Top ad - A.R. Sherrit, School Road - 1981.
Mid ad - Kennerty, Mains Road - 1974.
Low ad - George Bathie, Shepherds Loan - 1968.
I had a wee stint on the milk in the early 70's when I was at secondary. It didn't last any longer than a fortnight though because I was just standing in for my mate. It was slightly different to the usual kind of milk round because I delivered milk only to schools & nurseries. Nae trekkin' up closies for me, just dropping the crates off outside the gates was all that was involved. The best bit was standing on the back of the lorry, whizzing along the streets with the wind in the hair!
An earlier primary school milky memory I have is when we used elastic bands as catapults - looped around the thumb and index finger. Folded bits of paper were the main pellets we'd fire at each other, however, the most painful ones were folded tinfoil milk bottle tops. OW..!!...they really stung yer bare legs! Made boys cry they did!!
Finally, don't forget there is also a book out called "On The Milk" by Willie Robertson, telling the tale of life as a milk boy in Dundee in the early 60's.
That's all the moo items I have at the moment - time to put the empties on the doorstep.
I was on the'mulk' with Kennerty in the 70's.Wee Sam was the driver-up at 4.30 and jumping on & off the back of a moving van with bottles of milk in yer mitts!If that wasn't dangerous enough we were sent out on a Friday evening on foot to collect the money- Douglas baby.Wasn't mugged once - having said that - I did wear a baggy anorak( hid the money bag)and loads of people seemed to be out when I chapped their door so the bag never got too full.
ReplyDeleteWas in Douglas last week -Douglas primary school next to the community centre is gone! It's just a field. BalunieAvenue is lined with new cheery houses .But do they get a gold top on their doorstep in the morning?
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ReplyDeleteIn nineteen sixty one I used to work delivering milk for Tom Milne who had a dairy on Strathmartine road,We used to start at five o clock and finish at eight with just enough time to get home have a bite of breakfast and then off to school. We had to collect the milk money from the customers on Friday night which made the rising on Saturday morning a bit hard, but we had the pleasure of looking forward to a lie in on a Sunday starting an hour later at six o clock in the morning. Having just finished reading Willie Robertsons book On The Milk it brought back a lot of great memories of Dundee at that time and I was well able to relate to the storyand the people.
ReplyDeleteBill Hanlon
Western Australia
I used to ride on the back of the milk lorries with my friend Alison. Held on by milk crate either side of us.Her Mum and Dad owned the dairy 1 School road. I went to Downfiled primery school which at that time was across the road from the dairy. I split my head open on a rusty nail when I jumped into a wooden covered sandpit at the dairy. Name was Brenda Wood.
ReplyDeleteI worked for Sherrits dairy not on a lorry but pushing a borrow year 74 to 76 Alison the owners daughter worked alongside me at the Scottish Ambulance Service in School road for around 10 years then left to become a driving instructor
ReplyDeleteRobin Yule
Thank you Robert about Alison Sherrit. Any chance you have contact details? Just curious as I left Dundee 56 years ago!
ReplyDeleteAnd Gillian Sherrit too?
ReplyDeleteI used to work on the back of a Sherrit milk lorry in 1971, the driver’s name was Bill. Then from 1971 till 1973 I delivered Sherrit’s milk pushing a two wheeled barrow around the Stobswell area. Started about 6am at the drop off point in Forfar Road, 7 days a week and collected the milk money on a Friday evening. Think the pay was £2 a week but the tips from customers were good.
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