1935 Locations of London Express Dairy Shops, compiled from Post Office Directory of that year.
1920's Shops feature shows Leyton Shop in the 1920's from Express News in 1977
1970 Inga Coates, manageress of Bute Street shop
1970 Bute Street Shop in London SW7 Kensington
1970 Bute Street Shop in London SW7 Kensington
1970 Bute Street Shop in London SW7 Kensington
1934 Parade outside Express Shop at 154 Camberwell Road, London. (Courtesy Paul Smith)
1908 Express Shop, probably 85 Queen Street, Cheapside, where Koppenhagen & Co, Cigar Importers and Pipemakers, were based in the 1900's. Lady on the right identified as Beatrice May Warren, by her grand-daughter Angela Masters. (January Express News)
1950's 17 King's Road, Chelsea shop (Courtesy Paul Smith)
2024 17 King's Road, Chelsea (Courtesy Google Streetview)
City Road Shop
1930's? Express Dairy paper bag, featuring Dover Street Shop (Courtesy Paul Smith)
1932 Jean, an assistant at the shop in Fulham Palace Road. (1960 Picture Set from Express News Christmas edition)
1910's? High Holborn Express Shop (Courtesy Michael Aldread)
1900's? Pentonville Road Shop (Courtesy Michael Aldread)
1950's Express Shop in Queen Caroline St, Hammersmith Broadway, prior to the construction of the flyover. Gaumont Cinema in the background, trolley bus power lines still in use. (Courtesy Robin Fraser Bell,)
1977 Shops feature about Robert Street shop with manageress Vera Murphy and Shops Director Gwyn Connelly
1977 Roberts Street, NW1 shop staff Sally Eley and Vera Murphy. (Express News Summer)
1977 Roberts Street, NW1 shop Cashier Pat Spears. (Express News Summer)
1977 Roberts Street, NW1 shop stockroom checks by Mrs Murphy and Frances Staff. (Express News Summer)
1977 Busy Roberts Street, NW1 Express Shop. (Express News Summer)
1944 Tottenham Court Road station protected by blast wall during the second world war. Express Dairy Co building, probably a shop, on the left. (Courtesy London Transport Collection)
1947 Side view of 55 Broadway, London Transport headquarters on the left, seen from St Ermin's Hill, with an Express Dairy shop in Broadway visible at the end of the street. (Courtesy London Transport Collection)
1910's? Maida Vale shop. "The Express Dairy Company's new branch at 1 Lauderdale Parade, Elgin Avenue. (Courtesy Paul Smith)
1969 Express Shop, Clifton Road, Maida Vale, looking north-east towards St John's Wood Road. (Courtesy rustyproof, Flickr)
2023 Lauderdale Parade, Maida Vale (Courtesy Google Street View)
1938, March. Morden Underground station; a queue of passengers waiting for workmen's tickets with Express Dairy shop advertising " Pasteurised Milk Twice Daily in This District". (Courtesy London Transport Collection)
1970 Morden shops: 2 Crown Lane & 86-84 London Road (J Leon & Co tobacconist/Express Dairy Co Ltd/Andrews & Partners estate agent) (Courtesy Bill Rudd, Merton Historical Society)
1960's? New Barnet Shop, Greenhill Parade (Courtesy Paul Smith)
1960's? New Barnet shop. Paul Smith comments ""My mum worked there and my Auntie Barbara was manager, 2 x EVM vehicles used to park around the back, UBY 762F (Fred Wobey & Dell Rix) and Transit BRK 541H (Les Bunyan)". (Courtesy Paul Smith)
1960's? New Barnet Shop. Paul Smith comments "My Auntie Barbara was manager of New Barnet shop, my mum was cashier there also" (Courtesy Paul Smith)
1960's? New Barnet Shop (Courtesy Paul Smith)
1900's J Clarke shop in East Twickenham. Paul Lelliott comments "The Express shop was just at the bottom of Richmond bridge; there also was one in St Margarets Road. Always doing run-outs to them." (Courtesy Twickenham Park Residents Association)
1911 The Clarke's main shop at 46 Hill Rise, Richmond, now renumbered to 84. (Courtesy Twickenham Park Residents Association)
1960's Hornby and Clarke shop at St Margarets Broadway. (Courtesy Twickenham Park Residents Association)
1966 Sheen Lane shop, still trading under Hornby & Clarke name, manageress was Mrs Taylor. (Express News Summer 1966)
1970's? St Margaret's Shop, Twickenham (Courtesy Express Dairy Memories FB Group)
1977 Shops feature shows Ruislip self-service shop in the 1970's
1950's Sidcup High Street Shop
1955 Express Dairy shop at Albany Park, Sidcup. Robin Fraser Bell comments "My mum Mary Bell is on the left, then Joyce Goddard and Gladys Luxford. Their husbands were all milkmen at Express, Fred Goddard moved to Unigate at Bournemouth. My Dad Duncan Bell went on to be Assistant Manager at Welling Depot, with Derek Luxford as Manager."(Courtesy Robin Fraser Bell)
1955 Express Dairy shop at Albany Park, Sidcup (Courtesy Robin Fraser Bell)
1982 Experimental shop re-branding at St John's Wood
1982 Experimental shop re-branding at St John's Wood
1982 Experimental shop re-branding at St John's Wood
1968 Andrew Pear at Stanmore Shop as part of his training and experience as a merchandiser. (Express News Christmas)
1970 New 'all-refrigerated' self-service shop in Stanmore, Middlesex
1970 New 'all-refrigerated' self-service shop in Stanmore, Middlesex
1970 New 'all-refrigerated' self-service shop in Stanmore, Middlesex
1970 New 'all-refrigerated' self-service shop in Stanmore, Middlesex
1970 New 'all-refrigerated' self-service shop in Stanmore, Middlesex
1970 Stanmore shop images-the first 'all refrigerated' shop. (Express News Autumn)
1991 Shop Manageress Dorothy recalls her time at Stanmore Broadway shop (from Express Foods Pensioners News) Robin Fraser Bell comments "My mum worked in an Express shop in 1955, her and her co-workers used have a bit of a giggle. She used to tell us a story of an elderly lady who would come in weekly to buy currant buns, and always said "are those currants in that bun?". One day my mum answered "no they're dead flies". Courtesy Beryl Purslove
1951, Streatham Shop. Chris Zalman comments "Was Streatham the site of the UK's first supermarket? Back in the 1950s, Streatham boasted the busiest and longest shopping street in the whole of South London, and it was Express Dairy who opened the 2,500 square foot store." Chris Austen adds "I remember the store, which was opposite Sainsburys and close to Streatham Hill Railway Station! I lived two miles away at the time!!".
1974 South Sydenham shop
1974 New concept shops at Sydenham and Colindale. Debs Brown comments "I worked in the Sydenham Road Express Dairy store, back in the late 70’s and early 80’s. Manager was a lovely lady called Sharon who married the Express Dairy milkmen Roy, nickname 'Ghost'. My mum worked in the Kirkdale store and the Chislehurst store too."
1974 New concept shops at Sydenham and Colindale
1973 Linda Hams, Manager of Tithe Farm shop
1950's Upper Norwood shop on Westow Hill. Jonathan Austen-Buchanan comments "The church opposite is Upper Norwood Methodist, prior to its rebuilding in the 1960's. The lady is my great-aunt, Ivy Bridle, who was manageress of the window display department. (Courtesy Jonathan Austen-Buchanan)
1970 New self-service shop on the Roundshaw estate between Wallington and Croydon
1977 Retired Wembley West manageress Mrs Mary Bond. (Express News Summer)
1900's, West Hampstead shop on the left. (Courtesy Mark Amies)
1949 Express Shop at Sidmouth Road, Willesden. Part of a survey of local shopping centres by the Borough of Willesden, described as "A modern shopping parade in Sidmouth Road". Graham Wichall comments "My mum Jacqueline Tee worked there in the late 30's/early 40's as a milk girl on the horse and cart, with the churns and ladles" (Courtesy mikey ashworth, Flickr)
1900's Shops like this were supplied with milk brought into London by rail. (Courtesy 'On the Milk Train' video, Dr David Turner)
1900's? Express Dairy Shop (Courtesy Paul Smith)
1940's? Express Shop, unknown location (Courtesy Paul Smith)
(Courtesy Michael Aldread)
1950's? Express Shop window display (Courtesy Paul Luke)
Express Shop (Courtesy Michael Aldread)
Express Shop (Courtesy Michael Aldread)
1960's? Express Self Service Shop (Courtesy Paul Smith)
(Courtesy Michael Aldread)
1950's? Express Shop next to market. (Courtesy Growing up in my Britain was GREAT FB Group, via Paul Smith)
1954 (Express Salesman's Manual Fourth Edition)
1962 Express Shop - Alan Bourke asks "Would anyone know the location of this Express Shop, possibly in the general areas of Muswell Hill or Ealing?" (Courtesy Alan Bourke)
1968 Part of a 'Backing Britain' campaign, where Express pegged their prices for 6 months because of a national financial crisis. See the shop sign "Express Pegs Prices until 31st March" in the shop window. (Express News Spring)
1970's ? Express Shop (Courtesy Michael Aldread)
1909 J Jones Dairy Shop at 8 Jewry Street, Aldgate EC3 was built in 1650, and survived both the Great Fire and the Blitz before succumbing to a fire in 1946. ] Jones dairy has a fashionable marbled plinth and pilasters and applied lettering divided by the central glazing bar. (Courtesy GLC Historic Buildings Collection)
1910. 34-39 Lisle Street, Soho, terrace of late 18th century houses with contemporary shopfronts and a wealth of detail. J.O. Morris, Leicester Dairy advertises 'New Milk' for sale. The newsagents on the left has an enamel sign for the National Telephone Company to advertise a public telephone, and the placard for the 'Mirror' leads with 'Women Watch Liners for Dr Crippen'. (Courtesy GLC Historic Buildings Collection)
1920. Woburn Buildings, 2-14 Dukes Road, Euston, remains one of London's most picturesque places. Built to serve the grand houses on the adjacent Bedford Estate, they form part of Thomas Cubit's original design of 1822 with a beautiful sequence of curved bay windows to the shops. Milk and fresh farm produce were brought into the great railway stations daily; hence the line of milk churns on the footway, which still retains the original massive York stone slabs over the cellars beneath. (Courtesy GLC Historic Buildings Collection)
1943. 92-101 Snowsfields, Bermondsey, wartime view but could have been taken 50 years earlier. Little has changed - dingy, soot-blackened frontages and an air of world-weary decrepitude characterised many of London's poorest districts. Surprisingly for wartime, Oxford Farm Dairy is well-stocked with canned produce. (Courtesy GLC Historic Buildings Collection)
2024 Location of 8 Jewry Street, Aldgate, EC3 (Google Streetview)
2024 6 Dukes Road, Bloomsbury, London WC1H 9AD (Google Streetview)
2024 34 Lisle Street, Soho 'Baby Pink' (Google Streetview)
2024 92 Snowsfields (Nawaz), Bermondsey (Google Streetview)
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