tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8247444515135484880.post3811937323559723268..comments2024-03-06T07:04:32.718+00:00Comments on Bunny Mummy: Random NostalgiaJacquiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05070925194308020019noreply@blogger.comBlogger39125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8247444515135484880.post-73743677234919077092014-03-03T21:01:13.644+00:002014-03-03T21:01:13.644+00:00No Indeed you are not alone in loving these milk b...No Indeed you are not alone in loving these milk bottles Jacqui, we had a large collection of the 1980s ones with advertising slogans for Kellogs Cornflakes etc. One day in a mad fit of Clearing Up I made my husband throw them out. He sometimes reminds me that they are now worth £10 each ! (I did show him your post!)Carriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03305139574137167042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8247444515135484880.post-46233270767151604852014-03-02T20:09:04.802+00:002014-03-02T20:09:04.802+00:00I remember those bottles well! They are quite coll...I remember those bottles well! They are quite collectable now and I've seen them at vintage fairs and in antique shops. I bought one a few years ago on holiday and use it for flowers too. I love your original and fun take on a memory. xGillian Roehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05080123177116154219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8247444515135484880.post-19592514486821309522014-03-02T13:42:15.367+00:002014-03-02T13:42:15.367+00:00Hi Jackie, I follow you from Miami, I love your bl...Hi Jackie, I follow you from Miami, I love your blog, thanks for all the inspiration! Why don't you try drawing on the bottle itself? With glass markers... I am sure the results would be even better!<br />Ana Aguayohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11214190289907192773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8247444515135484880.post-17731574978667744582014-03-02T01:35:47.561+00:002014-03-02T01:35:47.561+00:00Love it and those bottles are wonderful xoLove it and those bottles are wonderful xowendyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03663054843598008679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8247444515135484880.post-88471237141814217672014-03-01T14:17:29.782+00:002014-03-01T14:17:29.782+00:00Oh yes I remember when we had milk bottles like th...Oh yes I remember when we had milk bottles like that. I'm a bit older than you and find my self saying " do you remember " more often the older I get. Thanks for the wander down memory lane today<br />Jackie xjackiescraftshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02096021247778212879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8247444515135484880.post-32080806917992523022014-03-01T05:25:17.447+00:002014-03-01T05:25:17.447+00:00Hi Jacquie! I remember when .. .. .. will get mor...Hi Jacquie! I remember when .. .. .. will get more frequent as you get older! I should know! I'm older than you.<br />When I was little, we lived in the inner eastern suburbs of Melbourne. The street we lived on still had bluestone cobbled guttering. Every morning, our milk was delivered by horse drawn cart. The clip-clop of the horse would wake me up every weekday morning! Our delivery took place at 4.30a.m.! So you can imagine how excited my mother was because once I woke up, it was "New Day!!!" and I would not go back to bed for love or money. :)<br />My husband and I had a small farm a few years ago and we milked our own cow, so our kids drank pints of raw Jersey milk everyday for a couple of years. Full cream pasteurized milk tastes like skim after you've been drinking full butter fat milk straight from the cow.<br />I think everything tasted much better out of glass than it does from plastic, don't you?<br />CheersRobyn of Ozhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11830917656529638295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8247444515135484880.post-11130031056449063842014-02-28T22:26:30.819+00:002014-02-28T22:26:30.819+00:00Funny you should ask that. I'm in a bit of spr...Funny you should ask that. I'm in a bit of spring cleaning at the moment, and while washing up some crockery from my grandmother, that I use to decorate the tops of my kitchen cabinets with, and thinking, I wished more had been saved. I love the old milk bottle too and have been on a hunt for some to fit a metal tote I thrifted last spring that holds six, just that size. I really love yours, thanks for sharing it. So lucky to have had milk delivered to your door! It's hard to find it fresh from the farm here now, I have to go about 40 miles for it here (Southern US).<br /> Have a great weekend. Angelahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13069413208192422413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8247444515135484880.post-62916000138151900172014-02-28T21:43:11.317+00:002014-02-28T21:43:11.317+00:00Ooh this has brought back lovely childhood memorie...Ooh this has brought back lovely childhood memories of our milk being delivered although ours in South Africa didn't have any patterns or drawings or writing on them. My hubby loves these old milk bottles from his English childhood, I love that you are just as sentimental as I am and live a bit of nostalgia xxxPennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16660940774894144976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8247444515135484880.post-39373606144202844302014-02-28T21:11:42.247+00:002014-02-28T21:11:42.247+00:00Hello Lovely Jacquie, how well I remember these bo...Hello Lovely Jacquie, how well I remember these bottles and the little ones we were given at school - like you I would love to have some now. I love your idea of putting on your own label, fab, would love to see it coloured. A great post as always Jacquie, have a wonderful weekend, big hugs and loves<br />Dorothy<br />:-)xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01578046964126611388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8247444515135484880.post-82301908404185902622014-02-28T16:57:09.250+00:002014-02-28T16:57:09.250+00:00Ours didn't have writing or pictures on. We ha...Ours didn't have writing or pictures on. We had silver top all week and then on a Sunday we had gold top which was from Jersey cows. I also remember the small one we had at school that were a third of a pint....frozen in winter and warm in summer. Yeuch!!!Chicken Lickenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05781015395839834367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8247444515135484880.post-48973453590982232522014-02-28T16:44:47.507+00:002014-02-28T16:44:47.507+00:00I loved those milk bottles, it was sad when our lo...I loved those milk bottles, it was sad when our local farm changed their machinery and now use the cartons instead. It was a lovely idea to recreate one. Sarah xDown by the seahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06148800326418238027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8247444515135484880.post-12106800944654776542014-02-28T16:00:00.134+00:002014-02-28T16:00:00.134+00:00Yes I remember them well... opening the door to s...Yes I remember them well... opening the door to see if a bird had got to it first..and those little third size ones we used to get at school always slightly warm... yuk.. I've never liked milk on it's own from that moment on... used to swap it for sweets as we weren't allowed them at home... memories eh! Greenorchidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17429772996167532604noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8247444515135484880.post-86635431381583998682014-02-28T15:36:40.853+00:002014-02-28T15:36:40.853+00:00You are too cute. Line them up all along the windo...You are too cute. Line them up all along the window sills. I have no milk bottles but I have this tall, V- shaped, footed glass beaker with measure marks etched onto it. It came from a dairy operation and there were boxes full of thes. I use it as a vase and also when not in use, it holds all my chopsticks. I see plastic versions in the kitchen stores. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8247444515135484880.post-27551758470773865732014-02-28T15:28:20.929+00:002014-02-28T15:28:20.929+00:00Excellent idea! :)Excellent idea! :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8247444515135484880.post-47606355447925844232014-02-28T15:22:18.767+00:002014-02-28T15:22:18.767+00:00Yes, I remember it well too! I have an old milk b...Yes, I remember it well too! I have an old milk bottle with a typhoo advert on it. My friend's parents ran the local dairy and I remember watching her Mum washing the bottles in a huge sink with spinning bottle brushes that she pushed the bottles onto. :) xxxAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8247444515135484880.post-36588349999221394922014-02-28T14:28:43.086+00:002014-02-28T14:28:43.086+00:00I enjoyed your nostalgic remembrances about pretty...I enjoyed your nostalgic remembrances about pretty milk bottle shapes. In my own 1940's and 50's childhood, we also had a milkman who delivered fresh bottle of milk (with the cream on the top) and picked up the empties from the prior week.<br /><br />And...when I was in the first two years of school, we attended a half day, and had a milk break half-way through each day. We little scholars lined up in a black and white tiled cafeteria to each receive a miniature milk bottle with a straw from which to sip our ... Chocolate Milk. That's a very sweet memory for me.<br /><br />xoFranceshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08352407314710067616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8247444515135484880.post-36341989315942246922014-02-28T14:10:03.119+00:002014-02-28T14:10:03.119+00:00I'm a little younger than you are but I rememb...I'm a little younger than you are but I remember milk bottles. There was still milk delivery where my grandparents lived in New York City when I was very little. I remember my grandmother eating the cream from the top of the bottle. She was thin as a rail, so she needed it, I guess. :)Jennifer Hayshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04685253944514672324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8247444515135484880.post-36994162763810701202014-02-28T14:04:43.953+00:002014-02-28T14:04:43.953+00:00I'm also in my 40s, and definitely feel nostal...I'm also in my 40s, and definitely feel nostalgia. The world is always changing, but I think the pace of change has picked up in the past century, and it's only gaining speed as we age. <br /><br />As for milk bottles, I am from the US, and no one I knew had milk delivery in my childhood (1970s). My grandma's house had a milk chute, though, so milk delivery must have been still been common in the 1950s when her house was built. <br /><br />My mother-in-law (born in the 1930s) grew up on a dairy farm, so we have some milk bottles from the old family dairy. They are a treasure! I noticed one of their milk bottles sold on ebay for $200 not too long ago. <br /><br />Oddly enough, we have milk delivered every week to our house now. A few years ago I realized a local dairy offered home delivery, so I signed up for it. It feels so old-fashioned, which is why I like having the service! They bring the milk in unmarked glass bottles, which we rinse and return, but every Christmas they issue eggnog in collectible bottles, so I have a few of those up on a shelf with the family dairy bottles. besomomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04626482527317809210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8247444515135484880.post-70267392392679751512014-02-28T13:40:17.155+00:002014-02-28T13:40:17.155+00:00oh ....I've missed a few of your last posts an...oh ....I've missed a few of your last posts and they are so beautiful!!!! It's so spring there.....not here snow yesterday and maybe more on monday!!! <br />The Jan Brett book is wonderful !! she lives very near us here in Massachusetts!!!<br />i want to embroider every page....I may have to find that book! Happy Day to you....Miss Hollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17728691181470922037noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8247444515135484880.post-8614167104247757252014-02-28T13:14:51.949+00:002014-02-28T13:14:51.949+00:00The mini bottles you used to get in Primary school...The mini bottles you used to get in Primary school are turning up in Antiques shops nowadays. I can remember even further back than you!!!Susie Hewerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03446490339682809302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8247444515135484880.post-23766938539664125772014-02-28T12:48:59.432+00:002014-02-28T12:48:59.432+00:00I remember mini glass bottles filled with milk whi...I remember mini glass bottles filled with milk which we drank in school....those were the days!crazydazyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15360325378437047939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8247444515135484880.post-88054869512205141372014-02-28T12:06:38.276+00:002014-02-28T12:06:38.276+00:00Oh yes, I do remember .Do you remember the milk fl...Oh yes, I do remember .Do you remember the milk float coming down the street .Please don't feel daft at posting this I think this is wonderful memory and one I will be sharing with my friends just so we can all down memory laneHeldaslandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06892532052557534526noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8247444515135484880.post-68704680139297568492014-02-28T12:02:01.420+00:002014-02-28T12:02:01.420+00:00Oh yes, I remember, and also the little ones we we...Oh yes, I remember, and also the little ones we were given at school - needing to be thawed out on the radiators so we could drink them at break time! Happy memories indeed, and thanks so much for bringing up such an interesting subject Jacquie!<br />If I remember correctly forsythia blooms have a lovely perfume, and they do look lovely in the bottle!<br />Joy xJoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11753693250341975299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8247444515135484880.post-46681321273015147362014-02-28T11:44:55.890+00:002014-02-28T11:44:55.890+00:00I miss glass milk bottles too. I'd love to ow...I miss glass milk bottles too. I'd love to own one. Feeling very nostalgic now I've read your post. Also I don't think milk tastes the same out of plastic bottles.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8247444515135484880.post-30525182821918762552014-02-28T10:20:03.678+00:002014-02-28T10:20:03.678+00:00I miss milk being delivered in bottles and having ...I miss milk being delivered in bottles and having to get outside to bring them in before the birdies pecked the top and sucked at the cream layer! I wonder what happened to all those thousands of milk bottles. They changed to a squatter shape didn't they - I like them more like your bottle though. xxxLilyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06717834610233292334noreply@blogger.com