A rather unusual vending machine!

[johntea]

I was at Chesterfield station this evening waiting for a train and it seems someone has FINALLY come up with a solution to that common problem of getting to the train station and suddenly remembering you forgot to buy some milk

Surely this won't take off? The milk looks fresh so would need changing every week or so!

 

[Eagle]

That would be good for 90019, he drinks milk by the litre!

 

[Qwerty133]

I was at Chesterfield station this evening waiting for a train and it seems someone has FINALLY come up with a solution to that common problem of getting to the train station and suddenly remembering you forgot to buy some milk

Surely this won't take off? The milk looks fresh so would need changing every week or so!

and if it's like most vending machines on stations someone will have left their change in it not realising that they give change. (I've got 50p out of the vending machines at leicester on more than one occasion )

 

[alwaystouchout]

There used to be a huge vending machine selling milk and all sorts at the Saino's in Hazel Grove - unfortunately it was removed a few years ago.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/2044721.stm

 

[causton]

Saw that when I went to York on East Midlands Trains - yes, the 0630 train from St Pancras! Thought I was going mad!

 

[talltim]

I buy from it occasionally on my way to work. Not had a problem with freshness

 

[33056]

There used to be a huge vending machine selling milk and all sorts at the Saino's in Hazel Grove - unfortunately it was removed a few years ago.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/2044721.stm

That is very similar to one we saw opposite the station at Hasselt in Belgium a few years ago, probably about the same time as the date on that article. It had everthing from bottles of wine and boxes of washing powder to chocolate bars and condoms!

 

[philjo]

There used to be one at Cambridge station (I think it was on platform 4?) that served a portion of chips. I don't think it is there any more.

 

[talltim]

Bought 2 pints this morning for the first day back at work

 

[snowball]

For a few years in the early 1960s, milk machines were a fairly frequent sight in some towns. They also sold cartons of orange juice.

 

[W-on-Sea]

A new milk-only (and almost direct-from-the-dairy milk at that) vending machine, set up outside a pub in Kingham, Oxfordshire, got a fair bit of press coverage locally when it was introduced recently.

http://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/9883616.Milk_vending_machine_now_outside_village_pub/

 

[bronzeonion]

Bloody good idea!

 

[Mugby]

Bloody good idea!

It is indeed! I'd much rather have some milk than fizzy flavoured water!

 

[Katada]

Cow pus

 

[Hyphen]

That's been there at least a couple of years now, so it must get used!

 

[northofthesand]

Do any stations still have the old nestle chocolate machines and still working...were they red or an orange colour ? Just remembered about them while reading this thread.

 

[telstarbox]

There's one at Whimple station as well.

 

[bronzeonion]

It is indeed! I'd much rather have some milk than fizzy flavoured water!

Its not at the usual UK vending machine 2x RRP price is it? Lol

 

[blackfive460]

There used to be one at Cambridge station (I think it was on platform 4?) that served a portion of chips. I don't think it is there any more.

I remember those!

Can't remember where it was but in desperation I tried one once. Only once...

 

[steverailer]

Thats milk straight from the farm.

I know the chap who owns it, and has been doing it a couple of years now. Has 3 at the end of his drive for milk, and some for eggs, cakes, and potatoes.

 

[Ploughman]

Used to be a common feature of nearly every manned station back in the 60s 70s.

 

[317666]

I remember at one point, Cambridge station had a chip vending machine - yes, chips as in french fries, not crisps. I don't think it really took off as it was gone after a year or so.

 

[Blindtraveler]

I can tell Yorkshire is the place to be for interesting station vending machines! The coffee machine on the bridge at Barnsly is good too with a choice of fresh ground or instant!↲

 

[talltim]

Its not at the usual UK vending machine 2x RRP price is it? Lol

60p for 1 pint, £1 for 2

 

[Mugby]

60p for 1 pint isn't bad considering it's 49p in most supermarkets.

 

[shedman]

I remember at one point, Cambridge station had a chip vending machine - yes, chips as in french fries, not crisps. I don't think it really took off as it was gone after a year or so.

There was one at Luton too. It was the microwave chips fries to go

 

[Bevan Price]

Used to be a common feature of nearly every manned station back in the 60s 70s.

Yes, in cardboard cartons at a reasonable price. Nowadays most machines only seem to want to sell branded name fizzy drinks with too much sugar, or expensive bottled water.

 

[6Gman]

For a few years in the early 1960s, milk machines were a fairly frequent sight in some towns. They also sold cartons of orange juice.

Quite common on major stations to about 1970 I think - they were big and pale blue in colour. The milk was better than the orange juice!

 

[Liam]

We used to have something similar at work. Had small cartons of milk, cereal, filled rolls, fruit, soup, sometimes a mini fry up.

 

[RichmondCommu]

That is very similar to one we saw opposite the station at Hasselt in Belgium a few years ago, probably about the same time as the date on that article. It had everthing from bottles of wine and boxes of washing powder to chocolate bars and condoms!

I think the dispensing of condoms is a great idea.