I never understood why milk was delivered to my house as a kid. This was so random
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I grew up in the 70s and helped the milkman at the weekends. In the UK, the delivery vehicle was called a ‘milk float’ and was electric. There were primarily two competing vendors: The Co-op’s floats were blue, and the Unigate floats were red and had three wheels (one at the front). The milk was sold in imperial pint (20oz) glass bottles with a foil cap. Gold top was full cream, silver top was regular homogenized, and red top was skimmed (I think). Houses normally had a little wire bottle holder by the front door with a dial so the customer could request between one and four bottles. The milkman also carried other dairy items like eggs and butter. Often, small birds would peck through the foil top and drink the cream. If my memory serves, a bottle of gold top was 5p. Here’s a YT video that covers some of this. I moved away in the late 80s but I think milk delivery is still a thing in some or the more rural parts of the country. https://youtu.be/AOU17xu5vKo?si=qReCV9FEFqcNRI5w
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