2002 Maidenhead Reg SRH 722W Fleet: SE 1029, and Reg: Q75 FLF Fleet SE822. Keith Viney comments "Three depots were combined-Express High Wycombe and Windsor depots, along with Maidenhead Unigate. We got milk from Arla, then Dairy Crest/ Milk and More." Paul Batchelor comments "I remember being contacted, after being made redundant in August 2001, if I would go back to help get this depot ready for opening. Installing new battery chargers for the electric vehicles and arranging for new Ford transits to have bodies fitted at Osborne Motor Bodies in Saffron Walden Essex. Mission completed" (Courtesy Michael Aldread)
1961 Manchester Piccadilly Branch-Mr Joe McGrath was one of 157 staff to receive a gold watch at the 1962 Long Service gatherings. (Express News)
1963 Manchester Piccadilly retail manager Gordon Boden receives a sales award from Regional Director T.H. Bennett. (Express News Autumn)
1965 Reg Manchester Reg: EWJ 51C (Courtesy Michael Aldread)
1988 Manchester Depot expansion
1988 Manchester Depot expansion
1956 Marylebone Office Clerk Iris Matthews is one of a family of Express employees at Shepherds Bush and Ives Street, Chelsea. (Express News April)
1956 The first edition of Express News (January) is handed out at Marylebone and Bollo Lane by Express News reporters. (Express News April)
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)
1990s Middlesbrough's Ray Dodds retires after 50 years. (Courtesy Paul Smith)
1990s Middlesbrough milkman Bill Davies temporarily abandons his teatime milk round for his daughter's wedding in the Caribbean. (Courtesy Paul Smith)
1956 Tithe Farm salesman Mr J.R. Phillips with his horse-drawn cart and dog. (Express News December)
1961 Long Service Dinner at The Connaught Rooms, WC2-Mr J.E. Macdonald (Mill Hill) and Mr W.E. Keene (Mill Hill Branch Manager). (LSA Annual Review)
1971 Tithe Farm veteran of 37 years John Macdonald enjoys a Majorcan holiday with his wife. (Express News Spring)
1979 Mill Hill yardman Gerry Turnbull flies at 16000 feet over the Rhone Valley. (Express News Autumn)
1979 Mill Hill yardman Gerry Turnbull flies at 16000 feet over the Rhone Valley. (Express News Autumn, Front Cover)
1979 Mill Hill yardman Gerry Turnbull flies at 16000 feet over the Rhone Valley. (Express News Autumn)
1979 Mill Hill yardman Gerry Turnbull flies at 16000 feet over the Rhone Valley. (Express News Autumn)
1980 Charlie Norman's last milk round at Mill Hill Depot
1980 Gerry Turnbull from Mill Hill Depot is champion balloonist. (Express News October)
1980 Gerry Turnbull from Mill Hill Depot is champion balloonist. Lynne Mcdowall comments "I was Chief Clerk there from 1981 until it closed, happy days". (Express News October)
1981 Mill Hill staff Tony Hawkes, John Bradshaw and Keith Johnson man a float at the Middlesex Schools Athletic Championship. (Express News December)
1987 Mill Hill. Paul Smith and Mick Wheeler recognise Danny Fisher. Keith Johnson comments "I was there then and remember Danny well." (Courtesy Express Dairy Memories)
2001 Burnt Oak/ St Albans/ Mill Hill retired milkman Tony Hawkes tells his story. (Courtesy Michael Aldread)
1900's? Half price cream from Millwall Depot(Courtesy Richard Gaylard)
1950s Tithe Farm, Mill Hill, horsedrawn float. (Courtesy Richard Gaylard)
1959 Christmas Hamper winners Gordon Oliver (Abingdon Road), Joe Hicks (Rickmansworth) and Eddie Bates (Mitcham). (Express News March)
Morden
1950s? Express News 'Do you Remembe' feature-Morden residents say farewell to Jimmy, the last of the horse-drawn rounds
1960's? On parade from Morden. (Courtesy Dave Fane)
1973 Morden Press, in London Road opposite Morden Court Parade. "Express Dairy vehicles were kept at the rear. Madeline Healey remembered the horses there in her childhood." (Courtesy Bill Rudd, Merton Historical Society)
Morden Depot (Courtesy Michael Aldread)
Morden Float in London Road, Morden, near the Depot. Raffaele Ralph Phillips comments "Coming back to Morden retail depot, where my missus worked as chief cashier late 70's and early 80's with Jess and Doreen, Mr (Stan) Pelham the guvnor at that time." (Courtesy Michael Aldread)
1980 Morden milkman Brian Colbrook receives a compiment from a customer. (Express News April)
1990's? Frank Dray on his round in Sutton, Q513 GRW. (Courtesy Express Dairy Memories)
1990's? Morden Retail, with L-R: Dave Grieves, Robert Hughes and Keith Halford. Gordon Martin comments "Great depot. My mate Jim Napier was Manager. Ernie Benford's old office with his faithful PA Betty Crowhurst. I was manager at Kenley at the time!!!" (Courtesy Robert Hughes)
Morden Reg: Q575 FLD (Courtesy Michael Aldread)
1990 Customer Day activity at Morden Depot (Tops Customer Day Edition)
1990 Morden Depot raise £4000 for the Royal Marsden Hospital, organised by Peter Nye (1990 Winter Tops Magazine, Courtesy Beryl Purslove)
1990 Morden roundsman Michael Loveridge presented with Care Code Award (1990 Winter Tops Magazine, Courtesy Beryl Purslove)
Morden (Courtesy Paul Luke)
1990 Morden Depot raise £4000 for the Royal Marsden Hospital, organised by Peter Nye (Courtesy Carole McCluskey)
1990 Morden Depot raise £4000 for the Royal Marsden Hospital, organised by Peter Nye (Courtesy Carole McCluskey)
1990's Morden Retail - servery entrance. (Courtesy Stephen Jennings)
Mottingham
Mottingham-Horse drawn cart (Courtesy Michael Aldread)
1900's 'Drink Pure Fresh Cow's Milk from Mottingham Farm'. Robin Fraser Bell comments "I worked out of Mottingham depot in the summer of 1976, I was sent down there to help out as they were short-staffed." (Courtesy Gerald Croxford)
1962 Retail Prizewinners at The Chinbrook public house, Mottingham. Bert Wallace from Mottingham. Chris Austen comments "He was a phenomenal salesman; I cannot remember anyone else selling as many cakes - especially on a Sunday!!, Bert became a manager and he was a great friend and colleague. He played the spoons; on one occasion, at a management dinner, he accompanied Chas & Dave!!". Stephen John Wills adds "He also raised thousands for charity." (Express News Christmas)
1962 George Honeysett from Mottingham. Chris Austen remembers "When George was on holiday in 1960 - a one week break, I covered his round in Eltham!!" (Express News Christmas)
1968 Eric Robarts praises Mottingham manager Gordon Pile and Chief Cashier Miss Eva Milton for foiling a raid. (Express News Spring)
1968 Feature promoting the importance of women in Express - Miss Eva Milton, Chief Cashier, Mottingham. Chris Austen comments "I spent six months at Mottingham and the training that I received from Gordon & Eva could not have been better. I was an Area Manager a few years later and I can well remember receiving a call about the raid. After visiting the depot I went to see Gordon in hospital; he was in remarkably good spirits and also there was his son, Graham. Both of us had been playing rugby earlier that day for our respective Old Boys!! Not against one another I should add!! Following a series of raids, and advised by ex police officers, a considerable amount of work was carried out to improve security - electric locks, CCTV, bullet-proof glass etc., etc." (Express News Spring)
1969 Mini winners at Bayswater, Mottingham and Boreham Wood retail depots
1972 Brothers Lewis and Bob Hellier from Mottingham and Blackheath Depots at London Merit and Service Dinner.(Express News Summer)
1973 Mottingham milkman Sam Parkinson receives a toast after 50 years service. (Express News Spring)
1978 Mottingham milkman and his wife Frank and Betty Chipperfield celebrate their golden wedding. (Express News Summer)
1980s Mottingham Depot. (Picture by Reg Ball, on loan from Colin Bristow)
1980s Mottingham Depot. (Picture by Reg Ball, on loan from Colin Bristow)
1980 Mottingham Depot, that used to be next to 'The Porcupine'. (Courtesy Roger Wood, Flickr'
1984 Fred and Stephen help their father Fred Hyde, who retires from Mottingham Depot
1980 Mottingham Depot helps the Townswomen's Guild win the local carnival. (January Express News)
1980 Mottingham Depot (Courtesy Paul Smith)
2013 Eltham article by John Kennett-Mottingham Delivery in 1981 (Courtesy SENine magazine)
2013 Eltham article by John Kennett-1 (Courtesy SENine magazine)
2013 Eltham article by John Kennett-2 (Courtesy SENine magazine)
1900's Muswell Hill Depot and Shop (Courtesy Paul Smith)
1900s? Muswell Hill donkey cart, submitted by Arthur Larrington. (April 1965 Express News)
1900s? Muswell Hill depot on the right, also advertising College Farm and Kenwood Farm (Courtesy Express Dairy Memories FB)
1951 Muswell Hill Depot. "Express milkman Bill Boon with horse 'Nobby' outside the Muswell Hill dairy. Bob Young comments "I loved working in that yard, you could still smell the horses in the seventies". John Whatling adds "Lots of those floats were abandoned on Frith Manor farm with the advent of electric vehicles." (Courtesy Michael Aldread)
Muswell Hill (Courtesy Paul Luke)
1930s? Muswell Hill. (Courtesy Richard Gaylard)
1950c Muswell Hill. Geoffrey Watts comments "My dad Fred Watts, maybe late 40s early 50s-he lived in Hornsey and wood Green... must have been a promotional photo for Express." (Courtesy Geoffrey Watts)
1950c Muswell Hill. Geoffrey Watts comments "My dad, Fred Watts maybe late 40s early 50s-he lived in Hornsey and wood Green... must have been a promotional photo for Express." (Courtesy Geoffrey Watts)
1959 Best Kept Dairy winners were Muswell Hill (Mr J.I. Jones below), Swanley and Tithe Farm. (Express News March)
1960's? On parade from Muswell Hill. (Courtesy Dave Fane)
1960's Muswell Hill Reg: BYY 555B. Dave Fane comments "Great picture, just as I remember the Wales & Edwards in the 1960s, no indicators, W&E badge on the front and side and plastic W&E fitting in the middle of the steering wheel." Daral Brennan comments "Living in Woodland Rise N10, we obviously had our milk delivered by Express Dairies in Muswell Hill. They offered more than milk for sale, as anyone who remembers them knows (including bacon, eggs, sausage, bread). A fantastic service for the local community. And of course, paid for at the end of the week - mum loved that! As a kid in the 1960s, their silent milk floats were the first electric vehicles I remember; I found the sound of bottles rattling in their crates outside my bedroom window strangely comforting early in the morning, announcing the start of another day while breaking the silence of the night before". Barbara Ann West adds "Express Dairy at Muswell Hill stabled their milk float horses there. Myself and 3 or 4 other girls of a similar age used to love being at the stables when the horses were being untacked after a day's work and seeing them come alone down the ramp into their stalls to a well earned meal." Ian Pearce remembers "I was a 'milk boy' on one of these - had to help load the crates at the Depot - now the Mussie Well - collect money etc. People often left money on the doorstep rather than be woken early for payment! Different times." Robert Gee says "I used to work as an milk boy there back in the day, every weekend and more..."
1960's? Muswell Hill Depot (Courtesy Richard Meager)
1961 Long Service Dinner at The Grosvenor Rooms- 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)
1967 Muswell Hill round in Grand Ave, Muswell Hill, London. Ian Pearce comments "I could have been on that milk float as a milk boy. Delivered milk, sold groceries and collected money - customers often left the money in an envelope in the empty to be collected!". John Bushby added "I probably worked on that Wales & Edwards milk float too...worked for Express Dairy then". (Courtesy Len Mclondon/ Paul Smith)
1968 Joe Major, ex College Farm and Muswell Hill celebrates his Golden Wedding wih his wife. (Express News Summer)
1972 Bill Boon from Muswell Hill with Andrew Paterson at London Merit and Service Dinner.(Express News Summer)
1972 Ray Lines of Barnet, Derek de Rivaz and Charlie Blaxill from Muswell Hill at London Merit and Service Dinner.(Express News Summer)
1975 Muswell Hill milkman 'Taffy' Lewis retires after 44 years. (Express News Summer)
1976 Muswell Hill milkman Paul Clutterbuck helped put out a fire. (Express News Christmas)
1976 Muswell Hill milkman Alan Beschizza helps out when a customer died alone. (Express News Christmas)
1977 Muswell Hill milkman Len Newton serves King Khaled of Saudi Arabia. Bob Young comments "I was Len's rota foreman, and for all of the rounds at Highgate. I met some well-known actors, singers and others. Before the Arabs took it over 'Beechwood' belonged to Harry Hyams, the man who built Centre Point". (Express News Autumn)
1978 Muswell Hill memories. (Express News Autumn)
Express Sign, Michael Aldread identified this as part of the old Muswell Hill retail depot. (Courtesy Paul Smith)
1982 Muswell Hill Depot. David Blackman-Wells comments "When I was at school I used to help on our Express Dairy round from Muswell Hill, weekends and during the holidays." (Courtesy Michael Aldread)
Muswell Hill Depot. Steve Reynolds comments "It is now a Wetherspoons pub called the Mossy Well. My current round is in Muswell Hill, so I pass it most days of the week." (Courtesy Michael Aldread)
Muswell Hill, at the Mossy Well pub (Courtesy Michael Aldread)
2023 Michael Aldread provided more details of the Express sign at Muswell Hill
2023 Muswell Hill Depot, now converted to Wetherspoons pub 'The Mossy Well' (Courtesy Steve Reynolds)
2023 Muswell Hill Depot, now converted to Wetherspoons pub 'The Mossy Well' (Courtesy Steve Reynolds)
2025 'The Mossy Well', Muswell Hill. Weatherspoons pub on site of the old Express Dairy Depot. (Courtesy Steve Bailey Reynolds)
2025 'The Mossy Well', Muswell Hill. Weatherspoons pub on site of the old Express Dairy Depot. (Courtesy Steve Bailey Reynolds)
