1881 Very early reference to 'The Express Country Milk Company' in the Jewish Chronical. Sites mentioned include 28 Museum Street, 272 The Strand, Montpelier Vale, Blackheath and College Farm. Rob Leader explains about Kosher milk. In every country that Jewish people live in there is a body that is created to check whether food is Kosher. In Britain it’s the Bethdin. The milk is designated kosher if the production meets religious hygiene standards. Sharon Aminoff Puritz adds "Some orthodox Jews will only drink milk that has been watched over during the whole milking process by an appointed religious overseer (called a Mashgiach). He would basically sit on a chair in the little room next to the milking parlour during the milking. Most kosher observers are content with supervision for Passover milk only. Cow's milk is kosher but camels milk isn't. Sheep milk is, goat is. Just as a point of interest' the only thing produced by a non-kosher animal that we can eat is honey." Jeff Ward adds "My grandmother was an accountant at Express Dairy. She said that the difference between kosher milk and ordinary milk was it was twice the price. The rabbi used to come in, open a bottle, taste it, say a prayer and then they used to label that lot as kosher milk." (Courtesy Hugh Petrie)
1886 College Farm Price List (Courtesy Ebay gerryn664 #1)
1886 College Farm Price List (Courtesy Ebay gerryn664 #1)
1886 College Farm Price List (Courtesy Ebay gerryn664 #1)
1904 Express 'Price List', listing farms, dairies and 'refreshment depots' at that time. (Courtesy Gerald Croxford)
1905 Depot and 'Refreshment Depot' List (Courtesy Gerald Croxford)
1935 Locations of London Express Dairy Shops, compiled from Post Office Directory of that year.
1950 Processing Centres, Retail Depots and Shops (Express Salesman's Manual Fourth Edition)
1950 Express Dairy Operations (map image from Alan Salt)
1950 Map of Express Dairy Co. locations. Appleby, Bideford, Billingshurst, Bradford, Chester, Chesterfield, Dewsbury, Egham, Faringdon, Frome, Horam' Greater London (2 Farms, 5 Bottling Centres, 116 Retail Branches, 250 Dairy Shops), Leyburn, Midlands (Wholesale Depots, Milk Bottling Dairies, Retail Branches, Milk Delivery, Cheese Factories, Milk Collection), Rowsley, Seaton Junction, Sheffield, Tarvin (Courtesy Alan Salt)
1953 Employee leaflet explaining the Sickness and Accident Scheme (Courtesy Paul Smith)
1953 Employee leaflet explaining the Sickness and Accident Scheme (Courtesy Paul Smith)
1953 Employee leaflet explaining the Sickness and Accident Scheme (Courtesy Paul Smith)
1953 Employee leaflet explaining the Sickness and Accident Scheme (Courtesy Paul Smith)
1953 Employee leaflet explaining the Sickness and Accident Scheme (Courtesy Paul Smith)
1953 Employee leaflet explaining the Sickness and Accident Scheme (Courtesy Paul Smith)
1953 Employee leaflet explaining the Sickness and Accident Scheme (Courtesy Paul Smith)
1953 Employee leaflet explaining the Sickness and Accident Scheme (Courtesy Paul Smith)
1953 Employee leaflet explaining the Sickness and Accident Scheme (Courtesy Paul Smith)
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)
1956 DR ASHTON AND JF HUNTER (Milk Processing article featuring Cricklewood & South Morden, which had just been opened)
1957 J.L. MOSLEY, D.B.BELL, C.P. LAMONT (Express Dairy Northern article from Express News)
1957 Recent Appointments. (Express News March)
1958 Sales and Outgoings described in a chart. (Express News July)
1958 Milk sales volumes, showing modest increases for liquid milk, and a trebling of volume for milk for manufacture, over the period 1954-8. (Express News July)
1958 Terry Thomas promotes milk at the June Dairy Festival. (Express News July)
1959 Recent Appointments (Express News October)
1959 Trading results and milk sales volumes. (Express News October)
1959 Trading results and milk sales volumes. (Express News October)
1959 Trading results and milk sales volumes. (Express News October)
1959 Walter Nell reports the acquistion of Independent Dairies, the opening of Wakefield Dairy and a new Processing Centre at South Ruislip. (Express News December)
1960? Brochure about the history of Express Dairy (Courtesy Paul Luke)
1960 W.E.D. Bell talking about a 5-day week for all - perhaps a bit premature! (Express News Spring)
1960 W.E.D. Bell talking about a 5-day week for all - perhaps a bit premature! (Express News Spring)
1960 Recent Appointment. (Express News Spring)
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)
1960 Board of Directors and Executive Committee. (Express News Summer)
1960 Express Dairy Divisions (Express News Summer)
1960 Recent Appointments (Express News Summer)
1960 Trading Accounts Summary. (Express News Summer)
1960 Big increases in liquid milk sales between 1956 and 1960, with trebling of manufactured milk volumes. (Express News Summer)
1960 Recent Appointments (Express News Christmas)
1962 W.E.D. Bell's Chairman's report - interesting that the logic for moving to cartons was to allow high speed bottling plant to run without changeovers. (Express News Spring)
1962 Recent Appointments. (Express News Autumn)
1962 W.E.D. Bell's annual report to shareholders, and staff with net profits after tax of £1.24m, record sales but increased costs. Higher butter production required by the MMB reduced creamery income. Retail expansion in the south of Scotland, re-equipment of Mitcham Foods, Goldhanger Fruit Farms, Spiers & Pond and an increase in the number of Premier Supermarkets to 30 are highlighted. (Express News Autumn)
1962 W.E.D. Bell's annual report to shareholders, and staff with net profits after tax of £1.24m, record sales but increased costs. Higher butter production required by the MMB reduced creamery income. Retail expansion in the south of Scotland, re-equipment of Mitcham Foods, Goldhanger Fruit Farms, Spiers & Pond and an increase in the number of Premier Supermarkets to 30 are highlighted. (Express News Autumn)
1962 Express Manufacturing Centres. (Express News Christmas)
1962 Express Foods Production and Marketing Organisation Chart (Express News Christmas)
1963 customer leaflet 'The Story of MILK today'. 12 page customer leaflet, list of Depots. (Courtesy Mark Hudson)
1963 W.E.D. Bell's Chairman's Report (Express News Autumn)
1963 'Bill' Costick appointed as Processing Manager at South Ruislip. (Express News Autumn)
1963 'Wyn' Roberts appointed as Production Manager, Cricklewood. (Express News Autumn)
1963 Adam McCartney appointed as Yogfruit Manager when it moved to Cricklewood. (Express News Autumn)
1963 Express financial performance reported in the Daily Express, 09 December. (Courtesy of THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD)
1965 Acquisition of J. Good and Sons Dairy. Chris Austen remembers in 2024 "Tony, the oldest brother, died aged 90 three years ago. I took over from Paul in 1968 but have not remained in touch. David died a few years ago and Dudley, who was a near neighbour when I lived in Maidenhead, had a very successful career owning and operating garden centres. There was a fifth brother who did not work in the business and became a solicitor." (April Express News)
1965 Express Dairy Export ltd set up following the launch of UHT milk. (April Express News)
1965 (Express News Summer/Autumn)
1965 (Express News Summer/Autumn)
1965 Recent Appointmenrs (Express News Christmas)
1966 Chairman's Report, in Express News Summer Edition
1966 Express night-time operations Page 1 (Express News Summer 1966)
1966 Express night-time operations Page 2 (Express News Summer 1966)
1966 Express night-time operations Page 3 (Express News Summer 1966)
1966 Express night-time operations Page 4 (Express News Summer 1966)
1966 Express night-time operations Page 5 (Express News Summer 1966)
1966 London and Northern Region organisation chart. (Express News Summer 1966)
1966 W.E.D. Bell announces the formation of the Creameries Division, and congratulates Crediton for its butter award at the Dairy Show. (Express News Autumn & Christmas)
1967 Recent Appointments (Express News Spring)
1967 E.K. Robarts announces new bottling centre in Maidstone, new plant at Wakefield and Whythenshawe, and new retail depots at Rochdale, Widnes and Crewe. (Express News Summer)
1968 Recent Appointments (Express News Spring)
1968 Recent Appointments (Express News Spring)
1968 Recent Appointments. (Express News Christmas)
1969 Recent Appointments (Express News Spring)
1969 Momentous year for Express, with the takeover by Grand Met. (Express News Autumn)
1969 Recent Appointments (Express News Autumn)
1969 Two important retirements following the acquisition of Express by Grand Met - Sir Henry Turner and Walter Nell. (Express News Christmas)
1969 Confirmation by E.K. Robarts of the acquisition of Express Dairy by Grand Metropolitan Hotels, and organisational changes within Express. (Express News Christmas)
1969 Recent Appointments and senior managers. (Express News Christmas)
1970 Grand Metropolitan (described as 'one of our senior partners'!) had acquired Berni Inns and Mecca Entertainments. (Express News Autumn)
1970 Grand Met acquisition of Mecca, and its Miss World competion amongst many other activities. (Express News Autumn)
1970 Jack Vosper wrote this account of post-war acquisitions by Express at the time of Job's Dairy purchase. (Express News Christmas)
1970 Recent Appointments, featuring Basil Hooper (Eden Vale Marketing Director) and Jock Carter (Training Officer). (Express News Christmas)
1971 The Government withdraws Welfare Milk provision, with a potential loss to the Trade of 200m gallons/ year. (Express News Spring)
1971 Recent appointments, featuring Philip Saxon, Michael Broadhead, Howard Wyer-Roberts, Jack Evans and Andrew Paterson. (Express News Spring)
1971 Express reorganised into two groups for Milk and Foods. (Express News Spring)
1971 Express reorganised into two groups for Milk and Foods. (Express News Spring)
1971 Express reorganised into two groups for Milk and Foods. (Express News Spring)
1971 Express reorganised into two groups for Milk and Foods. (Express News Spring)
1971 Recent Appointments (Express News Summer)
1971 Recent Appointments feature John Potts, Frank Van Hoof and Bob Dale, with University Honours to George Clowes and Philip Cooper. (Express News Christmas)
1972 New Retail Management structure in London. (Express News Spring)
1972 New Retail Management structure in London. (Express News Spring)
1972 New London Rounds Management structure. (Express News Spring)
1972 New London Shops Management structure. (Express News Spring)
1972 Recent Appointments featuring John Lockhart, Bill Lockhart, John Lyon-Maris and John Parden. (Express News Spring)
1972 Cheese consumption statistics. (Express News Spring)
1972 Cheese consumption statistics. (Express News Spring)
1972 New developments-acquisition of North Devon Dairies in Barnstaple, new Scottish depots at Airdrie and Greenock, and Yorkshire move to Knowles Dairy. (Express News Summer)
1972 Foods Division organisation. (Express News Summer)
1972 Recent Appointments. (Express News Summer)
1973 Express Foods bulk products sales, with Industrial Sales Director Charles Lamont, Jack Linnell (UK Sales), Robbie Morrison (Consultant) and Brendan Chambers (Research, Marketing and Development). (Express News Spring)
1973 Express Foods bulk products sales. (Express News Spring)
1973 Express Foods factories supplying bulk products. (Express News Spring)
1973 Milk Division organisation chart. (Express News Spring)
1973 Expess sales, profit, gallonage and staff numbers from 1949 to 1972. (Express News Spring)
1973 Recent Appointments. (Express News Spring)
1973 Recent appointments including Keith Airey, Jack Evans, Jim Hodges and Derrick Hornby. (Express News Summer)
1973 Current milk consumption statistics. (Express News Summer)
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)
1972 Revised Express Foods organisation chart, with Tony Good at the top. (Express News Autumn)
1972 Recent Appointments, featuring Arthur Aylott (Maidstone Area Director), Fred Bloomer (Area Director-Didcot), Stan Dawes (Development Manager) and David Sloan (MD Sloane's Dairies). (Express News Autumn)
1972 Recent Appointments. (Express News Christmas)
1973 (Express News Autumn)
1973 Recent Appointments (Express News Christmas)
1974 JTC announces latest developments for North Tawton, Lockerbie, Maidstone, Newbury, Whetstone, with shop developments in Sydenham and Hendon.(Express News Spring)
1974 Recent Appointments (Express News Spring)
1974 Recent Appointments. (Express News Summer)
1974 Tony Good announces Foods Division reorganisation (Courtesy Doreen Williams)
1974 Recent Appointments (Autumn Express News)
1974 Recent Appointments. Lockerbie past and present comments "Sadly Norman Scoular (Lockerbie Factory Accountant) died in an air crash in September 1998. Norman was only a short time at Lockerbie Creamery but went on to hold some very senior posts in major companies. 'Mr Scoular was among six Britons killed in the air disaster yesterday. The Swissair flight 111 crashed into the sea off Nova Scotia an hour after it took off from New York, en-route for Geneva.'" (Express News Christmas)
