Canonbury
1950's Newington Green Delivery Float, outside Canonbury depot in Newington Green Road. Reg: HYH 980, Fleet No. E216. Dave Fane comments "Built by Brush electric vehicles". (Courtesy Michael Aldread)
1961 Long Service Dinner at The Grosvenor Rooms, Mrs H. Parks (Caterers), Miss E. Watson and Mr A.H. Cresswell (Canonbury). (LSA Annual Review)
1969 Albert Harvey, Canonbury. Express News article profiling milkmen from different depots (Express News-Spring)
1980's? Canonbury Uniform Requisition Form (Courtesy Michael Aldread)
1982 Canonbury Michael Aldread comments "My photos from Canonbury in 1982 when I first started with Express Dairy. Happy days 😀"
1982 Canonbury. Michael Aldread comments "Ray Hatton, Peter Kelly, Val and Bobby-photo from when I first joined Express Dairy. Happy Days". (Courtesy Michael Aldread)
1982 Canonbury Michael Aldread comments "My photos from Canonbury in 1982 when I first started with Express Dairy. Happy days 😀"
1982 Canonbury Michael Aldread comments "My photos from Canonbury in 1982 when I first started with Express Dairy. Happy days 😀"
1982 Canonbury Michael Aldread comments "My photos from Canonbury in 1982 when I first started with Express Dairy. Happy days 😀"
1983 Canonbury Depot (Courtesy Michael Aldread)
2012 Canonbury Depot (Courtesy Michael Aldread)
Carshalton
1915 Carshalton Dairymen, J. Short & Sons had this shop in Grove Road, Sutton and kept their cows at Westmead Farm Dairy, Shorts Road. (Sutton Library Services)
1917 Carshalton, J. Short & Sons. Jessie and Charlotte Taylor took over the round from Mr Richmond after he was called up for war service. (Sutton Library Services)
1957 Cricket match at Marble Hill, Twickenham. Mr Vic Emmson from Carshalton Depot with his family. (Express News Autumn)
1960's? Carshalton Depot and shop (Courtesy Paul Smith)
1961 Long Service Dinner at The Connaught Rooms, WC2-staff from Carshalton Depot Mr J. Berridge, Mr F. Morgan and Mr A.W. Gentle. (LSA Annual Review)
Horses on display at Carshalton Depot. Lee Durham comments "Second from the left I’m pretty sure that is my uncle Vic Chapman. He loved horses and taught me to ride to a high standard. Rumour has it he took the job so he could work with horses." Dennis Cook adds "I`m sure the man on the left was the person who looked after the horses. He walked with a permanent limp because he had been kicked by one of them. We used to go and see the horses most days as I lived in Alma Rd; probably around 1948". (Courtesy Richard Gaylard)
1971 Summer Cream Sales Promotion - Alf Hermitage, Manager of Carshalton Depot receiving a record player as a prize! (Courtesy Doreen Williams)
1973 Carshalton Depot, Carshalton Road/ Shorts Road. Mike Lodge comments "We got our milk from Express Dairy. Our milkman was Harry he used to deliver down Denmark Road/ Denmark Gdn flats, then part of River Gardens before turning round and going into Strawberry Lane. Then it was into The Causeway/ Mill Close, before returning to the other end of River Gardens, then Shepley Close and back to the depot. I used to help out during the summer holidays, meeting him in Denmark Gardens and finishing in Shepley Close. Friday was a long day as it was money collection day. Sometime in the early 60s, they changed to electric carts, so no more horses." (Courtesy John Parkin/Michael Sparey)
1974 'Mac' McNair with Roy Skinner and 'Mick' Knight from Carshalton, with Andrew Paterson. (Express News Summer)
1976 Carshalton milkmen Steve Omley and Richard Wrait help with a Hackbridge house fire. [Steve's surname was 'Omley', corrected by Deborah Grace,who also wrote "I helped Steve Omley on weekends and school holidays for 5 or 6 years in the 1970's and have such great memories of that time. I often babysat for his young son, Ben and remember his wife Lynne. I usually cycled to the Shorts Road depot, but sometimes Steve came and picked me up in his Triumph Herald 6, which you could hear coming from miles away. I remember the fire that Steve and his trainee Richard Wrait helped rescue people from was in Reynolds Close, Hackbridge. The round was a long one which started near the depot and then finished in Hackbridge. I kept in touch with them until they moved to Australia in the early 1980's. I also remember Lee Wilding, and his Dad, Roger. I helped Roger out when others were away, and he had a big round, including the Roundshaw Estate. Bill Dowsing lived above the dairy shop, which was around the corner on Carshalton Road. He was the first milkman I worked for, after his previous helper Diane Parrott left. I must have been 10 or 11. 😂".] (Express News Christmas)
1980s? Carshalton Depot. Cheryl Morgan comments "Here's my late father-in-law, Frank Morgan. He was a milkman for 45 years, based in Shorts Road dairy. This photo was taken in the yard. He started as a very young man when deliveries were made by horse and cart. His beloved horse was called Nancy. Everyone in the Carshalton area knew Frank, a lovely, kind man and always happy to help. We still miss him very much ❤️" (Courtesy Cheryl Morgan)
1980 Express winners in 'Play your cards right' TV programme - Eddie Batts of Carshalton Depot. (Express News April)
1981 Carshalton Depot staff Lee Wilding and John Saunders jump for charity. (Express News December)
1982 Carshalton Depot exhibit at Roundshaw Park, led by manager Len Thompson. (Express News Summer)
1988 Carshalton (Courtesy Paul Luke)
1990 Brave employees at Carshalton and Rickmansworth (1990 April Tops Magazine)
1990's? Carshalton float by Sutton Station. (Courtesy Michael Aldread)
1990's Sutton, Surrey, franchise round from Carshalton Depot (Courtesy Michael Aldread)
Carshalton Float. Suz Hudson comments "My late father Geordie was an Express milkman at first Banstead depot, then later moved to Carshalton Beeches. He met our step-mam Pauline who worked in the Office. (Courtesy Suz Hudson)
1961 Cream Sales Competition winners Mr R.H. Fox and Mr C 'Charles' Sampson (Chalfont St Peter), Mr R.V. Howes and Mr G.J. Smith (East Putney). (Express News Autumn)
1963 Christmas Cream winners from London visit Staplemead, Cheddar Caves and Longleat. ES Boorman (Area Manager), JF Templett (Manager, Marylebone), Rota Foremen JN Rayson (Chalfont St Peter) and AL Hawkes (St Albans), Salesmen JWA Bryant (Chalfont St Peter), K Ginger (Berkhamsted), C F Rosam and J E Piesley (Ives Street), J L Castles (Bexleyheath), FE Burkhardt (Swanley), EA Robertson (Whyteleafe). (Express News Autumn)
1968 Area Manager Charles Stanyon, George Timms from Hillingdon, Ronald McFahn from Chalfont St Peter and Leslie Colin of Wembley Central. (Express News Christmas)
1970 Chalfont St Peter milk girl Peggy Stallwood receives a poem in reply. (Express News Christmas)
1974 Chalfont staff held a Christmas dinner for local pensioners. (Express News Spring)
1982 Chalfont St Peter milkman Vernon Goodley retires after 51 years. (Express News February)
1956 Tuberculin Tested (TT) milk promotion at Cheam, Surrey
1961 Long Service Dinner at The Connaught Rooms, WC2-Mr A.F. Osborne (Clapton), Mr D.S.Davies (Cheam), Mr E.W. Challis (Finchley) and Mr A.D. Thomas (Cheam). (LSA Annual Review)
1962 Arthur Fluendy retires from Cheam Depot after 37 years. (Express News Spring)
1963 Cheam float passing under the newly replaced Worcester Park railway bridge. (Courtesy Doots O'Relly)
1969 Arthur Thomas retires after 23 years at North Cheam. (Express News Summer)
Chelsea. Chris Austen remembers "I had a Lambretta; I used to visit customers - sometimes with the Chelsea (Ives Street) Manager, Evan Owen Griffiths, riding pillion!"
1938 Receipted milk bill for 4 Argyle Mansions, from Chelsea Depot at 3 Pont Street, SW1. (From Express Dairy Tales collection)
1938 Reverse of receipted milk bill for 4 Argyle Mansions, from Chelsea Depot at 3 Pont Street, SW1. (From Express Dairy Tales collection)
Ives Street, Chelsea. Rider Pram Reg: SLO 639 (Courtesy Michael Aldread)
1966 Milkman Jack Hiskey retires from Ives Street, Chelsea branch after 42 years service (Courtesy Beryl Purslove)
1966 Ives Street, Chelsea. Long Service Dinner. Brothers George and Joe Rendall 'inspect their replacement cigarette lighters'. (Express News Summer 1966)
1969 Profile of Chelsea salesman George Aljovin. (Express News Autumn)
1969 Profile of Chelsea salesman George Aljovin. (Express News Autumn)
1969 Profile of Chelsea salesman George Aljovin. (Express News Autumn)
1972 Chelsea milkman Fred Port with his younger daughter Daphne is awarded for outstanding service.(Express News Summer)
1972 Charles Adams (Customer Relations) with Colin Pheasant, Alec Rogers and Eddie Evans from Chelsea Depot. Merit and Service Dinner.(Express News Summer)
1973 Tales from the milk round from Alan Breed of Chelsea Depot, as told to The Sun. (Express News Autumn)
1973 Colin Pheasant (Chelsea) with George Hurren (Bishopsgate) (Express News Autumn)
1982 The story of ex-Chelsea milkman and Shops Sales Manager Sir Christopher Leaver becoming Lord Mayor of London. (Express News February)
1982 The story of ex-Chelsea milkman and Shops Sales Manager Sir Christopher Leaver becoming Lord Mayor of London. (Express News February)
1983, January. Chelsea Depot at Ives Street - milkmen locked themselves in the depot to strike against depot closure. Eamonn Fay adds "Bobby Boothman hanging out the window..." (Courtesy Atul Shah)
1983, January. Chelsea Depot at Ives Street - milkmen locked themselves in the depot to strike against depot closure. Eamonn Fay adds "Bobby Boothman hanging out the window..." (Courtesy Atul Shah)
1983, January. Chelsea Depot at Ives Street - milkmen locked themselves in the depot to strike against depot closure. (Courtesy Bob Boothman, via Atul Shah)
1983 Letter from Don Kirby to Chelsea Depot staff after its closure announcement. Dave Fane comments "We delivered to Chelsea on nights and they finished approx 1984. "(Courtesy Michael Aldread)
1983 Chelsea Depot, union letter explaining the 'occupation' of the Ives Street Depot, 17th January. (Courtesy Michael Aldread)
1983 Chelsea Depot, union letter explaining the 'occupation' of the Ives Street Depot, 24th January. (Courtesy Michael Aldread)
2000 Dave Chase recounts his experiences as milkman in Belgravia. (Courtesy Michael Aldread)
Chelsea (Courtesy Paul Luke)
2020S? Old Express hands get together, picture taken by John Carey at Mortlake Crematorium, at the funeral of Chelsea Milkman Steve Bloomfield. Eamonn Fay comments "Over 200 years (John Carey says 254 years if you include him too!) of being on the milk - Michael Hutchinson, Bobby Boothman, Morris (Mo) Oneil and Eric - most were at Express depots in London.". Mo Oneill adds "I worked at Chelsea, Southwark, Bloomsbury, Putney and finally Richmond. Sadly everywhere I went they closed... well Richmond closed after I left to be a black cab driver."
2000 Chester milkman Roy Rowlands delivering in Hoole, Chester. "With the recent passing of legendary Hoole milkman Roy Rowlands, I thought it fitting to repost this photograph I made of him in Lime Grove as part of the Millennial Hoole Heroes Project, when local children voted for their favourite adults. The pictures were displayed in All Saints School on Clare Avenue. Gwyneth Cooper "A great photo of Roy. He was a much loved neighbour and he, and his dancing dog!, will really be missed by us all 😢". John Sanders "RIP Roy, I loved working with you as a milk boy 1978-81 and you ran over my foot 😂". Lynn Evans "Roy was my milkman for many years when I lived on Hoole lane, what a really nice guy-always had a kind word and a smile, got my Christmas hampers every year off him for me and my boys. RIP kind man ❤️ xx". Gill Jackson-Haynes "Yes I remember Roy, so sorry to hear has passed. He was one lovely genuine fellow. He delivered to our family house in Pine Grove, Hoole. Let me sit on his milk float when I was coming home early morning from night out on the town. 😜". Karen McNicholas "Our Col and Dave worked on the milk round with Roy, after the round they had a hearty breakfast at my nans every weekend, he was part of our family." (Courtesy Chester: a Virtual Stroll Around the Walls FB Group)
1962 Chiswick milkman George Turner helped save the life of a regular customer. (Express News Autumn)
1961 Long Service Dinner at The Connaught Rooms, WC2- Mr D. Herbert, Mrs E.B. Simmonds (Finchley), Miss P. Porter (Chief Office), Miss D.M. Petch (Muswell Hill), Miss B.M. Wardrop (Kingsbury), Mrs E.M. Brian (Wembley Central), Mrs N.E.H Hall (Hurlingham), Miss D.E. Hurrell (Crediton), Miss J.C. Covell (Shirland Road), Miss H. Benson (Connaught Street), Miss C.H. Leach (Ealing), Miss P.A.C. Sharman (Chiswick), Mr S. Cardy (T.H. Lewis). (LSA Annual Review)
1961 Long Service Dinner at The Connaught Rooms, WC2-Mr F.G. Hocking from Chiswick branch. (LSA Annual Review)
1961 Long Service Dinner at The Connaught Rooms, WC2-Mr A.F. Osborne (Clapton), Mr D.S.Davies (Cheam), Mr E.W. Challis (Finchley) and Mr A.D. Thomas (Cheam). (LSA Annual Review)
1966 Clapton milkman Charles Goldsby rescues a customer from fire
Clayton, Bradford
1960's? Clayton float (Courtesy Dave Fane)
1975 Julie Ege (The Amorous Milkman star), Clayton Retail, Bradfprd
1930's Early three-wheeled delivery float from Cockfosters Depot (Courtesy Paul Luke)
1950's 'Cockfosters' 'Rider Pram' float Reg: RLW610 Fleet RP90 at the Wythall Transport museum (https://www.wythall.org.uk/). Paul Smith comments "Cockfosters depot was in a couple buildings at the back of the shop, I remember going in there a couple of times when my brothers round came was based." (Courtesy Michael Aldread)
Cockfosters Rider Pram Reg RLW 610 (Courtesy Michael Aldread)
1964 Mr A. Henry from Cockfosters Retail at Long Service Dinner. From August 'Express Extra' newsletter (Courtesy Paul Luke)
1968 Cockfosters milkman George Sturrock receives a tankard after 28 years service. (Express News Summer)
Cockfosters Rider Pram Reg RLW 610 (Wythall Transport Museum
1971 Cockfosters milkman Sid Hart retires after 35 years. (Express News Christmas)
2026 Cockfosters float at Wythall transport museum. Nigel Randall comments "My dad, Les Randall, would occasionally work at Cockfosters. I think he spent a few years providing holiday cover at depots like Whetstone, Cockfosters, Stevenage, St Albans (where he had a round for c.25 - 30 years) and WGC, where he was based for about 10 years." (Courtesy Melanie Way)
2026 Cockfosters float at Wythall transport museum. Nigel Randall comments "My dad, Les Randall, would occasionally work at Cockfosters. I think he spent a few years providing holiday cover at depots like Whetstone, Cockfosters, Stevenage, St Albans (where he had a round for c.25 - 30 years) and WGC, where he was based for about 10 years." (Courtesy Melanie Way)
2000 Crawley sales manager Bunny Rush wins car competition. Paul Batchelor comments "I remember Bunny Rush at Three Bridges depot in Crawley and Nine Elms. A great manager, always had a smile on his face. Andy Drury was a great manager, and Area Manager when he was promoted. I had many dealings with them both about their transport. (Courtesy Michael Aldread)
1982 Dave Blanchford going above and beyond duty to deliver milk to his customers
1960 The Queen and Prince Philip visit Croydon, with J.A. Welch (Manager) and Bill Treherne (Salesman) handing out free cartons of milk and waving to the visitors.(Express News Christmas)
1966 Long Service Dinner 30 Year Award to Mr E.J. Clark of South Croydon, proposing a toast in honour of his gold watch. (Express News Summer 1966)
1972 South Croydon staff Ron Clack, John Beard and Bob Bowness at London Merit and Service Dinner.(Express News Summer)
1984 Winter Express News Front Cover - Paul Murray delivers a vintage hamper in Croydon
1984 South Croydon milkman Paul Murray delivering a Christmas Hamper. (Express News Winter)
1988 Croydon Depot joined up with Nestle for the Croydon Carnival. (January Express News)
South Croydon Reg: RAN 207L Allan Dawes comments "The only large Cabac we had at South Croydon, round 19 John McQuire. He always dressed the float up for Christmas." (Courtesy Michael Aldread)
1971 Ace product salesman Hugh Heath with Cabac in Cumbernauld
![1976 Carshalton milkmen Steve Omley and Richard Wrait help with a Hackbridge house fire. [Steve's surname was 'Omley', corrected by Deborah Grace,who also wrote "I helped Steve Omley on weekends and school holidays for 5 or 6 years in the 1970's and have such great memories of that time. I often babysat for his young son, Ben and remember his wife Lynne. I usually cycled to the Shorts Road depot, but sometimes Steve came and picked me up in his Triumph Herald 6, which you could hear coming from miles away. I remember the fire that Steve and his trainee Richard Wrait helped rescue people from was in Reynolds Close, Hackbridge. The round was a long one which started near the depot and then finished in Hackbridge. I kept in touch with them until they moved to Australia in the early 1980's. I also remember Lee Wilding, and his Dad, Roger. I helped Roger out when others were away, and he had a big round, including the Roundshaw Estate. Bill Dowsing lived above the dairy shop, which was around the corner on Carshalton Road. He was the first milkman I worked for, after his previous helper Diane Parrott left. I must have been 10 or 11. 😂".] (Express News Christmas)](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/2af86ba5-cc2e-48df-9280-3c42031e6b21/207f762f-7dfe-4909-aa93-d88cbe5ebbef_rw_1920.jpg?h=1669555a2bcd5b916f8f61b12162827d)
