1950's ?South Ruislip Warehouse Loading Bay (Courtesy Express Dairy Memories)
1950's Ruislip Workshop. (Courtesy Roger Frost)
1950's Ruislip Workshop. (Courtesy Roger Frost)
1957 South Ruislip warehouse
1957 Premier Supermarkets ‘Time for Leisure’ film (Yorkshire Film Archive)
1957 Premier Supermarkets ‘Time for Leisure’ film (Yorkshire Film Archive)
1958 Councillor Fred Combes of the Refrigeration Department becomes Mayor of Southwark. Philip Boyd comments "I knew Fred, he also ran the Christmas saving club. He was amazing as he had a stammer" (Express News July)
1959 Bill Kendall explains standard milk tests. (Express News March)
1959 Bill Kendall explains standard milk tests. (Express News March)
1959 The Refrigeration Dept win the Littlewoods Pools, organised by W.S. Honeyball. (Express News March)
1959 Express Central Stores at South Ruislip
1959 Express Central Stores at South Ruislip
1959 Express Central Stores at South Ruislip
1959 Express Central Stores at South Ruislip
1959 Express Central Stores at South Ruislip
1960 Butter Blending at South Ruislip
1960 Butter Blending at South Ruislip
1960 Panorama of South Ruislip
1961 Bob Wastell being presented with a silver box by Walter Nell.(Courtesy Brian Wastell, Bob's son)
1962 Laboratory Supervisor Mr Norman KiplingExpress News - Christmas 1962 Front Cover
1962 Pat Carroll of the Yogfruit laboratory, and other City & Guilds examination successes
1966 Express night-time operations - Driver Bill Thomas receives instructions from Night Tanker Foreman Harry Shepherd, at South Ruislip, before collecting 3000 gallons of milk from Staplemead for delivery to Bromley Processing. (Express News Summer 1966)
1968 Group Purchasing Dept people and operations. (Express News Christmas)
1968 Group Purchasing Dept people and operations. (Express News Christmas)
1968 Group Purchasing Dept people and operations. (Express News Christmas)
1969 Ex-tanker driver Ted Vousden in charge of the vehicle wash at South Ruislip (Express News Summer)
1969 Ex-tanker driver Ted Vousden in charge of the vehicle wash at South Ruislip (Express News Summer)
1969 'Battery Electric Armoured Wages Van' at South Ruislip. (Express News Summer)
1971 South Ruislip Topping Out ceremony for the new R&D Block X with Charless Lamont (Courtesy Doreen Williams)
1971 The South Ruislip Cremanaze salads department before it moved to Milborne St Andrew in 1977 . John Southwell comments "Started my Express career as a foreman here in 1971"(Courtesy Doreen Williams)
1971 The South Ruislip Cremanaze salads department before it moved to Milborne St Andrew in 1977 (Courtesy Doreen Williams)
1971 The South Ruislip Cremanaze salads department before it moved to Milborne St Andrew in 1977 (Courtesy Doreen Williams)
1971 (Courtesy Doreen Williams)
1971 Profile of shop stewards: Ted 'Ginger' Warner (Courtesy Doreen Williams)
1971 (Courtesy Doreen Williams)
1971 (Courtesy Doreen Williams)
1971 Quest for Quality at South Ruislip Eden Vale depot
1971 Quest for Quality at South Ruislip Eden Vale depot
1971 Salad production at South Ruislip
1971 Ruislip Central Stores Manager Sydney Milham and his wife celebrate 50 years together. (Express News Christmas)
1972 Miss Naushaba Sherif sets up a plate test in the Microbiological Laboratory at South Ruislip
1972 Opening of Eden Vale's new South Ruislip Cold Store by the Mayor of Hillindon, Councillor Came with Tony Good, Derrick Hornby, John Hunter and the lady Mayoress Mrs Came
1972 Opening of Eden Vale's new South Ruislip Cold Store by the Mayor of Hillindon, Councillor Came, trying out the forklift truck.
1972 Judy Weaver was farm liaison officer for Express (as was John Prickett in Shropshire). Walking and climbing are her main hobbies. (Express News Spring)
1972 Norman Robarts with Lew Harris of Tavistock Services at London Merit and Service Dinner.(Express News Summer)
1972 Society of Dairy Technology promoted to Express employees by Wyn Roberts. (Express News Summer)
1972 Recent Appointments- Stan Dawes, Development and Technical Manager. (Express News Autumn)
1972 retirements-Marie McCaskill, senior microbiologist at Cricklewood and Colindale. (Express News Christmas)
1972 retirements-Jack Cansick after 33 years as Group Purchasing Controller. (Express News Christmas)
1973 South Ruislip Research and Development Kitchen with Lesley Grainger and Margaret Wright
1973 Karen Piechoki in a tasting cubicle at South Ruislip, with flavoured milk
1973 South Ruislip Pilot Plant in the Research and Development Dept under Dr Bert Deutsch
1974 Society of Dairy Technology Conference, Crystal Palace, London - paper presented by Brian Gray as Manufacturing Manager of Express Dairy Foods Ltd (Courtesy Tim Gray)
1974 Society of Dairy Technology Conference, Crystal Palace, London - paper presented by Brian Gray as Manufacturing Manager of Express Dairy Foods Ltd (Courtesy Tim Gray)
1974 Society of Dairy Technology Conference, Crystal Palace, London - paper presented by Brian Gray as Manufacturing Manager of Express Dairy Foods Ltd (Courtesy Tim Gray)
1974 Society of Dairy Technology Conference, Crystal Palace, London - paper presented by Brian Gray as Manufacturing Manager of Express Dairy Foods Ltd (Courtesy Tim Gray)
1974 Bill Arnold (Central Engineering) chats with Marian Morgan. (Express News Summer)
1974 South Ruislip 50-year veterans Stan Cardy and Ernie Guppy. (Express News Summer)
1975 Brian Gray featured in Fortune magazine (Courtesy Tim Gray)
1976 Dr Bertholt Deutsch retires after 22 years, following a career at Mitcham Foods and head of Research and Development at South Ruislip
1977 Frozen Yogurt experimental product
1977 Frozen Yogurt experimental product
1977 Vic Cottle, 45 years with Express, was also President of the SDT. (Express News Autumn)
1977 Bob Wastell on his retirement at Ruislip (Courtesy Brian Wastell, Bob's son)
1977 TH Lewis retirees. Brian Wastell comments "This my dad Bob Wastell (centre) on his retirement, with Stan Cardy. On the right of the picture is Stan Loom, painter, who also worked at TH Lewis." (Courtesy Brian Wastell)
1977 Tracey King comments "Looking through old photos and came across this. My grandad Harry Draper (HGV Driver) receiving his 40 year service award in 1977. ❤️ (Courtesy Tracey King)
1977 Harry Draper. Tracey King comments "Looking through old photos and came across this. My grandad Harry Draper (HGV Driver) receiving his 40 year service award in 1977. ❤️ (Courtesy Tracey King)
1977 Whetstone milkman Ron Jackman was awarded the Jubilee Medal, and Vic Cottle also receives it. (Express News Summer)
1980's? South Ruislip Maintenance Dept floats
1980's South Ruislip Breakdown Truck (Courtesy Dave Fane)
1979 Express's Research and Development Dept at South Ruislip
1979 Express's Research and Development Dept at South Ruislip
1979 Express's Research and Development Dept at South Ruislip
1979 Express's Research and Development Dept at South Ruislip
1979 Express's Research and Development Dept at South Ruislip
1982 Lord Mayor's Procession, with Geoffrey Caines of Sherborne Depot (rescued an elderly couple from a burning house), Gerald Marnel of Birkenhead Depot (saved a child from a fire), David Fletcher from Dawlish Depot (saved two young girls in a runaway car), Peter Newton from Richmond Depot (uses a kidney dialysis machine but still does a wholesale round) and Ted Boorman, General Manager Transport and Services, Ruislip who was about to retire after 49 years, acting as host. (Express News February)
1983 Express Nutrition, based at South Ruislip
1983 Express Nutrition, based at South Ruislip
1983 Express Nutrition, based at South Ruislip
1983 Nina Patel in the South Ruislip laboratory.
1983 Grenville Hawney and Nora Shapton discussing laboratory techniques
1985 Geoffrey Laycock, Health & Safety Manager at South Ruislip
1985 Geoffrey Laycock, Health & Safety Manager at South Ruislip inspects a tanker
1987 Research and Development Department at South Ruislip
1987 Research and Development Department at South Ruislip. Dave Miles comments "I worked at South Ruislip in the R&D lab from 1986 to 1990/91 when Northern Foods took over and we all became redundant. I am in this photo featuring the Biochemistry lab which had just moved into the basement opposite the bottling plant. I was looking at new lab technology to put into the processing labs and I was lucky enough to go to several sites-North Tawton, Minsterley and Staplemead."
1987 South Ruislip, from Graduate Recruitment Brochure 'A New Perspective'- R&D Pilot Plant. (Courtesy Soo Rose-Cook)
1987 South Ruislip Transport Traffic Office, from Graduate Recruitment Brochure 'A New Perspective' (Courtesy Soo Rose-Cook)
1988 Dr Tom Ashton writes to mention those involved in the production of 'Royal' milk and cream. (January Express News)
1989 Eden Vale order processing system at South Ruislip
1989 Eden Vale order processing system at South Ruislip
1989 Eden Vale order processing system at South Ruislip
