IN DEPTH
Illustrated book published in 1964, for the centenary of Express Dairy, by author Bryan Morgan with foreward by Walter Nell, the Company's President at that time. Express Journey is a detailed history of Express from the Barham family in the early years of the 19th Century through to 1964.
Express Journey (Book) 1964 - Dust Jacket
Express Journey (Book) 1964 - Frontispiece
Express Journey (Book) 1964 - Sir George Barham, J P (1836—1913), founder of the Express Dairy Company, who rose to become High Sheriff of Middlesex, Charter Mayor of Hampstead and President of the British Dairy Farmers' Association
Express Journey (Book) 1964 - The iron tombstone of John Barham in Wadhurst parish church, Sussex
Express Journey (Book) 1964 - Nell Gwynn's Dairy in the Strand was acquired by Robert Barham in 1849
Express Journey (Book) 1964 - The headquarters of the Express Country Milk Supply Company in Museum Street, Bloomsbury.
Express Journey (Book) 1964 - Montpelier Vale, Blackheath, the company's first distributing dairy, was opened in 1882. Its appearance, as well as its standards of hygiene and use of mechanical devices, reflected the various facets of George Barham's personality.
Express Journey (Book) 1964 - Montpelier Vale, Blackheath, the company's first distributing dairy, was opened in 1882. Its appearance, as well as its standards of hygiene and use of mechanical devices, reflected the various facets of George Barham's personality.
Express Journey (Book) 1964 - College Farm, Finchley, was bought in 1868 and soon became a showplace for livestock and equipment.
Express Journey (Book) 1964 - Tavistock Place Head Office was first occupied in 1906.
Express Journey (Book) 1964 - Titus Barham (1859—1937) , the second chairman of the Express Dairy Company, who founded the Guernsey Cattle Society, became Charter Mayor of Wembley and was President in its jubilee Year of the British Dairy Farmers' Association.
Express Journey (Book) 1964 - Colonel Arthur Barham, CMG (1869—1952), chairman of the Dairy Supply Company and a cofounder and managing director of United Dairies Limited.
Express Journey (Book) 1964 - Captain Walter Nell, a great-nephew of the founder, joined the company in 1919 as engineer and transport manager.
Express Journey (Book) 1964 - Appointed chairman of the Express Dairy Company in 1937 and President in 1960, Walter Nell is a past chairman of the Central Milk Distributive Committee and a former President of the National Dairymen's Benevolent Institution.
Express Journey (Book) 1964 - Cricklewood Dairy, completed in 1929, was claimed by many to be the largest and most up-to-dale milk bottling plant in the world.
Express Journey (Book) 1964 - Chairman of the Express since 1960, W.E.D. Bell, DFC, was largely responsible for introducing mechanical handling techniques into the dairy industry.
Express Journey (Book) 1964 - The installation of an electronic computer at South Ruislip was one of the highlights of the company's centenary year in 1964.
