Comments on: With the Spitalfields Milkman at Christmas

By: Alan Racheter

Alan Racheter — Sun, 23 Nov 2014 21:26:29 +0000

While I was living in Spitalfields during the 1950s the Express Dairy had a depot in Fournier Street.

By: melbournegirl

melbournegirl — Thu, 30 Dec 2010 08:03:57 +0000

oops, belatedly realised that you use the same temperature measurement as we do! Having just returned from London, you would think I would not make such a mistake! Point is … a very, very warm NYE in store for us.

By: melbournegirl

melbournegirl — Wed, 29 Dec 2010 22:11:38 +0000

Thanks Kevin and Happy new year to all from Melbourne! The weather bureau tells us that the temperature on NYE will be around 38 (c. 100 in your scale), so we will be raising a glass in a slightly different environment from London!

By: Mo

Mo — Wed, 29 Dec 2010 21:31:30 +0000

I didn’t know milkmen doing deliveries still happened.

By: Ros

Ros — Wed, 29 Dec 2010 21:10:51 +0000

even a bit further west in London is too far – I’d have milk delivered by Kevin if I could because some of the status of his heroic endeavours would surely transfer itself to each bottle. It’s great to read about him again.

By: Susan Lendroth

Susan Lendroth — Wed, 29 Dec 2010 18:23:42 +0000

I think southern California is a wee bit far to add to his rounds, but I wish we had such a service here.

By: Kevin the Milkman

Kevin the Milkman — Wed, 29 Dec 2010 13:22:39 +0000

Thanks Melbourne Girl. It is always hard to be cheerfull on the first day back at work after enjoying three days off, and with the weather to contend with as well. I cover quite an area these days, approx 50 miles a day, depot to depot, when all the customers are back from their break, but in the past some rounds I have done you may be in a road delivering for up to 4 hours, and when you look back down the road you feel you have got no-where in all that time!! Happy New Year!!

By: melbournegirl

melbournegirl — Wed, 29 Dec 2010 04:24:34 +0000

What an heroic effort, especially in the cold and dark. Kevin’s delivery book must read like an alternative map of the East End. How cheering to hear of this micro-journeying through the city.