At the age of 14 I helped out on a milk round - 1982. Started at 4.30 and watching the sun come up on a frosty morning is beautiful.

i remember the old times of milk from our local milkman, silver top milk was perfect with a big bowl cornflakes in the misty autumn mornings!

I remember in the school holidays, I used to 'help' the milkman with his deliveries....just in the immediate area. Dropping milk off, fancy orange juice (it was in the early 70s) and yogurts all from the local dairy in the village (Healds) I even sat up front or hopped on the back of the float, something you wouldn't be able to do now.

I was a Unigate milkman from 1969 to 1977, best job i ever had, started my round at 6am in the morning, last pint delivered by 10am, worked six weeks straight then one week off. The milkman in the film is not typical, for a start no one in my dairy would be wearing a peaked cap, if they did wear anything it would be something like a wooly hat, the other obvious inaccuracy is that he wouldn't be walking, but slow running or he would never get the round finished. But for all that it was nice to revisit warm memories.

Back in 1950's my dad was a milkman and drove a milk float like this. I used to go with him on Sunday to help him out (4.30am starts) and by the time I was 8 in about 1960 I used to drive it a bit whenever I could.

@deetee5863

2 жыл бұрын

I did the same great days

Best times of my life ... had a job at Unigate at 14 ... working through the fog and snow and ice ...loved Christmas were all the customers would give me tips..

Hardly any cars parked up on the side roads. Now it's bumper to bumper.

@stevealexR1

4 жыл бұрын

John Polo That is due to Labour (in the 1990’s / 2000’s) directing councils to limit the number of parking places allocated to each house to a level well below what would be reasonable bearing in mind most teenagers living at home also have cars. The roads of every post 1990’s housing estate are therefore littered with cars...

Wonderful,,I loved the 70s,,Thanx for a great vid,,

I was a milk boy in the 70s, loved it. First vehicle I ever drove

The Land Rover Series 3 LJB 990L in the video at 1.21 is still on the road. Had a new engine in 2017 right enough.

@bladerunner9045

5 жыл бұрын

Superb 👍

@thetruthonlyone

5 жыл бұрын

I said the same thing. How do you no it had a new engine in 2017?

@JohnnyPaton

5 жыл бұрын

4pple the mileage difference from one MOT to the next

Wow don't see that shit anymore!! My great aunt used to have a milk man delivered her milk. I think he came 2 times a week or something. And that was back in 1977. Good 😊 old days.

Unigate...who remembers Humphrey.."watch out,there's a Humphrey about".

@liverush24

5 жыл бұрын

Scary stuff!

@darren2514fv

5 жыл бұрын

Was Freddie Starr used by Unigate in it's advertising

@doctorbastard2912

5 жыл бұрын

Humphrey was a nonce

@liverush24

5 жыл бұрын

@@doctorbastard2912 He didn't have any genitals - he was a straw.

@billywhippet

3 жыл бұрын

Red and white straw

We were told that in 1994 when the milk marketing board was scrapped it would lead to fairer prices for consumers. Nonsense. Retail prices have constantly risen with inflation, while the price paid to farmers has hardly increased, and on many occasions has fallen. Two thirds of dairy farmers have quit milk production since 1994. Consumers and the remaining dairy farmers are now being ripped off by the few big milk processors in between, that make huge profits. All of this for a staple food. Ridiculous.

Aah, back to a much simpler time, a time when there much less cars on the roads polluting up the air. A time when you could sit down in the evening with 3 channels of pure entertainment, and happy "Feel Good" music filling our air waves. You can keep this 21st Century with all its technology, and rubbish tv ruined by the PC brigade. OK, so we had dodgy haircuts, and silly clothes, strikes, and the odd power cut, but if anyone invents a time machine. Then here I come back to the 20th Century, and I would be a happy chappy.

@wharris302

5 жыл бұрын

What are you in about? 1 single car there will be putting out like 100 more emissions than 1 car today

@garydunn3037

5 жыл бұрын

@@wharris302 Yeah but you multiply that by the amount of cars on the roads today. Are you American? Most of your cars are between 4--6 litres and are gas guzzlers. Continue to chop down the rain forests, and carbon emissions will increase, with disastrous consequences.

@wharris302

5 жыл бұрын

@@garydunn3037 i dont know where you live but in britiain its rare to see even a bus with an engine bigger than 5 litres, and the 9 litre ones are powered by food oil so

@garydunn3037

5 жыл бұрын

@@wharris302 Cars of today are cleaner burning than those of years gone by. They fail their MOT if the exhaust gases are to high in carbon. The point I was making was that there are now too many cars on the roads compared with 40 years ago. Hence more air pollution.

@garydunn3037

5 жыл бұрын

@@wharris302 American cars nearly always have engines of 5 litres or more. Most Chevy's such as the Camaro and Corvette have 5.7 liter V8's. The Dodge Viper has an 8 liter V10.

we still use our local milkman from the farm just down the road

Great piece of social history. But could he of parked any closer to that Land Rover 😅

@Landie_Man

5 жыл бұрын

Grandad Gamer Land Rover is still taxed and MOTd

@LesD9

Жыл бұрын

@@Landie_Man MOT now expired Sept 2022. Probably now used on a farm.

Battery powered floats,glass bottles,way ahead of the times.

What a sight for sore eyes, as they were then too! Snow? bread strike? Could always rely on them. Bring 'em back please!!!

I loved those days.... I remember a TV advert that went something like "...don't forget that your milkman does not only sell milk..." -- so true. He sold potatoes, cream, cheese.... .. and the milk in those bottles was so fresh. It was gold top for us although most people bought the tastless silver and red tops. Remember all that ? Having lived in several other parts of the world... I SIMPLY ADORE ENGLAND !!!!!! Seriously no other place like it !

@theangrygamer1008

3 жыл бұрын

We had a pop man as well. Came round with Corona pop. Now it's all Corona bloody virus

Never ever thought I'd be sitting here watching ephemera like this let alone wanting to leap into the screen and warn everyone what was coming.

Simple straightforward times of better days we have now lost 😢

@mindblast3901

5 жыл бұрын

Lot better times indeed

@NorthernMafia8

5 жыл бұрын

Its better now all you got to do it order some milk on Amazon

@Fireglo

5 жыл бұрын

Fully grown ADULTS nursing from cows. Yes they were very simple people indeed XD

@mikebuck3394

5 жыл бұрын

@@Fireglo unfortunately the foundations that made England great have been eroded by people's attitudes

@vanreliant5584

5 жыл бұрын

@@mikebuck3394 Also by a successive 5th column of self serving politicians of all the parties, may they burn in Hell.

Shame we didn't get to hear the "sound of the traditional Milk float", just annoying piano music. I remember them so well!

I still have the milkman delivering to my house, same as it's always been.

Great video. Love seeing the classic Thames logo on this channel!

I remember this in 1978 when the milk man sound that beautiful sounds in the morning at Glen Innes, my brother used to say our next door neighbor was an old Niuean man always says to him do you have miluka and he ran and said what is miluka? Those days were much better glass bottles even they're outside for two days no one steal them but nowadays it's a different story

@rickewilde

5 жыл бұрын

Yes I remember that distinctive whine of the milk float followed by the clink of milk bottles in the morning. I could follow his progress down the street from my warm bed.lol.

@Fireglo

5 жыл бұрын

Nursing milk is for babies. And cow's milk is for baby cows. Why are even fully grown adults nursing from cows? XD

This is so beautiful

When I was a kid in the 60s our milkman had one of those carts that he walked in front of. Big grab handle on the front was the stop/go control.

What absolutely fine piano music - and a great piece of nostalgia. Yes, times have changed a lot, people we knew have passed on, life is just a moment in time captured in a memory. Will we ever meet them again, can we ever go back, can we ever get a second chance?

@monicafiore20

4 жыл бұрын

Simply Connected ❤️

I remember staying with my Nan as a 6 yr old in this year and I would be awakened by the clatter of bottles as right opposite hers was a dairy and the Unigate Bedford KM would off load it’s crates onto waiting floats. Great times it’s a shame they ever let super markets sell milk. That was a much better time I think.

@terrificspokesman7416

2 жыл бұрын

Milk deliveries are getting more popular because the use glass bottles and supermarkets use plastic

i used to help the milkman on my school holidays in one of thoses great times starting work at 5am but now i see milkmen doing their job at 12,30 am wots all that about.

@maybenot6075

2 жыл бұрын

Back then was alot of "stay at home mums" to take it in, now everyones out to work by 8am, plus the size of the rounds has almost doubled with the assistance of modern tech

These days, we're so much more efficient - no use of the baskets unless necessary. But we still care!

Done the milk rounds from 1977 - 2023. Great but hard work in the cold

Gold Top, I remember it well.

ah the milkman - silver top racing to get the cream at the top for coffee!

Stop off for a bit of "how's your father", and on with the round. Those were the days.

@tilerman

5 жыл бұрын

Only after the bus driver and his conductor had had their bit of 'slap and tickle' LOL

@liverush24

5 жыл бұрын

@@tilerman I know EXACTLY what you're referring to. 😋

@johnproton259

2 жыл бұрын

@@tilerman and the postman had knocked twice. 😉

I wish the milk man would deliver my milk...in the morning

I LOVE THE DMS buses on route W3 These were NOWHERE near as bad as the jimmyblakes would have us believe...I used them all over London and to go to school on the 96 and dont remember any breaking down..

Farmers Wife and birds peeking on your gold top milk!

@markbishop1588

8 ай бұрын

If the milkman closes the garden gate it stops the birds getting into the garden to peck the foil caps.

I remember slipping on black ice and smashing three bottles... Then reversing out of a cul de sac and slammed it in forward too soon... You should have seen the sparks from under the dash... Whoops

I wonder if the current owner of LJB990L (landy) knows his (or her) vehicle is in a Thames TV feature. No surprise its still on the road.

Taken from a ITV Schools programme Finding Out

The funny thing is that Land Rover @ 1:21 still shows its on the road. 😀 wow

That was so soothing.

You can't beat fresh warm milk delivered to your door

Best days

Just get a Tesla, I knew Jack would end up delivering milk

that was filmed in 1978 not in 1979 (if you refer to the closing titles at the end)

How didn’t the milk go bad quickly after sitting out? How often did they come? I wish they did this today!

@maybenot6075

2 жыл бұрын

They do, theres plenty about

The modern version of the milk float is the EV.

Hazelnut or mandarin yoghurt please

@LesD9

Жыл бұрын

When I did a milk round in the 50s there were two choices....white or red. I have no idea what the red was! It didn't taste like strawberries.

0:13 - Think Bike!

@loyndsy

5 жыл бұрын

yes that was close

Great but... argh the music!

A 107 at 0:50

Found myself wondering if ya'll drove horse and carriage on the wrong side of the road, too?

@markbishop1588

8 ай бұрын

Some customers used to come put with a shovel+bucket to pick up the horses**t.Came in handy for the flowers+plants in the garden.

Clink clink .. :)

They got greedy with their prices.....so they put themselves out of business. If they had kept up with the times they would still be around today.

The milk float was so slow it's dangerous

Watching this video drives home for me that the British people have had their culture stolen from them. Disgraceful

I grew up in the 70s and although I loved my country and felt it was a great time to be alive, I always felt there was something lacking in our culture. I realised as a child that we needed Sharia Law and the only way for our country to become whole and complete was for successive governments to allow mass immigration so we could have millions of muslims living in Britain. I cannot tell you how happy I am in 2020 to see my childhood dream realised.

ADULT humans nursing from different species. I can't be the only one who finds this concept disgusting right?

@Fireglo

5 жыл бұрын

@stephen noonan It's not "bullocks" (i'm assuming you meant "bollocks"). It's Scientific fact. A mother produces milk for its children because it helps them develop and grow. Each different animal's milk is the milk made specifically for that animal. Not a single doctor in the world would recommend giving cow's milk to a baby over breast milk. There are absolutely 0 health benefits or reason for human adults to be nursing off cows. ADULTS DON'T NEED MILK.

@davidallen7977

5 жыл бұрын

@@Fireglo Interesting....so cows milk is no good for me? I'm an adult.

@Fireglo

5 жыл бұрын

@@davidallen7977 no good at all.

@crums0nMyJ4cket

5 жыл бұрын

@@TheSwampyization I work for an endocrinologist.... Osteoporosis... Ugh...