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Bugdens' Dairy Jubilee Road
A Memory of Mytchett.
For 3 years from 1957 to 1960 (age 12 to 15) I was employed as a milk roundsman assistant by Bert and Bill Bugden of Jubilee Road, Mytchett, to deliver milk at weekends to Ash Vale and Ash. I have included my memories of this experience in my memoire but would love a photo of one of their vehicles to be included. They had two electric milk floats and one old Bradford van.
Any help in obtaining such a photo would be much appreciated.
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I hope all's well. I happened to notice your comment regarding the dairy being situated on Jubilee Road, however I lived in Fernleigh, Glenmount Road, not 50 yards from the dairy and also worked at the dairy in 1961-1962. I believe the dairy was in Glenmount Road.
I worked at Bugdens with a Mr Dixon, (can't recall his first name), when their Boxer dog gave birth to some puppies. I went to Robert Haining school in Mytchett with John Bugden from about 1959-1962?
Part of my job was to clean the empty milk bottles, refill them and put the foil tops on them all. I remember Bugdens being one of the first dairies to have electric milk carts as opposed to the petrol carts and there being pictures of the electric carts on the walls.
Would love to hear some further recollections!
Thanks,
Godfrey
Sorry it has taken me so long to respond. I am clearing out emails and discovered that I hadn't replied. Yes, I was wrong about Jubilee Road. I had an RAF friend, Dick Tuson, who lived there. I rarely went to the depot but normally jumped on the float at Ash Vale station at about 6.30 am. Saturday was the long round with all the collecting of the weekly bills. By the time we got near the end the batteries were getting very low and used to smell! They were still also using an old black Jowett Bradford van. This had to be loaded through the two rear doors and the crates had to be rearranged several times throughout the round. In those days the milk price was controlled by the milk marketing board. A pint of silver top was 7 1/2 pence in summer and 8 pence in winter. Half pint for 4 pence. Quite a few of the older customers just had the half. I was paid 4 shillings for the 8 hour day but enjoyed Christmas tips of around £10. We worked Christmas Eve and boxing day. One of my customers was General Sir Robert Haining near Ash Vale Station. He had more than half a pint! My cousin Richard Hunt (born 1945) went to Robert Haining school - I don't suppose you remember him.