2015 (Courtesy Heather Holmes, Dairying with the Dairy Supply Co. Ltd, Edinburgh)
Dairy Supply Co. Ltd utensils and equipment from the Strathnairn rally, September 2014, and the Scottish National Tractor Show, Lanark, September 2015 (Courtesy Heather Holmes, Dairying with the Dairy Supply Co. Ltd, Edinburgh)
Dairy Supply Co. Ltd utensils and equipment from the Strathnairn rally, September 2014, and the Scottish National Tractor Show, Lanark, September 2015 (Courtesy Heather Holmes, Dairying with the Dairy Supply Co. Ltd, Edinburgh)
1900's Dairy Supply Company catalogue-Bottle Discs. After George Barham's death in 1913 the Dairy Supply Company was headed by Arthur Barham. (Courtesy Paul Smith)
1900's Dairy Supply Company catalogue-Bottles and Refrigerator. After George Barham's death in 1913 the Dairy Supply Company was headed by Arthur Barham. (Courtesy Paul Smith)
1900's Dairy Supply Company catalogue-Delivery Barrows. After George Barham's death in 1913 the Dairy Supply Company was headed by Arthur Barham. (Courtesy Paul Smith)
1910 Egg-tester, supplied by the Dairy Supply Company. Illustration for The Book of the Home edited by C E Humphry. (Courtesy Look and Learn)
1931, from Dairy Supply Co. Ltd accounts department : Cumberland Avenue, Park Royal, London, N.W.10. (Courtesy Wellcome Collection)
1948 Letter from the Dairy Supply Company to J B S Haldane, UCL (Courtesy Wellcome Collection)
1948 Receipted Invoice from the Dairy Supply Company to Professor J B S Haldane, UCL (Courtesy Wellcome Collection)
1948 Dairy Supply Company Catalogue Entries (Courtesy Wellcome Collection)
1948 Dairy Supply Company Catalogue Entries (Courtesy Wellcome Collection)
1958 Obituary of Mr R.J. Hewson, Director of the Dairy Supply Company. (Express News July)
The Dairy Supply Company, Coptic Street (Courtesy Baldwin Hamey, https://baldwinhamey.wordpress.com/2013/08/05/dairy-supply-company/)
Dairy Supply Company (now Pizza Express) Architect: R.P. Wheelock. 1888. Location: 30 Coptic Street and Little Russell Street, WC1. Courtesy(Photographs and caption by Robert Freidus. Formatting and perspective correction by George P. Landow https://victorianweb.org/sculpture/architectural/92.html)
Dairy Supply Company (now Pizza Express) Architect: R.P. Wheelock. 1888. Location: 30 Coptic Street and Little Russell Street, WC1. Courtesy(Photographs and caption by Robert Freidus. Formatting and perspective correction by George P. Landow https://victorianweb.org/sculpture/architectural/92.html)
Dairy Supply Company (now Pizza Express) Architect: R.P. Wheelock. 1888. Location: 30 Coptic Street and Little Russell Street, WC1. Courtesy(Photographs and caption by Robert Freidus. Formatting and perspective correction by George P. Landow https://victorianweb.org/sculpture/architectural/92.html)
Dairy Supply Company (now Pizza Express) Architect: R.P. Wheelock. 1888. Location: 30 Coptic Street and Little Russell Street, WC1. Courtesy(Photographs and caption by Robert Freidus. Formatting and perspective correction by George P. Landow https://victorianweb.org/sculpture/architectural/92.html)
Dairy Supply Company (now Pizza Express) Architect: R.P. Wheelock. 1888. Location: 30 Coptic Street and Little Russell Street, WC1. Courtesy(Photographs and caption by Robert Freidus. Formatting and perspective correction by George P. Landow https://victorianweb.org/sculpture/architectural/92.html)
The Dairy Supply Company, Coptic Street. Inscription, above a door, on a cartouche:AD 1888, on the plaque below: Directors: Viscount Combermere, J. C. Lawrance, QC, MP, George Barham, Secretary R. W. Shackleton, and a monogram: DSCL. (Courtesy Baldwin Hamey, https://baldwinhamey.wordpress.com/2013/08/05/dairy-supply-company/)
Dairy Supply Company (now Pizza Express) Architect: R.P. Wheelock. 1888. Location: 30 Coptic Street and Little Russell Street, WC1. Courtesy(Photographs and caption by Robert Freidus. Formatting and perspective correction by George P. Landow https://victorianweb.org/sculpture/architectural/92.html)
The Dairy Supply Company, Coptic Street (Courtesy Baldwin Hamey, https://baldwinhamey.wordpress.com/2013/08/05/dairy-supply-company/)
The Dairy Supply Company, Coptic Street (Courtesy Baldwin Hamey, https://baldwinhamey.wordpress.com/2013/08/05/dairy-supply-company/)
2023 Illustrated History of the Dairy Supply Company. (Express Dairy Tales publication)
2023 Illustrated History of the Dairy Supply Company. (Express Dairy Tales publication)
2023 Illustrated History of the Dairy Supply Company. (Express Dairy Tales publication)
2023 Illustrated History of the Dairy Supply Company. (Express Dairy Tales publication)
2023 Illustrated History of the Dairy Supply Company. (Express Dairy Tales publication)
2023 Illustrated History of the Dairy Supply Company. (Express Dairy Tales publication)
2023 Illustrated History of the Dairy Supply Company. (Express Dairy Tales publication)
