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[andy120t]

My granny used to get milk delivered in a plastic bag. The bag then sat in a purpose-made jug, corner was cut off and it poured from there.  Worcester area - odd lot down there.🙂

[McCabe-Thiele (Ted)]

On my old foot beat in Derby West was a Co-op garage where all the Milk Floats were charged up overnight.
Believe it or not an empty  Milk Float would be occasionally stolen then dumped on the nearby Mackworth Council Estate.

[Rozabikes Tim]

On my old foot beat in Derby West was a Co-op garage where all the Milk Floats were charged up overnight.
Believe it or not an empty  Milk Float would be occasionally stolen then dumped on the nearby Mackworth Council Estate.

Sounds about right knowing the "estate" Ted. 

[McCabe-Thiele (Ted)]

It's now colloquially known as Smackworth for obvious reasons.

[Athame57]

Always surprised me as a kid that the birds knew there was something to eat in a non natural container.

We've seen a big resurgence in small birds here in our immediate surroundings, with a "reduction" in squirrel population the bird eggs survive.

Although last week a sparrow hawk came and took a small bird as it tried to get desperately into some bushes right outside rear door of house.

Think it was sparrow, as primarily brown with banding on tail feathers, and of that size too. Considerable speed and dexterity in hunting and quite something to watch.

A fair few owl and woodpecker in wider tree cover around this location.

No, no...squirrels hardly ever eat eggs! I've had reared young squirrels and have adults coming into my home all the time to eat. They will eat the most weird things too, soap, cheese and candles included but both hen and little quail's eggs get ignored. Once in a while a squirrel will take over a nesting hole but the masses of rose ringed parakeets that are taking over London are the real problem there. Crows eat out of date hens eggs I sometimes put out, and fast. Cats people find convenient to put out kill, kill and kill anything they can. Sparrowhawks are and even Peregrines recently around here cut into pigeon populations!

[Johnny4428]

My granny used to get milk delivered in a plastic bag. The bag then sat in a purpose-made jug, corner was cut off and it poured from there.  Worcester area - odd lot down there.🙂

I remember them! Had them here for a period of time too! Maybe late 60’s early seventies at a guess.