Anybody work at Express Dairy on Broadfield Road in the 60's ?

[Zilly]

No, we didn't live nearby. I used to look forwards to seeing it as it as it was on the 2nd leg of a 2-bus journey with my mum to my aunt's house at Abbeydale. When I saw the cow I knew we were nearly there.

 

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[le-joker]

On the vehicle repair front, we, at Sleights Diesel Elec Co, used to overhaul their fuel pumps and injectors. Any of the old mechanics who brought them up to us at Frecheville about ?

[black eyes]

The Express Dairy terminal which used to be on Broadfield Road was a very busy place in the 1960's.The lorries used were Commer 2 stroke diesels. They would really go, but we hard to stop. They used to go out into Derbyshire and pick up milk from dairy farms. The milke was then bottled in the Broadfield Road Dairy. I worked there from 1960 till 1966. I was wondering if anyone who worked there is on Sheffield Forum. Some names which come to mind : Jim Higgins, Tommy Hancock, Arthur Whitehouse, Jack Birkenshaw, Earnie Payne, Josephine Vincent - Any of you still out there ?

 

my girlfriends mother worked in the canteen there margret furniss

[dougle]

No relation I believe, Duffems. Another two names from Express Dairy have come to mind. Does anyone remember Joe Green and Charlie Bobo? The latter was a nickname of course. But they were real characters.

charly pickard ( bobo) had a three wheeler car, some bright sparks went and lifted it up and put it on bricks, I think he took it pretty well considering.

[soft ayperth]

I remember being told that he had bought a 3 wheeler car. He shared it with Joe Green. When I worked there he and Joe had motor bikes. But how on earth did he get that nickname bobo, that somehow or other seemed to fit him? Quite a character.

[kirstenswift]

The Express Dairy terminal which used to be on Broadfield Road was a very busy place in the 1960's.The lorries used were Commer 2 stroke diesels. They would really go, but we hard to stop. They used to go out into Derbyshire and pick up milk from dairy farms. The milke was then bottled in the Broadfield Road Dairy. I worked there from 1960 till 1966. I was wondering if anyone who worked there is on Sheffield Forum. Some names which come to mind : Jim Higgins, Tommy Hancock, Arthur Whitehouse, Jack Birkenshaw, Earnie Payne, Josephine Vincent - Any of you still out there ?

 

My dad, John Copley, worked there in the 70s, not sure about the 60s though. The cow in the window always fascinated me. My sister and me used to climb the huge stack of cardboard while we waited for him to finish work.

[SonofFred]

I worked there in school Hols and student vacs between 1962 and 1966. I worked variously in the cream dairy, back dock, bottle washing machines and front dock, oh and in the laboratory. The dairy manager was called Rev Fisher, a small red headed man who was hard but fair. I got the jobs because my father, Fred Bloomer, was the area retail manager. He worked at Broadfield Rd in the 40's and 50's, but by the 60's was based at Junction Rd retail HQ near Hunter's Bar. My mother, Doreen, worked as a senior clerk at Broadfield Rd in the 50's

[mjw47]

hi sonofFred, not only do i remember the cow in the window i remember fred,doreen you & kay.

my aunt lillian was your grandmother & my fathers half sister. she raised him after his mother died just after his birth.

last i remember of your family you moved over near manchester because of your fathers job.

it's been fifty years or so so you may not remember me. anyway hope you & kay are both well.

alecs son.

[Sooperdooper]

My mum worked there Marina Cooper and my best friends dad Derek Parkin

[SonofFred]

Yes I do remember you MJW47. We played together as kids. You are a couple of years older than me. Fred and Doreen both died in the last couple of years. Kay lives near Manchester and I live down south. Our other sister, Jane, lives in North Wales. Your dad was called Alec and your mum was called Margaret. As I remember it she was from Ireland originally. If I knew how this forum worked I could send you an email with my phone number, not sure how to do that. Will investigate. If you know send me your phone number or email address and we could have a chat. Sorry if this is a bit boring for other users of this thread.