I did not know, it / they still existed

Nod said:
My Grandfather used to buy salvaged coal that had been dived from wrecks close to shore. He reckoned it was much cleaner burning than modern steam coal. My uncle (who now has the 6" scale traction engine) saves the cash and spends some time cleaning the boiler tubes.
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I used to do a lot of sub aqua.
We stopped in beach side accommodation on Arran. We used to walk out into the sea with a sack and dive down 10 meters to "Get the coal in." :-)
 
Pretty normal to see them in backward Ireland, we had coal delivered up until this time last year. Now you can just get it at your local Petrol station, but it's that washed smokeless crap
 
Cagey75 said:
Pretty normal to see them in backward Ireland, we had coal delivered up until this time last year. Now you can just get it at your local Petrol station, but it's that washed smokeless crap
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I have bought a bag from a petrol station, this was for a BBQ while camping a year or two ago. Waste of time, it would not burn / glow like the coal I remember. We ended up using gas stoves for cooking. :)
 
Charcoal is better on a barbecue than coal.
 
Between the ages of 6 and 17 we didn't need a milkman as it came fresh out of the cow each morning. When my parents sold the small holding, we moved back to the town we had come from and milk in bottles; the first time I drank it I wondered what this terrible stuff was and what the h*ll the local dairy was doing to the lovely stuff we had been sending to them.
 
Earley Man said:
Between the ages of 6 and 17 we didn't need a milkman as it came fresh out of the cow each morning. When my parents sold the small holding, we moved back to the town we had come from and milk in bottles; the first time I drank it I wondered what this terrible stuff was and what the h*ll the local dairy was doing to the lovely stuff we had been sending to them.
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On the odd occasion (climbing in North Wales back in the late 60's / early 70's) we got green milk from the farm we stayed at and yes i do recall it being different to pasteurised.
 
Box Brownie said:
On the odd occasion (climbing in North Wales back in the late 60's / early 70's) we got green milk from the farm we stayed at and yes i do recall it being different to pasteurised.
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It's now called Raw Milk and you can get it from a limited number of places, they are very strict
on the regulations.
I buy it regularly from a farm shop near me, much better then the pastuerised rubbish
 
Gremlin said:
It's now called Raw Milk and you can get it from a limited number of places, they are very strict
on the regulations.
I buy it regularly from a farm shop near me, much better then the pastuerised rubbish
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Yes, I recall on Countryfile mention of some farmers selling Raw Milk but under strictly controlled production of a monitored heard and outlet conditions.

Back when I mentioned we went to the kitchen door and got a bottle or pan filled.....and the milk at times was still warm! The farm did not produce it for sale.....only for their own consumption of those onsite who wanted it
 
Box Brownie said:
Back when I mentioned we went to the kitchen door and got a bottle or pan filled.....and the milk at times was still warm! The farm did not produce it for sale.....only for their own consumption of those onsite who wanted it
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My friend's dad owned a farm in my early years and we regularly used to get milk from the storage tanks as the cows were being milked.
Only warm milk I have ever liked
 
Box Brownie said:
Yes, I recall on Countryfile mention of some farmers selling Raw Milk but under strictly controlled production of a monitored heard and outlet conditions.

Back when I mentioned we went to the kitchen door and got a bottle or pan filled.....and the milk at times was still warm! The farm did not produce it for sale.....only for their own consumption of those onsite who wanted it
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I think I saw that episode, missus loves the show.



Gremlin said:
My friend's dad owned a farm in my early years and we regularly used to get milk from the storage tanks as the cows were being milked.
Only warm milk I have ever liked
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Don't like the sound of that. :eek:
 
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Speaking of milk, I did not know they still did sterilised milk, and in those thin long bottles. Spotted a few bottles, in a shop the other day. The type of bottle, that has a metal cap. A little like the old fashioned crimped coke cap.
 
Steri......that takes me back
bit of a b****r to carry in any quantity, that sharp cap cut fingers, couldn't carry more than 2 in each hand, 6 foil top but only 4 steri.
I've kinda lost my way with bottle tops, back in the day it was blue = skimmed, stripey = semi, silver = full fat, red = homogenized, gold = jersey heart attack, its all gone to pot since then..


I should add, steri was obnoxious out the bottle, my dad used to get it and use it in camp coffee, both of em should carry a horrific taste warning, together they'd but a donkey on its Ars3
 
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joxby said:
Steri......that takes me back
bit of a b****r to carry in any quantity, that sharp cap cut fingers, couldn't carry more than 2 in each hand, 6 foil top but only 4 steri.
I've kinda lost my way with bottle tops, back in the day it was blue = skimmed, stripey = semi, silver = full fat, red = homogenized, gold = jersey heart attack, its all gone to pot since then..


I should add, steri was obnoxious out the bottle, my dad used to get it and use it in camp coffee, both of em should carry a horrific taste warning, together they'd but a donkey on its Ars3
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Used to have it in tea and coffee, way back in the 70s. Changed to fresh milk the end of the 70s. I visited relatives who still used sterilised milk, they made me a cup of tea using the milk. I nearly vomited, even the smell made me heave. :puke:
 
We’ve just started getting glass milk bottles delivered. Since we’ve moved to the country, I swear we’ve time warped 40 years.

Meat from the butcher down the road, eggs from next door, veg from the local farm, wood delivered for the stove and now proper milk deliveries.
I bet the wife buys a mangle next.
 
TCR4x4 said:
We’ve just started getting glass milk bottles delivered. Since we’ve moved to the country, I swear we’ve time warped 40 years.

Meat from the butcher down the road, eggs from next door, veg from the local farm, wood delivered for the stove and now proper milk deliveries.
I bet the wife buys a mangle next.
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And a Morris Minor in the drive way, a I time I often yearn for. But missus thinks I am mad, as all she remembers is the cold, and the power cuts. :)
 
I grew up in Stirling (central Scotland). Coal was delivered as the OP described, and we also had a butcher's van, fishmonger's van, a milkman with a float and fruit/veg from a horse and cart. I suppose it was in the 60s because I was old enough to remember it quite well.
 
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