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Creameries at Holywood, Kilmaurs, Lockerbie and Sanquhar plus milk processing and retail operations at Sloane's Dairies and Scottish Farmers.
1921 Ford Delivery vans by Bob Wishart in Motherwell
1953 Checking milk churns at a dairy in Glasgow. (Courtesy Picture Post-6754 'Glasgow: How A City Is Run')
1953 Dairy workers on the bottling line in a Glasgow dairy. (Courtesy Picture Post-6754 'Glasgow: How A City Is Run')
1960 Walter Nell reviews progress, with the acquisition of Allied Dairies in Manchester, the Surrey Sterilised Milk Company at Nine Elms, Hornby and Clarke in Richmond, Towers Holdings (Mitcham Foods), and Goldhanger Fruit Farms in Essex. (Express News Summer)
1961 Map of Express operations in Scotland, showing retail dairies in Glasgow (6), Johnstone, Paisley, Motherwell and Dumfries, bottling centres in Glasgow, Paisley and Dumfries, and Creameries at Sanquhar, Holywood (including a pig farm) and Lockerbie. (Express News Autumn)
1961 Glankirk Street, Glasgow "Bad debts are few and far between..." (Express News Autumn)
1961 History of the Scottish Division explained. A major part came from the acquisition of Independent Dairies in 1959, adding to Bryson Bros in 1927, Robert Steel & company, and the Beardsley brothers' Scottish Farmers Dairy (Glasgow) Ltd. Pictured here are Aitken's Dairy and the Clydebank branch. (Express News Autumn).
1961 110 Millroad Street, Glasgow HQ of the Scottish Division, with milk delivery lorries standing outside. On the right, newly built Council flats, replacing the tenements opposite. (Express News Autumn)
1961 Scottish Farmers senior managers L-R: Hugh Bryson, H.J. Porter and L.W. Farrow (MD). (Express News Autumn)
1961 Millroad Street, Glasgow bottling plant. Dairy Manager James Smith talks to Miss H.M. Stephens, Head Analyst. (Express News Autumn)
1961 Mr Alexander Rogers loads 'Sunblest' plain sliced bread into his delivery van at MillRoad Street, using an early form of aluminium trolley. (Express News Autumn)
1961 Mr John Gilmour, Milk Checker unloads a bulk milk tanker at MillRoad Street. The dairy was the first to move to all bulk collection. (Express News Autumn)
1961 Aitken's Dairy, Paisley-Mrs C. Hughes Chief Clerk with Mrs I. Crichton. (Express News Autumn)
1961 Clydebank Retail Branch. (Express News Autumn)
1961 Aitken's Dairy in Paisley, with bottling plant and 26-round retail branch. (Express News Autumn)
1961 History of the Scottish Division explained. Renovation of retail depots, including Tollcross, Shawlands, Possil, Glenmavis and Motherwell. (Express News Autumn)
1961 Possil branch, with Manager Willie Selkirk and Area Manager Mr. F. Taggart. (Express News Autumn)
1961 Mr William Rob on top of his float 136 CGA during Glasgow 'Milk Month'. (Express News Autumn)
1963 David Crawford of Crawford's Dairies collects his new Hillman Imp from the Linwood factory, Glasgow. (Express News Autumn)
1963 Personality Milkman competition winners from Northern Retail Dairies, Dumfries-Mr. T. McMilland and Mr R. Kelting (holding the cup). (Express News Autumn)
1964 Mr N.B Ashworth appointed head of the National Milk Publicity Council, previously Director of Trade Relations. Mr L.W. Farrow, Director of Scottish Farmers' Dairies Ltd, elected Vice-President of the Scottish Milk Trade Federation. From August 'Express Extra' newsletter (Courtesy Paul Luke)
1964 Long Service Dinner in Glasgow area staff, plus Holywood, Lockerbie and Sanquhar creameries . From August 'Express Extra' newsletter (Courtesy Paul Luke)
1965 Long Service Dinners for Primrose and Len, Glasgow, Appleby, Shrewsbury, Sheffield, Bath and Exeter. Jim Mcgurk comments "Long service was 10 years and every 5 years after. Managers went as well, to serve the staff-loved clicking my fingers when I wanted a drink." (Express News Summer/Autumn)
1966 Glasgow Long Service Dinner. David Macdonald, D.G.Crawford and George Pearson. (Express News Summer 1966)
1966c Golden Seal Rubber Printing Plate. The 041 dialling code came into use for Glasgow in 1966 and continued until 1995. The inscription reads "SCOTTISH FARMERS DAIRY CO. LTD, 190 HELEN STREET, GLASGOW, G51 3NZ TEL: 041-445-455" (Courtesy itawtisawapuddytat, eBay)
1966c Golden Seal Rubber Printing Plate - enlarged and reversed. The 041 dialling code came into use for Glasgow in 1966 and continued until 1995. The inscription reads "SCOTTISH FARMERS DAIRY CO. LTD, 190 HELEN STREET, GLASGOW, G51 3NZ TEL: 041-445-455" (Courtesy itawtisawapuddytat, eBay)
1967 Glasgow staff at Long Service Dinner. (Express News Summer)
1968 Glasgow Long Service Dinner awards
1970 Stirling salesman John Dickson is also an ice curling champion. (Express News Autumn)
1971 New Possil retail depot in Glasgow
1972 Latest developments outlined by Eric Robarts-Grand Met's acquisition of Watney Mann and IDV, Express acquisition of Sloan's Dairies, new Eden Vale cold store at Ruislip and top prize for Magheralin Creamery. (Express News Autumn)
1973 Eden Vale management team in Scotland. (Express News Autumn)
1973 Scotland's award winners. (Express News Autumn)
1974 Scottish golf tournament winners. (Express News Spring)
1974 Scottish Dairy Princess Cecilia Wilson presents Bob Smith (Possil) and Danny Brady (Johnstone).(Express News Summer)
1974 Miss Hannahretta Stephen retired from Govan, with 'Doc' Ashton, Lee Wilson, John Lockhart (Processing Manager) and Dr Bob Crawford (West of Scotland Agricultural College). (Express News Summer)
1977 Scottish liquid milk interests sold to W.W. Stevenson Ltd, with Barry Thompson as Chairman and Lee Wilson as MD. (Express News Autumn)
1982 Bothwell Depot featured in this 'On The Move' article. (Express News April)
1982 Bothwell Depot featured in this 'On The Move' article. (Express News April)
1982 Bothwell Depot featured in this 'On The Move' article. (Express News April)
1982 Bothwell Depot featured in this 'On The Move' article. (Express News April)
1982 Bothwell Depot featured in this 'On The Move' article. (Express News April)
1983 Peter Ohlson launches 'We're on the move' campaign, featuring Bothwell driver Leo Baldesarra. (Express News Spring)
