In my early years as a resident of Icklingham there was no such thing as
doorstep deliveries of milk. The village being a part of the Elveden estate was
a dairy community, the cows were all milked by hand at Church farm. Whereupon
the villagers armed with their milk churns (some with several so as to help
their neighbours or sick residents) would collect their daily supplies of
milk.
The village also boasted a village general store and baker. The baker would
make the bread on his premises and deliver the bread throughout the village by
horse and cart. Most meat was delivered from a butchers in Brandon. Newspapers
were delivered by a gentleman who daily cycled into Mildenhall Railway station
to collect the papers and then cycle back to village and then deliver them.
There was also a Gentleman who delivered household commodities such as paraffin
oil which fueled the heating and lights for the village.
In my early years as a resident of Icklingham there was no such thing as
doorstep deliveries of milk. The village being a part of the Elveden estate was
a dairy community, the cows were all milked by hand at Church farm. Whereupon
the villagers armed with their milk churns (some with several so as to help
their neighbours or sick residents) would collect their daily supplies of
milk.