I had a chuckle to myself when I saw these lorries parked in Grassington. 'Dale's Dairies' suddenly reminded me of a long-running radio serial drama, 'Mrs Dale's Diary', (in fact the first ever significant radio serial drama) that used to air on the BBC Light Programme all through my childhood. Its theme tune and the goings on in Mrs Dale's middle class household (she was a doctor's wife) formed the backdrop to my early life.
Dale's Dairies, on the other hand, is a family business based in Grassington, sourcing milk from local Dales farms, processing and distributing it. They certify their milk is 'free range', from cows kept outside, free to graze for at least 180 days a year. I think their milk is mostly distributed door to door in glass bottles by traditional milkmen. Sadly, milkmen are rare in urban areas these days. I get my milk from Asda in plastic bottles, presumably not at all 'free range'.
That takes me back a bit. It came on the radio just after Listen With Mother if I remember rightly. She was always worried about Jim, wasn't she?
ReplyDeleteListen With Mother started at a quarter to two. "And if you are sitting comfortably then Daphne Oxenford will tell you another story!" And they sang, "Hey haw Marjorie Daw, Johnny shall have a new master. He shall earn but a penny a day if he cannot work any faster!" Lovely memories of our shared childhood! Mornings Margaret the horse delivered our silver-topped pint milk bottles.......
ReplyDeleteI enjoy misreading things like that. My favorite experience was passing a store front under a sign that read Adultery Retreat. A subsequent reading showed it was an adult day care center . . .
ReplyDeleteA bit of a different look to similar sized trucks here.
ReplyDeleteThat is a real throwback to have milk coming to the house and to have it in glass bottles!
ReplyDeleteAttlees 1946 Labour Government were determined to defeat child malnutrition, rickets and polio as had happened after WW1. Each child received free one third of a pint bottle of milk at playtime. The school dinner was massively subsidized. Pots, veg, meat, semolina with jam. Also a free annual dental inspection. Mr.Belisha erected yellow beacons at crossings, a great idea.
ReplyDeleteI vaguely remember my mother listening to Mrs Dale's diaries. I liked having bottles of milk delivered, but like you I now buy it from the supermarket.
ReplyDeleteThat is a nice memory. (The trucks look huge relative to those buildings . . . must be tough driving in tight quarters.)
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