Milk Collection

Drink More Milk poster
Poster issued by the National Milk Publicity Council showing a pretty, and wholesome looking dairy worker enjoying a glass of fresh milk

Milk for school children, 1955
Before Margaret Thatcher the milk snatcher put and end to free school milk for the over sevens, all primary school children would enjoy their daily third pint ration at school

Advert / Horlicks Malted
Horlicks Malted Milk is always up to the Standard - and supposedly this little girl, fortified by Horlick s, never flags?

Milkman and his Float
A milkman taking bottles from the crates on his float to deliver to someones doorstep

Tom Courtenay in Billy Liar (1963)
A production still image of Tom Courtenay as Billy Fisher in the final train station sequence of John Schlesingers Billy Liar

Advert for Horlicks malted milk 1916
Woman in World War One workshop, drinking the nourishing food-drink Horlicks Malted Milk. Date: 1916

Advert for Horlicks, the original malted milk drink, 1925 Date: 1925

Advert / Soda Water 1920S
SPARKLETS SODA WATER for use with water, lemonade, wine, milk, etc

Advert / Frys Chocolate
Frys Five Boys chocolate - Desperation, Pacification, Expectation, Acclamation, Realisation - Its Fry s!

Poster, The Vegetabull, a vegetable dish made with dried eggs or household milk is as good as a joint (post-WW2 rationing was still going on at this time). 1947

Balanced diet, computer artwork. A balanced diet shown as segments of a pie. The pie shows what proportion of the diet should be made up of each of the major food groups

Milkman delivering milk
Fresh milk is delivered by the milkman, who stands by his milk float. Date: 1975

Advert for Horlicks ration of malted milk tablets 1916
Restoring energy and vitality Horlicks malted milk compressed tablets, supplied in a air tight tin. 1916

Interior of tramshed, Lytham St Annes, Lancashire
Interior view of a tramshed at Lytham St Annes, Lancashire, showing various trams with advertising material: Jacobs Cream Crackers, Colmans Mustard, Lifebuoy Soap

A Plan of the town of Sheffield in the county of York drawn by W
Original at Sheffield Local Studies Library:s 45 S

Highbridge Station, Somerset, 1928
A view of Highbridge station in Somerset, taken in 1928. The milk churns in this photograph are empty, having just been dropped off by a departed train

Free to Roam. Southbank, Middlesbrough 1970s 1970s

Milky way above Lake Tekapo, New Zealand

Boy feeding lambs on Crosss Farm with bottle, 1932 George Garland Collection West Sussex Record Office Ref No: Garland N5540

Chichester Dairies lorries
Three lorries lined up in Chichester Dairies yard, 24 August 1962 Chichester Photographic Collection West Sussex Record Office Ref No: CPS 1393/5

Churning milk to make butter
Girl working a churn on a spring morning. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Black and White Milk Bar
A Black and White Milk Bar sporting a monochrome livery and purveying milkshakes and ice creams in various flavours including bootlegger and ovaltine

Making Butter, Armenia
Making butter in Arnebia using a suspended barrel to churn the milk

Collecting Milk Churns at Paddington Station, c. 1920s
A view of railway workers collecting milk churns at Paddington Station, London, c.1920s. The goods workers are loading the milk from a dairy motor vehicle onto wooden goods wagons

Advert for Cadburys cup chocolate
Hot Chololate instantly by simply shaking the soft flakes into a cup of boiling hot milk. 1930

Llewellin Churn Works, Haverfordwest, South Wales
A group of employees, mostly women, of the Llewellin Churn Works at North Gate, Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, Dyfed, South Wales

Police Public Call Box, London
A police officer using a Police Public Call Box on a London street. The Metropolitan Police introduced police boxes throughout the London area between 1928 and 1937

The Girl who ordered a glass of milk at the Cafe Royal
Illustration by H. M

Testing a Cows Udders
Testing the udders of dairy cows before they are attached to a mechanical milking machine

Advert / Mackesons Stout
MACKESONs STOUT Milk stout

1940S Housewife Cooking
A housewife cooks on a simple stove in a bare and austere kitchen, adding milk to the pan she is stirring

Six wheeled Siphon, No 960
Built to diagram O1 in 1890. Desinated for milk traffic

GWR 4 Ton Thornycroft Lorry, 1929
Seen here using lifting/lowering mechanism to lift milk churn from trailer

Empty milk churns on Paddington Station, c. 1914
Porters sort and move empty milk churns on Platform 1 of Paddington Station in London, c.1914. The overall roof of Paddingtons train shed can be seen in the background

Advert for Horlicks, the original malted milk drink, 1925 Date: 1925

Illustration of Milk, Mule, Suffolk, Welsh Mountain, and Jacob Sheep

Milk boy with three-wheeled cart & cans
A three-wheeled handcart, used to deliver milk in the East End of London

Milkman Making Delivery
A cheerful milkman puts the requisite number of milk bottles onto the doorstep

James Horlick / Vfair 1909
JAMES HORLICK Malted milk manufacturer Date: 1844 - 1921

The Railway Station, Clitheroe, Lancashire
The Railway Station, Clitheroe, near Whalley, Lancashire, England. Showing the milk dispatch Date: 1900s

Just two words! Nestles Milk 1915
Nestles milk for yourself and baby. Don t - as you value your childs life - experiment with " foods" of unknown composition; the lives of millions of children have been lost in that way

ROSE TEA SET
What could be nicer than waking up to a breakfast tray of dainty china - a Rose tea set - teapot, cups, saucers, milk jug and sugar bowl? Date: 1930s

Farmer leads his cows down a country road
A farmer leads his cows down a country road

St James Park / Cows Milk
Who would imagine that you could milk a cow in the middle of London ?

Inquisitive cow in Derbyshire, UK (0.5 zoom photo)

Advert for Cow & Gate formula milk food 1928
Cow & Gate formula, made of pure milk only

Electrical Magnet appliances 1929
Products from the Harrods catalogue electrical department, including Magnet, irons, kettles, shaving pot, milk sterilizer, coffee percolator, water boiler, toaster, griller and toaster, towel rail

Private First Class Patrick C. Reams from Bakersfield
Private First Class Patrick C

Traditional glass milk bottle in a vintage carrier, Cotswolds, Oxfordshire, UK

Castle Milk, Lockerbie
Castle Milk, near Lockerbie, Dumfriesshire. The house was one of several in the area used by Barnardos as an evacuation home during the Second World War

Frys Cocoa advertisement by John Hassall
Advert for Frys Cocoa Powder showing two burglars, delighted to discover several jars of Frys cocoa and Frys milk chocolate in a safe. 2nd December 1908

Horse-drawn milk cart with driver. Churn on the cart
The milkman is from Malvern Worcs Link Farm Diary and his name is E Betteridge - both texts visible of the cart. Date: circa 1905

Mars and Venus United by Love, 1570s. Creator: Paolo Veronese
Mars and Venus United by Love, 1570s

Africa, Senegal. A Fulani woman milking the Zebus

Manchester, England - Piccadilly Gardens
Manchester, England - the busy Piccadilly Street and Piccadilly Gardens showing shop fronts, cars, and businesses. circa 1910s

Milky way over Cathedral rock, Kiama, Sydney
Located about two hours driving to the south of Sydney on the NSW South coast

Silybum marianum, milk thistle
Illustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London. Entitled Chardon Marie

Mapleton Hotel, Coventry Street, London
Mapleton Hotel and restaurant, Coventry Street in central London just along from Piccadilly Circus

Poster advertising Norway, showing a pretty milkmaid with a yoke and two buckets. 20th century

Louis Pasteur, French microbiologist
Louis Pasteur (1822-1895), French microbiologist and chemist. Louis Pasteur proved the germ theory of disease, which holds that germs attack the body from the outside

Advert / Viking Milk 1900
Viking Milk - a perfect unsweetened milk

Six Wheeled Siphon, low roof milk van, No. 1654
Built to diagram O4

Two Persian women rocking a goatskin to churn milk. Date: circa 1900s

Advert, Australian Butter for the Homeland. 1936

College Farm, Finchley, North London -- entrance to Express Dairy Co, Teas and Refreshments. Date: circa 1900s

Cover design, Over 120 Ways of Using Bread for tasty and delightful dishes. Showing a woman in her kitchen, enjoying some of the results of her baking. Date: circa 1940s

Milky Monkey
23rd March 1959: Congo, a chimpanzee at London Zoo, likes his milk and whenever possible upturns a bottle and drains it dry. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

The Servant also called The Milkmaid or The Kitchen Maid c1660. Oil on canvas. Jan Vermeer (1632-1675) Dutch Baroque painter. Young woman standing at table beneath a window pours milk into a bowl

Cup and saucer filled with tea

Four milk churns at the side of a country road
Four milk churns sitting on a wooden platform at the side of a country road

Pussys Breakfast by Muriel Dawson -- a little boy bends down to give a kitten a saucer of milk. Date: 1945

Cheese on wooden board with milk and eggs in background

Farm Stall in St. Jamess Park, London - New Milkstall
Farm Stall in St. Jamess Park, London - The New Milkstall - " Rus in Urbe" ( the countryside in the city) - latn quote on the card

Silhouette, Enough to Make a Saint Swear
Enough to Make a Saint Swear -- silhouette showing a monk annoyed to see that a cat has knocked over a jug of milk and is lapping it all up

Louis Pasteur, French microbiologist
Louis Pasteur (1822-1895), French microbiologist and chemist, in his laboratory. Louis Pasteur proved the germ theory of disease, which holds that germs attack the body from the outside

Milking-time in a dairy barn, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Cowgirls at milk fund rodeo, St. Louis, MO, Doubleday

Lenham, Kent, England
LENHAM, KENT, ENGLAND. Church Square. Brick and weatherboard cottages, including a small shop selling teas and new milk sodas for cyclists

School Milk 1960S
A rather contented looking boy drinks his free school milk straight from the bottle, using a straw

Man in the Kitchen C1905
Letting your husband loose in the kitchen can be very risky; here, a pot boils over, eggshells litter the floor, and the cat laps spilt milk

Milk Donkeys, c. 1890. Creator: Frank Meadow Sutcliffe
Milk Donkeys, c. 1890. Platinum print

Mr Libbys Creamed Rice Milk Pudding
Libbys Happy Families Card Game, Mr Libbys Creamed Rice Milk Pudding. circa 1950s

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"Milk: A Nourishing Elixir that Transcends Time and Space" Step into the world of milk, where its timeless appeal has captivated generations. From the iconic adverts of Horlicks Malted to the charming posters featuring "The Vegetabull, " milk has left an indelible mark on our culture. Travel back in time with a glance at history, as we explore W. Fairbank's intricate plan of Sheffield in 1797, engraved by Thomas Harris. Witness how even then, milk played a vital role in sustaining communities. In Billy Liar (1963), Tom Courtenay's portrayal reminds us of the humble milkman and his float - a symbol of reliability and convenience. The clinking bottles delivered fresh each morning brought joy to countless households. Let your taste buds reminisce as you encounter vintage adverts for Horlicks, the original malted milk drink from 1925. Indulge in nostalgia with Frys Chocolate's enticing campaign that paired perfectly with a glass of cold milk. Marvel at Chichester Dairies' fleet of lorries traversing city streets, ensuring every doorstep received their daily dose of creamy goodness. Their dedication exemplified the importance placed on this beloved beverage. But it doesn't end there; soda water also found its match in milk during the roaring 1920s when an advert showcased their harmonious union. And let us not forget Horlicks malted milk's enduring popularity since its advertisement debut back in 1916. Venturing beyond advertisements and films, step inside tramshed interiors like Lytham St Annes' in Lancashire - bustling hubs where trams transported gallons upon gallons of this life-sustaining liquid throughout cities. Milk is more than just a drink; it represents nourishment, tradition, and community spirit passed down through generations. Whether enjoyed alone or used as an essential ingredient for culinary creations – it remains a timeless elixir.