IN DEPTH
Visit Elmbridge Library's online exhibition, launched in 2024, about the Milk Marketing Board and its history from its beginning in 1933 to its eventual closure in 1994.
VIDEOS
Short TV news item about the latest MMB milk price increase in 1965, suggests that 1p a gallon is inadequate to support small dairy farmers in Devon. Interesting farmyard pictures from the churn days. (2 minutes). Also mentioned is the Royal Association of British Dairy Farmers (RABDF), which was founded in 1876, and was based at Express Dairy’s offices in Rossmore Road.
c1935 Milk Marketing Board's office at whilst it was still at Thames House, Millbank, London. It moved to Thames Ditton in 1939.
1973 Illustrations from 'Milk to Market', Stanley Baker
1973 Illustrations from 'Milk to Market', Stanley Baker
1973 Illustrations from 'Milk to Market', Stanley Baker
1973 Illustrations from 'Milk to Market', Stanley Baker
1973 Illustrations from 'Milk to Market', Stanley Baker
1973 Illustrations from 'Milk to Market', Stanley Baker
1973 Illustrations from 'Milk to Market', Stanley Baker
1973 Illustrations from 'Milk to Market', Stanley Baker
1973 Illustrations from 'Milk to Market', Stanley Baker
1973 Illustrations from 'Milk to Market', Stanley Baker
1973 Illustrations from 'Milk to Market', Stanley Baker
1973 Illustrations from 'Milk to Market', Stanley Baker. Roger Smith comments "I think this is John Taylor in Mercury House, Region 11"
1973 Illustrations from 'Milk to Market', Stanley Baker. Trev Gay comments "The gentleman standing is my uncle, Jim Field".
1973 Illustrations from 'Milk to Market', Stanley Baker
1973 Illustrations from 'Milk to Market', Stanley Baker
1973 Illustrations from 'Milk to Market', Stanley Baker
1973 Illustrations from 'Milk to Market', Stanley Baker
1973 Illustrations from 'Milk to Market', Stanley Baker
1973 Illustrations from 'Milk to Market', Stanley Baker
1973 Illustrations from 'Milk to Market', Stanley Baker
1973 Illustrations from 'Milk to Market', Stanley Baker
1973 Illustrations from 'Milk to Market', Stanley Baker
1975 'Behind the Scenes' of the MMB - reformatted Page 1) (Express News Christmas)
1975 'Behind the Scenes' of the MMB - reformatted Page 2) (Express News Christmas)
1975 MMB Frontage at Thames Ditton, from 'Behind the Scenes' of the MMB
1975 Thames Ditton mainframes, from 'Behind the Scenes' of the MMB. Gary Champion comments "The old ICL 1904A Running George 2. Circa 1979."
1975 Crudgington Laboratory, from 'Behind the Scenes' of the MMB
1976 MMB Creamery Maelor "The Milk Marketing Board's new multi-million pound creamery". (Courtesy Paul Smith)
1976 MMB Creamery Maelor "Each milk storage silo has a capacity of 36,000 gallons). (Courtesy Paul Smith)
1976 MMB Creamery Maelor "The control panel for the two evaporators and driers". (Courtesy Paul Smith)
1976 MMB Creamery Maelor "Whole milk is separated into cream and skimmed milk prior to buttermaking. The skimmed milk is dried into powder". (Courtesy Paul Smith)
1976 MMB Creamery Maelor "The continuous buttermaker produces and packs five tons of butter an hour". (Courtesy Paul Smith)
1976 MMB Creamery Maelor "Spray dried skimmed milk powder is packed in 25kg sealed bags and stored ready for sale". (Courtesy Paul Smith)
1978 John Travers Clarke writes about the possible threat to the MMB of joining the European Community. (Express News Summer)
