1930s Allied Dairies embossed half-pint wide neck milk bottle, sealed with a cardboard disc insert. Bottle also has an applied enamel print promotion for Crawford's Wholemeal Biscuits. (Courtesy Mark Hudson)
1940s Allied Dairies half-pint milk bottle, sealed with a foil cap closure.(Courtesy Mark Hudson)
1960's Wythenshawe Express Dairy Commer at Northenden (Courtesy North West Trucks)
1964 Allied Dairies, Wythenshawe. From Express Story 1864 - 1964
1966 Laboratory worker at Wythenshawe processing dairy Sheelagh McGreal voted Belle of the Ball in Altrincham (Courtesy Beryl Purslove)
1969 Four of five National Driver of the Year entrants-Ted Hearn (Wythenshawe), Wilson Forrester, John Hodgson (Appleby), and Derek Colvin (Bromley). Missing was Ernie Payne (Sheffield). (Express News Christmas)
1971 Wythenshawe Once Again
1971 Wythenshawe Once Again
1971 Wythenshawe Once Again
1971 Wythenshawe Once Again
1971 Wythenshawe Once Again
1971 Wythenshawe-Area HQ, Bottling, Sterilised Milk and Vehicle Maintnance. (Express News Xmas)
1971 Wythenshawe-Ron Massey sweeping the yard in front of the new office extension. (Express News Xmas)
1971 Wythenshawe-Mrs Joyce McGlynn and the General Office staff. (Express News Xmas)
1971 Wythenshawe-Lab Assistant Helen Houlden agitating milk prior to sampling. (Express News Xmas)
1971 Wythenshawe-Driver Ronnie Barrett. (Express News Xmas)
1971 Wythenshawe-Processing Manager Rod Curtois. (Express News Xmas)
1971 Wythenshawe-Switchboard girls Julie Barker and Brenda Mullarkey. (Express News Xmas)
1971 Wythenshawe-Foreman Checker Arthur Ward. (Express News Xmas)
1971 Wythenshawe-Management Team Phil Burch, Bill Croft, Fred Pratt, Fred Cooper, Syd Miller and Neil Brobyn. (Express News Xmas)
1971 Wythenshawe-Storeman George Riseborough. (Express News Xmas)
1971 Wythenshawe-Fitter David Rigby checks an ammonia compressor. (Express News Xmas)
1971 Wythenshawe-Charlie Mather stacking crates of sterilised milk. (Express News Xmas)
1971 Wythenshawe-'Cockney' Knight supervises the Albro sterilised milk filler. (Express News Xmas)
1971 Wythenshawe, Industrial Area, Paston Road - left side, at Express Dairy, Sharston Industrial Estate (Courtesy Manchester Library Collections)
1971 Wythenshawe, Industrial Area, Paston Road - left side, Express Dairy and Fielden, Sharston Industrial Estate (Courtesy Manchester Library Collections)
1974 Wythenshawe Long Service gathering, with Fred Smart, Sam Kershaw, Norman Hayes and Arthur Reed. (Express News Christmas)
1976 Manchester entrants from Wythenshawe and Flixton raise funds for charity at the local Flixton and Urmston Carnival. (Express News Spring)
1977 Wythenshawe Central Workshop storemen Eric Brooks on stage. (Express News Christmas)
1980 Wythenshawe - Dennis Watson & Linda Mort
1980 Wythenshawe Joint Consultative Committee
1981 John Connolly, chairman of Wythenshawe Social Club is presented with an award by Bobby Charlton, to thank the club for money raised for charity in a sponsored swim. (Express News July)
1983 Wythenshawe doing a swim marathon in aid of the National Federation of Boys Clubs.
1993 Ashby Dairy Company and Wythenshawe are featured in this Northern Foods Employee Report. (Express Dairy Tales Archive)
2000 Reg ERF W493 JOG Express Chilled Distribution. Jimmy Reid comments "Express bought out Blake’s Chilled Distribution in 2000." Antony Simmons added "I took over managing the Warrington Blakes' site for a while when I was at Wythenshawe. Unfortunately the site had a fire and burnt down; we moved some of the picking back to Wythenshawe and the rest went to Alcester." (Courtesy Dave Fane)
2008 Closure announcement in the Manchester Evening News.
