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No Milk Today: The Vanishing World of the Milkman
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No Milk Today: The Vanishing World of the Milkman Paperback - 2017 - 01st Edition

by Andrew Ward

From the rear cover

'Please leave two pints today, please ring if note blows away'

In the milkman's heyday, over 40,000 milkmen - occasionally milkwomen - were delivering milk to virtually every household. By 2014, however, only 4,000 milkmen remained, serving only a tenth of all households.

This book celebrates the daily working lives of milkmen, from their wake-up call in the middle of the night to their weary return home. From Alistair Maclean, who drove two million miles across the north of Scotland over fifty years, to award-winning Leicestershire milkman Tony Fowler, who helped to put over fifty criminals behind bars.

A milkman's life was one of early starts, worn-out boots, breakdowns - often enough in atrocious weather - amorous escapades (both real and imagined), dangerous animals and petty fiddles. The tale of the vanishing milkman is also one of broader societal changes: price deregulation, the dissolution of the Milk Marketing Board and changing diets etc.

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  • Title No Milk Today: The Vanishing World of the Milkman
  • Author Andrew Ward
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition number 01st
  • Edition 01
  • Pages 304
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Robinson Press
  • Date 2017-12-05
  • ISBN 9781472136893 / 1472136896
  • Weight 0.55 lbs (0.25 kg)
  • Dimensions 7.7 x 4.9 x 0.8 in (19.56 x 12.45 x 2.03 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 20th Century

About the author

Andrew Ward is a freelance writer who has worked as a milkman. He has over thirty books to his name. Ward has also worked as a statistician and researcher in commerce, industry and higher education. He is currently working on two social-history projects with Professor Tim Newburn of the London School of Economics.

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