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No Milk Today : The Vanishing World of the Milkman Paperback - 2017 - 01st Edition
by Ward, Andrew
- Used
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Details
- Title No Milk Today : The Vanishing World of the Milkman
- Author Ward, Andrew
- Binding Paperback
- Edition number 01st
- Edition 01
- Condition Used - Very Good
- Pages 304
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Little, Brown Book Group Limited
- Date 2017-12-05
- Bookseller's Inventory # 21348073-20
- 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)
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Themes
- Chronological Period: 20th Century
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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.