Local doorstep deliveries?
 

Was doorstepped a few weeks ago by a young man wanting to know if I wanted my milk delivered to the door (no charge for delivery) and 10p cheaper than Asda. He asked me to support a local business so I agreed.

Although they have got the order wrong, they've always compensated free of charge. I've found it so convenient and love the idea of supporting a local business.

Got me wondering what else is local that I can use? Would really like a window cleaner and bread deliveries would be amazing - we go through one loaf a day!

What local services assist you?

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This post has reminded me when i was young, my Mum's milkman used to deliver not only milk, but potatoes, bread, cream, butter, eggs, anything that was from the farm, bread was farm made, try suggesting something on these lines to them.

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there used to be an old ambulance shop thingy that used to deliver allsorts in Accy when i was a kid, i'm sure some of you will remember it, it was a bit like a grocery shop on wheels

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A mate of mine had the Greengrocers shop over West End on Blackburn Road, he used to deliver but ain't seen him for years now. Until a few years ago I had by greens delivered from Judiths on Union Road then she sold the shop and jacked it in

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Ive recently started having my milk delivered, i much prefer to support the local businesses and it saves buying it from asda, given the ammount that I go through

Plus the milkman also accepts healthy start . milk vouchers which is a bonus :D

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I would love to have fresh milk deliveries. I have to use UHT milk because I have fortnightly grocery deliveries. Where I live, uphill and on the edge of an estate, it took me 2 years to find a window cleaner willing to carry a ladder this far.

I bake my own bread and buy eggs from the alottment next door.
I am trying to persuade my egg man to sell me veggies too, but have had no luck with that yet. His alottment is mainly poultry and he only grows a minimum of veg to appease the council, and says that his family use all of it.

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Flashy, that ambulance shop thingy you remember used to be run by a family who lived on Meadoway when i did

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i remember it coming onto Kingsley Close when my gran lived up there Vera

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There are a couple of milk deliveries on my street Margaret and I am close to you. I don't see him often as I leave for work a bit too early for him, if I do I will try and get you a phone number for him.

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Thank you :)

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that would be good for the people that can,t get out very much.

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we used to have an old van that came round here many years ago ... still can get milk delivered ..which he delivers at the ungodly hour of 3.45am .. i had to stop it though .. someone kept nicking it off my doorstop .... Think they stopped the delivery van because everyone was out at work and so no one in when they called round .. plus the supermarkets got everyones business .. Window cleaner i have comes from burnley .. after our old one either gave up or he stopped calling .. it took ages to find one .. got him cos he cleaned the pub windows at that time and i asked him if he'd do mine .. now he does everyones on the avenue and a few more besides ..

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There are a couple of milkmen deliver on our estate Margaret, I know Best is one and there's another

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If you can get me the phone number of one of them, I would appreciate it.

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When I was young ( yes it's true I was once :) ) I used to have a part time job on a door to door bread delivery van called Mike's Pantry. Although it was primarily Rossendale based I have vague memories of it going round the estate at Clayton, Warwick drive etc

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I was young once too! And funnily enough, from the age of 13 helped deliver the milk, and had my own window cleaning round until I sold it (cheap) to go to learn a trade!!

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We get milk delivered. I've always had a milkman which is strange because I don't like milk.
I get my newspapers delivered.

In fact I pretty much get most things delivered because I use Asda and Amazon who do everything else.

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Have you a number for your milkman? It is probably the one that will go around to Margarets

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Milkman - 01254 396338

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Got that :D thank you

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I'll try and catch one Margaret, they don't have their vans painted with livery these days, but if I can ill see if I can get a number of one of them

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I have a stock of UHT which I will reduce before I approach a milk delivery man.
I think that some may refuse because no-one around me has milk delivered, and they may not be willing to expand their route for just me.
There is another potential problem - I would want it delivered to my front door (up 13 steps in a communal stairwell) - the entry door to the stairwell isn't unlocked until 6am.

So the more phone numbers of delivery men I have, the more chance I have of finding one who will suit my needs.

I know it might sound petty to say I need it delivered to my front door, but I don't want to descend the communal staircase in my nightclothes to collect it.
I live in a block of 4 flats, and all the other flats are occupied by single men (one of whom is not 'full shilling')

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Perkins Butchers on Union Road do deliveries as well. My mum uses them once a week.

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I have just had a cold call visit from 'Gisburn Farm' who will deliver me a pint a day, up the steps and on my doorstep, after 6 am. starting next Monday -happy now :)

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Nice to know you got this sorted out Margaret, is good when a plan comes together. :D I saw a big van/wagon on willows lane today, 2 asian lads selling fresh fruit and veg, was a blue van at about 5.30, never seen it before, so i dont know if it is a regular visit.

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Would the Best be a relative of Clarence Best, i remember him delivering milk in the late 50,s early 60,s,with a horse & cart .
The old horse knew at which house to stop for the milk to be delivered.
Can anyone remember a man on White Ash Lane [BOB ISHERWOOD?],who delivered fruit & veg from a truck?
We had our milk delivered by Peter Brownlow,and coal by Jimmy Hope.

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I have cancelled milk deliveries.
The delivery service was impeccable, and the whole raw milk was delicious.
The reason? - I found this lecture
http://video.google.com/googleplayer...52245997479572

Since consuming 5 pints of this delicous milk per week, I have had a recurrance of my chronic diarrhoea.

This lecture is rather long - 1hr 20 mins
If you dont have the time to watch all of it, just start to look at 40mins in where there is a list of all the common medical problems caused or aggravated by consumption of dairy products.
The part of the lecture before 40mins is very a technical explanation of the digestion of dairy products.

I hope that by eliminating dairy products I will alleviate my
fatigue
diarrhoea
breathing difficulties

Other medical problems mentioned
cataracts
infertility
asthma
diabetes
rheumatoid arthritis
..............to name just a few.

So if you have health problems it might be worth watching all this video lecture, and maybe having a test period of eliminating dairy products might be worthwhile, in order to decide what is best for you.
I will need to eat more green veg, grains, beans and legumes, to get enough calcium. Calcium is the only good thing that milk provides.

There is a section which discusses soy milk, and says that it is better than cows milk.
I disagree- because it disrupts your hormones, so I consider it the lesser of 2 evils.

To make an informed decision you need to be informed.
That is why I have posted this - you need to decide for yourself - take responsibily for your own health.