Milk delivery

[Azalea]

Does anyone on here have one?  I’ve found one - Modern Milkman - that is offering 50% off for the first two weeks plus a complementary milk hut.  They sell different non dairy items plus bread, jam, eggs and other items.  

[OutOfFocus]

We get milk from milk and more. Reasonably happy.  

Milk and orange juice in returnable bottles.

[Spartacus]

I always feel we lost something amazing when we moved away from home milk delivery with glass bottles using electric floats to driving to supermarkets and buying milk in plastic bottles.

Hindsight says we should have valued the good old milky more 

[HeadNun]

Yep, I hear you. Been waiting for modern milkman to these parts and plan to try them out. I still remember Dennis, our Egg-man, from my childhood, who used to deliver dozens in his Citroen 2C and came to collect the boxes the following week. Happy Days. 

[Sue]

Just now, Spartacus said:

I always feel we lost something amazing when we moved away from home milk delivery with glass bottles using electric floats to driving to supermarkets and buying milk in plastic bottles.

Hindsight says we should have valued the good old milky more 

Off topic, but when I was a kid in Streatham, long ago, apart from the milkman (rarely if ever milkwoman),  who also delivered yoghurt - very exotic - in little glass jars, we also had regular deliveries of coal, bread and cheesecakes (not the kind we know now, they had coconut on top), fruit and veg,  and paraffin (both pink and blue).

I'm not entirely sure we have lost "something amazing" by buying milk in shops.

The glass bottles were left on the doorstep and the metallic tops were pecked through by birds getting at the cream/milk.

Or else the bottles were nicked. 

And then there was the rag and bone man.... bell and horse and cart, just like Steptoe.

God I'm old.

We didn't have supermarket deliveries. We didn't have supermarkets. I remember the first supermarket opening in Streatham. It  was quite amazing having to walk round and  put your own shopping in a basket.

As you were ..... Sorry OP and admin.

[Jess2003]

Not yet but have been seriously considering it. Good to know others are successfully using it. 

[Earl Aelfheah]

Of course you also had lot's of local diaries. My grandmother had a job as a milkmaid in Camberwell when she was young!

Edited October 28 by Earl Aelfheah

[Azalea]

9 hours ago, Sue said:

Off topic, but when I was a kid in Streatham, long ago, apart from the milkman (rarely if ever milkwoman),  who also delivered yoghurt - very exotic - in little glass jars, we also had regular deliveries of coal, bread and cheesecakes (not the kind we know now, they had coconut on top), fruit and veg,  and paraffin (both pink and blue).

I'm not entirely sure we have lost "something amazing" by buying milk in shops.

The glass bottles were left on the doorstep and the metallic tops were pecked through by birds getting at the cream/milk.

Or else the bottles were nicked. 

And then there was the rag and bone man.... bell and horse and cart, just like Steptoe.

God I'm old.

We didn't have supermarket deliveries. We didn't have supermarkets. I remember the first supermarket opening in Streatham. It  was quite amazing having to walk round and  put your own shopping in a basket.

As you were ..... Sorry OP and admin.

Based on what I’ve seen, you can get yogurt in small glass jars from milkman now if you miss those.  Butter and bread is also available.  One of the dairies has fresh bread from a bakery in Brockley, but that bakery also do their own deliveries which I had been thinking of trying.

[David Peckham]

I miss milkmen. It was the sign of a good night out if you met one on the way home.

But could quality produce, in 100% recyclable packaging and home-delivered by zero emission electric vehicles really catch on these days?

They should bring back the Corona pop man, as well.
 

[Spartacus]

11 hours ago, Sue said:

The glass bottles were left on the doorstep and the metallic tops were pecked through by birds getting at the cream/milk.

Or else the bottles were nicked. 

 

Blimey Sue 

That was a rough neighbourhood if the birds were nicking your bottles. 😅

[Sue]

1 hour ago, Azalea said:

Based on what I’ve seen, you can get yogurt in small glass jars from milkman now if you miss those.  Butter and bread is also available.  One of the dairies has fresh bread from a bakery in Brockley, but that bakery also do their own deliveries which I had been thinking of trying.

The yoghurt was very sharp (not sure of right word) and  if memory serves quite runny.

Nothing like the stuff sold now. There was pink as well. Strawberry? That must have had sugar in?

Too new fangled for us, but my Auntie Grace down the road used to get it 😂

2 hours ago, Earl Aelfheah said:

Of course you also had lot's of local diaries.

Well, you had to keep up to date.

Sorry, couldn't resist.

[David Peckham]

There was quite an old clip on BBC4 recently where they were introducing yoghurt to the British public. They called it a 'Balkan Dairy Preparation', which sounded to me more like something you'd ask to speak to the male member of staff about in the chemist in those days.

[just_browsing]

Enjoying the nostalgia and memories. 

As with others, we get ours through Milk and More (is part of big co, so there is that against it, but it's hardly a secret/niche thing) - returnable glass bottles of milk, orange juice, yoghurt, and much more besides (as per the name).

And yes it comes in the middle of the night in an electric vehicle. So can still get out nostalgia fix, doubled when the Riverford chap comes too. 

Edited October 28 by just_browsing

[Penguin68]

Another shout out for Milk & More - their app allows you to alter the order, add or subtract to it and also to schedule holiday stops without having to leave messages in bottle - so more secure. You do have to set up a direct debit with them, but I haven't had any problems with that myself. I have had one or two missed or late deliveries in several years, but not really a problem - only very occasional and caused mainly by delivery-person illness. And very much feels like an old-fashioned milk delivery. They do special seasonal offers as well. More expensive than the cheapest of the super market milk prices, but for that its at your door, fresh and no bother.

[Pugwash]

Have used Milk and More for years. When the price went up we cancelled a couple of pints but we still have 8 pints a week. If we are expecting family etc we buy from Sainsburys to top up.

We kept on with M & M as if weather bad we could order extra stuff from them to save us a trip to Sainsburys Local. Also gives employment to our milkman.

[bubbachumps]

We've been using Modern Milkman for six months or so.  Good and reliable service and intuitive website

 

[Huggers]

Used Milk and More for years with satisfaction and very few blips.

[Azalea]

18 hours ago, bubbachumps said:

We've been using Modern Milkman for six months or so.  Good and reliable service and intuitive website

 

Do they require a direct debit?

[ianr]

On the nostalgia side, I don't think anything can replace the clatter of the metal crates and the whirr of the milk float making its short hops.

ETA:  Spartacus wrote:

>Blimey Sue 

>That was a rough neighbourhood if the birds were nicking your bottles. 😅

Which leads precariously to even more nostalgia here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/446783695525873/posts/2409887992548757/

Edited October 30 by ianr
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[Jenijenjen]

Well, if it's nostalgia  you want ...

[ianr]

Nah, that's just schlock. ... Ugly-algia.

Edited October 30 by ianr
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[Sue]

Now I'm having my hand slapped by some forum bot 😮

All I did was try to add a laughing emoji to ianr's post.

This is obviously a message from the universe to tell me to get off my phone and get back to working my way through my very lengthy to do list 🤣

ETA: And it's just happened again when I tried to agree with a post in the lounge. OK universe, I give in. Back to the hideous task list.

Edited October 30 by Sue

[bubbachumps]

On 30/10/2025 at 05:51, Azalea said:

Do they require a direct debit?

No. You pay by card