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Janet

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On 10/26/2018 4:56 AM, micky wrote:

Can't you just get your milkman to leave both milk and cream?

Sure, just turn the clock back to 1966. That's the last time I saw a
milkman.

We always had our milk delivered until 16 years ago when we moved
here. At that time there still was a local milk delivery service but
the charge was so high I didn't bother. The same local milk was sold
cheaper in the local supermarket so eventually the dairy gave up home
deliveries. Now it sells all the locally-produced milk to the icecream
and cheese makers on the island. Wet milk comes from the mainland.

The house we live in was designed by a builder to please his wife.
One of her requests was a walk-in cold pantry in the kitchen.
On the (north-facing) outer wall of the pantry he made a small double-
door access hatchway, the outer door was a ventilated wooden louvre and
the inner one was a flyscreen. Both doors had springs. The milkman and
butcher delivered goods through the hatch straight onto a marble slab in
the pantry.

Janet UK