Kevin Read still does a milk round in Spitalfields, Whitechapel and Bethnal Green. For several articles and photos, go to www.spitalfieldslife.com and type 'Kevin the Milkman' in the search box.
Kevin Read still does a milk round in Spitalfields, Whitechapel and Bethnal Green. For several articles and photos, go to www.spitalfieldslife.com and type 'Kevin the Milkman' in the search box.
My nan and grandad owned the dairy that covered that area back in the 60s. My grandad probably did his round !
Kevin Read still does a milk round in Spitalfields, Whitechapel and Bethnal Green. For several articles and photos, go to www.spitalfieldslife.com and type 'Kevin the Milkman' in the search box.
My nan and grandad owned the dairy that covered that area back in the 60s. My grandad probably did his round !
Nice one, AFKA. Spitalfields Life is an excellent site: you can subscribe to receive a daily posting - invariably interesting - or trawl the archives for good stories and old photos.
Milk float hit my car the other week. Made an insurance claim against him. Felt a bit bad as milkmen don't seem to have much luck nowadays.
Yeah, but that's in Norfolk, it probably an horse pulling it!
Did you write 'an horse' because you pronounce it 'an 'orse'?
I may be mistaken here, but isn't that one of those quirks of English that it's correct to use 'an' before a word beginning with h (Regardless of how it's pronounced)?
It's based on pronunciation. The word hour is pronounced with a silent "H" and sounds like "our" when spoken, while horse for example is pronounced with a harder "H". Hence an hour, but a horse.
Ok. Like I say, I'm no expert, so I bow to the knowledge of others. I also think that you should be correct, but my understanding was that the hard or silent h was irrelevant, meaning that the 'correct' structure led to phrases like "an hotel" and, as redskin says, "an historic occasion." I'm sure I've read it in a book on language - like 'Eats, shoots and leaves' or something.
Milk float hit my car the other week. Made an insurance claim against him. Felt a bit bad as milkmen don't seem to have much luck nowadays.
Yeah, but that's in Norfolk, it probably an horse pulling it!
Did you write 'an horse' because you pronounce it 'an 'orse'?
I may be mistaken here, but isn't that one of those quirks of English that it's correct to use 'an' before a word beginning with h (Regardless of how it's pronounced)?
It's based on pronunciation. The word hour is pronounced with a silent "H" and sounds like "our" when spoken, while horse for example is pronounced with a harder "H". Hence an hour, but a horse.
Ok. Like I say, I'm no expert, so I bow to the knowledge of others. I also think that you should be correct, but my understanding was that the hard or silent h was irrelevant, meaning that the 'correct' structure led to phrases like "an hotel" and, as redskin says, "an historic occasion." I'm sure I've read it in a book on language - like 'Eats, shoots and leaves' or something.
There are exceptions to every rule, I've generally worked on the basis of what sounds right, "a hotel" and "a historic situation" just sound wrong even if they are theoretically correct.
Milk float hit my car the other week. Made an insurance claim against him. Felt a bit bad as milkmen don't seem to have much luck nowadays.
Yeah, but that's in Norfolk, it probably an horse pulling it!
Did you write 'an horse' because you pronounce it 'an 'orse'?
I may be mistaken here, but isn't that one of those quirks of English that it's correct to use 'an' before a word beginning with h (Regardless of how it's pronounced)?
It's based on pronunciation. The word hour is pronounced with a silent "H" and sounds like "our" when spoken, while horse for example is pronounced with a harder "H". Hence an hour, but a horse.
Ok. Like I say, I'm no expert, so I bow to the knowledge of others. I also think that you should be correct, but my understanding was that the hard or silent h was irrelevant, meaning that the 'correct' structure led to phrases like "an hotel" and, as redskin says, "an historic occasion." I'm sure I've read it in a book on language - like 'Eats, shoots and leaves' or something.
There are exceptions to every rule, I've generally worked on the basis of what sounds right, "a hotel" and "a historic situation" just sound wrong even if they are theoretically correct.
My original post was a typo, I meant to type 'had a horse pulling it'.
Milk float hit my car the other week. Made an insurance claim against him. Felt a bit bad as milkmen don't seem to have much luck nowadays.
Yeah, but that's in Norfolk, it probably an horse pulling it!
Did you write 'an horse' because you pronounce it 'an 'orse'?
I may be mistaken here, but isn't that one of those quirks of English that it's correct to use 'an' before a word beginning with h (Regardless of how it's pronounced)?
It's based on pronunciation. The word hour is pronounced with a silent "H" and sounds like "our" when spoken, while horse for example is pronounced with a harder "H". Hence an hour, but a horse.
Ok. Like I say, I'm no expert, so I bow to the knowledge of others. I also think that you should be correct, but my understanding was that the hard or silent h was irrelevant, meaning that the 'correct' structure led to phrases like "an hotel" and, as redskin says, "an historic occasion." I'm sure I've read it in a book on language - like 'Eats, shoots and leaves' or something.
I think it's a grey area. I think 'a historic' and 'an hour' is correct, but you wouldn't drop any marks in an English exam if you wrote 'an historic'.
like the rag & bone man, the umbrella repair man and the door to door knife sharpener they have gone the way of the eight year old chimney sweep .. though there are still a few round here charging about £2 for a pint of golden top as well as tempting the housewives with an assortment of tinned goodies and sad looking spuds, carrots and cabbages
How very dare you?! I'll have you know I'm just a sad old git with piles of s**t like that knocking around in my head. Nothing important just s**t like that.
When i was in london friday evening near paddington i saw a chimney sweep and his van made me wonder how many there are left
there's a little firm in Market Rasen .. chimneys swept, farm yards cleared and professional mole catchers .. yer gotta be a jack of all out in the country
Milk and more... I'd never use them. they've robbed my mate of trying to make a living when they took over the dairy he worked at. It's cheaper for his customers to walk to the shops to buy now and they're taking more money off him as its a franchise. It's hardly worth working now what they want from him.
Milk and More screwing milk men all over the country.
Heard a rag and bone man up near shooters hill the other day. Didn't see him and could not tell what he was yelling.
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I'm sure I've read it in a book on language - like 'Eats, shoots and leaves' or something.
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Milk and More screwing milk men all over the country.
Heard a rag and bone man up near shooters hill the other day. Didn't see him and could not tell what he was yelling.