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Rushden Milkmen 1940s
Bill Houghton with his three wheeled van
Bill Houghton with his three wheeled van

Forename Surname Dairy Sales address
Established
Frank Abbott    
 
A E Abbott & Son   29 Queen Street
1897
R Clark Homedale Farm (purchased wholesale from Summerfields) 181 Bedford Road
 
Fred Collins Rectory Farm (Newton Road)
later supplied by wholesaler
182 Wellingborough Road
1903
  Co-op Society Dial Farm (Milk supply - Newton Road) Bedford Road
 
Ralph Dickens Park Farm Irchester Road
 
B C Groom   20 Washbrook Road
 
Ken Hodgkins   Newton Road
 
Albert Holley   Newton Road
 
J W "Bill" Houghton smallholding near Sanders Lodge 42 Crabb Street
 
N King    
 
Reg Mortimer   Newton Road
 
Aubrey Smith   Robinson Road
 
E Smith   Bedford Road
 
Don Summerfield   Griffith Street
 
A Waller   Wymington Road
 
Edward Warren    
 
John White (not retail - for works only) Kimbolton Road
 
Alfred Willmott Blousic Dairy Wellingborough Road
 
George Willmott Home Farm Knuston
 
George Willmott (supplied by John Willmott) High Street
 
John Willmott Manor Farm Bedford Road
 
       
 
By the 1960s things began to change. Milk was then available in the new supermarkets and gradually over the next 20 years the dairymen were finding it harder to survive. Some sold out to regional or national companies, others retired and a few survived.


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