We gave up chasing milk floats when one bugger near London charged a commission for delivery that was more than the cost of the milk - this after the wife had chased him 500 yards yelling for him to stop. (I stayed staunchly at the tiller!)
--- On Sat, 2/21/09, keir_gale <[email protected]> wrote: From: keir_gale <[email protected]> Subject: [canals-list] Re: Braunston's Admiral Nelson closes To: [email protected] Date: Saturday, February 21, 2009, 12:33 PM --- In canals-list@ yahoogroups. com, David Cragg <dhsrcr...@. ..> wrote: > > You talk of Beer. It used to be difficult to buy milk on some canals - the Worcester and Birmingham especially. One shop had close 20 years before (it was a 3 mile walk). At another place the milk was in the locked cooler unit ready for the seller but he was due tomorrow maybe. Boaters today have it easy! I remember looking out for milk floats crossing bridges, and then chasing after them! [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
