IN DEPTH
Marshall’s was acquired by Express in 1923 when they bought Lord Faringdon’s Buscot and North Berkshire Dairy Company. It was attractive because it supplied milk and cream to London restaurants and hotels.
The purchase included Faringdon Creamery, and premises in Harrow Road, the latter was used by Titus Barham as an initial attempt to create a large-scale London dairy. It wasn't successful due to the building type, and as a result the decision was made in 1927 to build Cricklewood Dairy on land leased from the LMS. Much later, Marshall's too moved to Cricklewood.
1953 Companies part of Express Dairy: Express Dairy Company (London) Ltd, Express Dairy (Northern) Ltd, Marshall's Dairies Ltd, Dairy Farmers' Milk Supply Ltd, Henry Edwards & Son Ltd, City of London Dairies Ltd, Deva Dairies Ltd, Ashfield Farm Dairies Ltd, Northern Dairies (Huddersfield) Ltd, Northern Dairies (Barnsley) Ltd, Northern Dairies (Brighouse) Ltd, Mawers Dairies (Huddersfield) Ltd, Yogfruit Ltd, T H Lewis Ltd, Sharpleshall Ltd, Alfred Wide & Co Ltd. (from Sickness and Accident Scheme brochure)
1960's Marshall's Dairies GLM 312C , Co Reg: 3363-Commer Karrier Truck. (Courtesy Dave Fane)
1960's Marshall's Dairies truck, 957 CYF, Fleet 2960 in Piccadilly Circus. (Courtesy Paul Simm)
1968 Marshall's Wholesale Delivery Truck in Regent's Street, London. Reg WMC 315G. Hilary Mccluskey comments "Marshall’s brings back memories. When we were running Bowyers Dairy, if I forgot to include, say a yogurt, on a delivery to one of our London Hospital customers; I would ‘phone Marshalls and they would pop it round by car for us! Thus saving my ‘bacon’. Companies would help each other out in the old days." (Courtesy Michael Aldread)
1970's Marshall's wholesale delivery in London, Great Windmill Street, W1D 7DH. (Courtesy Dave Fane)
1971 Phil Corley, son of Marshall's Dairies manager Charles Corley, wins a stage of the Milk Race (Courtesy Doreen Williams)
1972 Eric Robarts announced the sale of Tavistock Place, relocation of Bloomsbury retail to Wakefield Street and Marshall's to Cricklewood, Alresford Depot to Southampton and the 'phasing out' of Lapford and move to North Tawton, (Express News Christmas)
1973 Rob Battle from Marshall's Dairies with Les Hose from Sydenham.(Express News Autumn)
1976 Martin Austen, Marshall's Dairies Sales and Marketing Manager with Janette Barnet, Dairy Queen. (Express News Autumn)
