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1950's? Bedford Egg collection truck at Job's, Didcot. Colin Sheppard comments "Didcot was in the county of Berkshire until 1974, then became in Oxfordshire so most probably in the early 1950s." (Courtesy Lyndon Rees, Didcot Memories FB Group)
1950 Job's Dairy, Gerald Croxford says "I think entrance To Didcot". (Courtesy Gerald Croxford)
1950's Didcot Dairy (Courtesy Karina Hooper)
1954 April-Job's Dairy Didcot-Annual Social. (Courtesy Book of Job, Roberts Foundation)
1956 June-New churn reception dock at Didcot. (Courtesy Book of Job, Roberts Foundation)
1956 June-New churn reception dock at Didcot. (Courtesy Book of Job, Roberts Foundation)
1956 June-New churn reception dock at Didcot. (Courtesy Book of Job, Roberts Foundation)
1956 June-New churn reception dock at Didcot. (Courtesy Book of Job, Roberts Foundation)
1956 August-'Mechanisation' of Didcot Dairy-Churn Reception and recrater. (Courtesy Book of Job, Roberts Foundation)
1956 August-'Mechanisation' of Didcot Dairy-Churn Reception and recrater. (Courtesy Book of Job, Roberts Foundation)
1956 August-'Mechanisation' of Didcot Dairy-Churn Reception and recrater. (Courtesy Book of Job, Roberts Foundation)
1957 June-'Mechanisation' at Job's Dairy at Didcot-CIP (Courtesy Book of Job, Roberts Foundation)
1957 June-'Mechanisation' at Job's Dairy at Didcot-CIP (Courtesy Book of Job, Roberts Foundation)
1957 June-Didcot Vehicle Workshops. (Courtesy Book of Job, Roberts Foundation)
1957 June-Didcot Vehicle Workshops. (Courtesy Book of Job, Roberts Foundation)
1957 October-Didcot Garage. (Courtesy Book of Job, Roberts Foundation)
1957 October-Didcot Garage. (Courtesy Book of Job, Roberts Foundation)
1957 October-Didcot Garage. (Courtesy Book of Job, Roberts Foundation)
1957 October-'Didcot Dairy Personalities'-F. Wright, W. Howett, Miss V. Brant and H. Crossingham. (Courtesy Book of Job, Roberts Foundation)
1957 December-'Didcot Dairy Personalities'-Thomas Barnes, Kenneth Naylon, Clarice Naylon and Eric Randell. (Courtesy Book of Job, Roberts Foundation)
1958 February-Job's Children's Party at Didcot. (Courtesy Book of Job, Roberts Foundation)
1958 February-'Didcot Dairy Personalities'-Peggy Rogers, Alf Darter, George Grant and Charlie Bidewell. Russell Finch comments "I remember going to George Grant's retirement party in The Social Club-not sure of the exact year but 1982/3 at a guess as I was only 16 as George retired not long after I started. Smashing fella, his son David, known as Willy, was there right up to when we all got made redundant on 22nd August 1987🥲" (Courtesy Book of Job, Roberts Foundation)
1958 April-June Greenaway, Assistant to Mr R. Davis in Job's Laboratory, Didcot. Janet Kew comments in 2025 "Hi June, nice to see my cousin again x". June Greenaway saw this post on the Memories of Didcot FB Group, and comments "The photo is from a long time ago... I left the UK in 1966 and went to N.Z., and now in Australia, Best thing I did. I do remember some of the girls, my uncle Jack (John Cannings) worked there-they lived right next door before the bridge." (Courtesy Book of Job, Roberts Foundation)
1958 June-'Didcot Dairy Personalities'-Reginald Davis, Ronnie Hayes and Mary Tyler. (Courtesy Book of Job, Roberts Foundation)
1958 August-Job's Hall at Didcot. (Courtesy Book of Job, Roberts Foundation)
1958 October-Job's Dairy 'Family Day' at Didcot. Russell Finch comments "Alex Darter finished up as Filling Room Chargehand right up to 'That Fateful Day' 22nd August 1987🥲." (Courtesy Book of Job, Roberts Foundation)
1958 December-Public Health visit to Didcot. (Courtesy Book of Job, Roberts Foundation)
1958 December-Public Health visit to Didcot. (Courtesy Book of Job, Roberts Foundation)
1959 Irene Hutt, Bacteriologist at Job's Didcot describes the new laboratory.(From Book of Job House Magazine, December)
1959 Irene Hutt, Bacteriologist at Job's Didcot describes the new laboratory.(From Book of Job House Magazine, December)
1960 New Didcot Retail Depot created on the main Didcot site. Managed by Gerald Williams. (From Book of Job House Magazine, February)
1960 New Didcot Retail Depot created on the main Didcot site. Managed by Gerald Williams. (From Book of Job House Magazine, February)
1960, Eric Randell achieves success with Certificate for Milk Pasteurisation. Derek Hollis comments "I remember Eric well. Very nice guy. He was appointed dairy manager at what was previously Hunt's dairy at Sherborne in Dorset." (From Book of Job House Magazine, December)
1960's Christmas Party at Didcot. (From Book of Job House Magazine, February 1961)
1960's Christmas Party at Didcot. (From Book of Job House Magazine, February 1961)
1961 Job's public relations staff greeting visitors at Didcot. (From Book of Job House Magazine, February)
1962 (From Book of Job House Magazine, Autumn)
1962 (From Book of Job House Magazine, Autumn)
1962 (From Book of Job House Magazine, Autumn)
1964 Didcot Retail Depot. (From Book of Job House Magazine, Summer)
1964 Didcot Retail Depot. (From Book of Job House Magazine, Summer)
1964 Didcot Retail Depot. (From Book of Job House Magazine, Summer)
1964 Didcot Retail Depot. (From Book of Job House Magazine, Summer)
1964 Didcot Retail Depot. (From Book of Job House Magazine, Summer)
1966 Didcot Processing re-equipment in 1965 to increase capacity, before sale to Express in 1970. (From Book of Job House Magazine, Summer)
1966 Didcot Processing re-equipment in 1965 to increase capacity, before sale to Express in 1970. (From Book of Job House Magazine, Summer)
1967 Didcot office staff - Tom Giddings, Elizabeth Wiseman, Mrs Joan Pratt, Miss Carol Trevor and Mrs Mary Hutchins., (Courtesy Roberts Foundation, Book of Job)
1967 Didcot office staff - Tom Giddings, Elizabeth Wiseman, Mrs Joan Pratt, Miss Carol Trevor and Mrs Mary Hutchins., (Courtesy Roberts Foundation, Book of Job)
1967 Didcot. New refrigerated Bedford Scammell for deliveries to depots. (Courtesy Roberts Foundation, Book of Job)
1967 Tyre re-treading in action at Didcot. (Courtesy Roberts Foundation, Book of Job)
1967 Dairy Engineers at Didcot include Ted Hicks, Alec Woodley, Peter Corbett, Christopher Woodley and Stan May. (Courtesy Roberts Foundation, Book of Job)
1968 Ernie Coster is in control of the vehicle check point. Russell Finch comments "Ernie was still in the weighbridge right up to the last day. One of the nicest fellas you could ever meet-a real gentleman with the strength of three men 😀" (Courtesy Roberts Foundation, Book of Job)
1968 Ernie Coster is in control of the vehicle check point. Russell Finch comments "Ernie was still in the weighbridge right up to the last day. One of the nicest fellas you could ever meet-a real gentleman with the strength of three men 😀" (Courtesy Roberts Foundation, Book of Job)
1968 New Didcot transport fleet. (Courtesy Roberts Foundation, Book of Job)
1968 New Didcot transport fleet. (Courtesy Roberts Foundation, Book of Job)
1969 Didcot plant operations descrbed. (Courtesy Roberts Foundation, Book of Job)
1970 Announcement of the sale of Didcot, plus High Wycombe, Oxford and Banbury retail depots to Express. (Courtesy Roberts Foundation, Book of Job)
Derek Hollis comments "I remember these days well. I took over from Fred Bloomer as Area Manager in about 1973 and did this job for about two years passing it on to Gordon Smith before moving on to Hunts Dairies in Sherborne in 1975."
1970 Acquisition of Job's Dairy, Didcot Page 1
1970 Acquisition of Job's Dairy, Didcot Page 2
1970 Acquisition of Job's Dairy, Didcot Page 3 (Chris Austen, George Streeting)
1970 Acquisition of Job's Dairy, Didcot Page 4 (Tom Beddow, Roy Stokes, John Edney, Ray Phillips)
1970 Tom Beddow and Roy Stokes at Didcot Dairy soon after the acquisition by Express. (Express News Christmas)
1970 CHRIS AUSTEN (Acquisition of Job's Dairy, Didcot Page 3 (Chris Austen, George Streeting)
1970 Job's Dairy at Didcot. (Express News Christmas)
1970 Jack Vosper wrote this account of post-war acquisitions by Express at the time of Job's Dairy purchase. (Express News Christmas)
1971 Job's Dairy top hamper salesman Kenneth Cheese. (Express News Spring)
1972 Didcot forklift driver Hilary Madley with Transport Foreman Jock Crossingham and Eric Randell, Assistant Processing Manager using the new tine handling equipment to load crates.
1972 Side loading tine-handling system for Didcot Processing
1972 Express Western Area Director Chis Austen
1972 Recent Appointments- Fred Bloomer, Retail Area Manager, Didcot. (Express News Autumn)
1974 Mrs Ann Brogden manning the Express sales van at the Go-Kart GP at Didcot. (Express News Christmas)
1975 Didcot Managment Meeting
1975 Didcot Managment Meeting
1975 Didcot Managment Meeting
1976 Ken Richford and Ken Naylor welcoming local farmers to Didcot's Open Day, organised by the MMB and the Ministry of Agriculture. Russell Finch comments "Bill Porter Driving that milk float". (Express News Spring)
1977 Josephine Burgoyne posted "Express Dairy Boys lineup! ..Lots of stories from 1977-78?! L-R Alan, Charlie, Plod, Kevin, Bert..."
1979 Visit to Didcot to look at progress in changing from cash to bank credit for wages
1979 Visit to Didcot to look at progress in changing from cash to bank credit for wages
1979 Visit to Didcot to look at progress in changing from cash to bank credit for wages
1979 Jean Grant
1979 Jean Grant and Marion Meridith
1980 Driver of the Year competition at South Ruislip, special milk float for kids built at Didcot Garage
1982 Winter snow all around the UK
1982 Winter snow all around the UK
1982 Winter snow all around the UK
1982 Express donates rail tanker to Didcot Railway Centre. (Express News April)
1982 Restored tanker 4409 at Didcot Railway Museum. (From Express Milk for London-John Hosegood)
1983 Didcot Investment
1983 Didcot Investment
1983 Didcot Investment (Anthony Kent on forklift)
1983 Didcot Town football club is sponsored by Express Dairy.
1983 Didcot Dairy strike talks after a dispute involving bottling lines staff. TGWU Officer Brian Revell and District Manager Gordon Smith confirmed that talks were continuing. Reading Evening Post, 05 July. Chris Austen comments "I went down to Exeter in 1982; at the same time, Didcot became part of London Region so my responsibilities were confined to Exeter and Sherborne." Graham Wichall comments "I was working at High Wycombe at the time. It was the only depot on the area that was bottled by them, the others were by South Ruislip. Our guvnor, Ron McFahn, somehow managed to acquire enough milk from Neville And Griffin in Slough. He hired a long flatbed HGV and a few of us went over there to collect it and had to handball the whole bloody lot! Ron made it worth our while, though. He was a fantastic manager." Keith Viney added "We used Aston Clinton Haulage to move the milk - from a Co-Op bottling plant at Hinckley first, then Neville and Griffin. Yes, Ron was probably the best manager I worked for in 35 years on the milk." (Courtesy of THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD)
1984 recording the death of Bertie Stevens, who ran the mini milk float at local events. The float was built at Didcot dairy.
1986 - Eddie Willis from Didcot (right)
1986 Top Cheese awards at Nantwich for Honiton, North Tawton at Devon County Show, Priestdykes cheddar at the Royal Highland Show and Leicester Cheese at Leicester County show. Didcot won an award at Newbury show for its mini-milk float.
1986 Didcot Pasteurising Floor (Courtesy Russell Finch)
1986 Didcot - Pasteuriser Albert Bailey just outside the pasteurising floor (Courtesy Russell Finch)
1986 Didcot (Courtesy Russell Finch)
1986 Didcot Bottling Line (Courtesy Russell Finch)
1986 Didcot Bottling Line (Courtesy Russell Finch)
1986 Didcot (Courtesy Russell Finch)
1986 Didcot (Courtesy Russell Finch)
1986 Didcot - John Locke filling Pergalls (Courtesy Russell Finch)
1986 Didcot - John Locke loading Pergalls (Courtesy Russell Finch)
1986 Didcot Russell Finch (aged 18) filling Pergals (Courtesy Russell Finch)
1986 Didcot (Courtesy Russell Finch)
1986 Didcot - Andy Smith on the Front Bank Forklift (Courtesy Russell Finch)
1950's Job's Didcot. Albert Snodgrass comments "Garage and Paint shop to the right of bungalows". Margaret Blake "We used to live in the first bungalow near the milk churn, then moved to the house on the left behind the bungalow-Thomas and Audrey Barnes, myself and my twin brothers Mark and Ian". Josephine Napper added "I’m Josie Warren, I used to live at Marsh Cottages, we used to play together x." Tina Chitty adds "I loved seeing the huge bottle when I was little."(Courtesy Albert Snodgrass)
1950's Job's Didcot (Courtesy Albert Snodgrass)
1960's? Job's Didcot from the air. Albert Snodgrass says "The entrance to Job's was opposite T C Motors". Charlie Mills comments "Roebuck Court is now there, and the field at the bottom is where Jubilee Way is now". Iann Gillan adds "Loving the old Didcot to Newbury railway line." and Linda Butler adds "My Dad was a steam train driver on this line, sad day when it closed. I think it was a big mistake... just think we could have less traffic on the A34! (Courtesy Albert Snodgrass)
1970's Job's bottling line. (Courtesy Albert Snodgrass)
1970's Didcot Dairy Location (Courtesy National Library of Scotland)
1984 Debate with South Oxfordshire District Council about moving the dairy site, from the Didcot Herald 16-02-84 (Courtesy Kevin Williams)
1978 Didcot Children's Party (Courtesy Jane Jacks)
