Hi, I am Ray Smyth, retired HGV Class 1 driver, and I live in Wigan.
My father, Robert Smyth (Bob), born 1913, worked as a milkman from
the age of 15 until his late 50s. He started with Greenbanks Dairy in the
Walton area of Liverpool, at first delivering milk from churns on a handcart
and then, still in his teens, driving one of their 2 ton lorries.
Sometime, just before, or just after World War 2, Greenbanks Dairies were
taken over by Liverpool Co-operative Dairies, they had a massive dairy at
Lockerby Road in the Fairfield district of Liverpool, so Dad was with the
Co-op until ill health forced him to leave and take an inside job with the
Liverpool Daily Post & Echo. Toward the end of his time with the Co-op
was when North East Lancashire Dairies took over in Liverpool. I would like to see any pictures of Co-op/NEL milk lorries from any period. I have a couple of pictures of Dad with his Greenbanks lorry, but I don't know how,
if possible, to post them on here. I do know how to send them to an email
address. Kind Regards, Ray Smyth.
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