Hello,
I am interested in milk trains and the infrastructure that existed to handle them, both creameries at the country-end and bottling plants in the towns.
This is a general appeal for help in finding photos of the buildings that were involved in this traffic as they seem to be rather poorly photographed unless they happened to be adjacent to a station. My main area of interest in the Western region up until the end of the steam however I would welcome photos from any period and anywhere in the country.
Online pictures are great but if anyone can recommend any good books on the subject that would also be of interest.
One particular building I am interested in is the bottling plant at Wood Lane in west London. This striking art-deco building is still there today but I have been unable to find any photos of it in use for its original purpose. Here is an aerial shot of the building today courtesy of Bing.
In order to get things rolling, I have added some links to the photos I have found so far covering the subject.
Here are some shots of the creamery at Moreton-in-the-Marsh.
http://www.warwickshirerailways.com/gwr/moreton_marsh.htm
Here are a couple of shots of the bottling plant on Rossmore Road next to Marylebone station after it closed to milk traffic.
http://daverowland.fotopic.net/p48050807.html
http://daverowland.fotopic.net/p48050806.html
Some information on the milk flow from Torrington.
http://www.svsfilm.com/nineelms/torr.htm
Merton bottling plant complete with Express Dairies shunter on duty.
http://gallery62603.fotopic.net/p58745379.html
Any more additions very welcome.
I am interested in milk trains and the infrastructure that existed to handle them, both creameries at the country-end and bottling plants in the towns.
This is a general appeal for help in finding photos of the buildings that were involved in this traffic as they seem to be rather poorly photographed unless they happened to be adjacent to a station. My main area of interest in the Western region up until the end of the steam however I would welcome photos from any period and anywhere in the country.
Online pictures are great but if anyone can recommend any good books on the subject that would also be of interest.
One particular building I am interested in is the bottling plant at Wood Lane in west London. This striking art-deco building is still there today but I have been unable to find any photos of it in use for its original purpose. Here is an aerial shot of the building today courtesy of Bing.
In order to get things rolling, I have added some links to the photos I have found so far covering the subject.
Here are some shots of the creamery at Moreton-in-the-Marsh.
http://www.warwickshirerailways.com/gwr/moreton_marsh.htm
Here are a couple of shots of the bottling plant on Rossmore Road next to Marylebone station after it closed to milk traffic.
http://daverowland.fotopic.net/p48050807.html
http://daverowland.fotopic.net/p48050806.html
Some information on the milk flow from Torrington.
http://www.svsfilm.com/nineelms/torr.htm
Merton bottling plant complete with Express Dairies shunter on duty.
http://gallery62603.fotopic.net/p58745379.html
Any more additions very welcome.