For anyone who grew up in the 1980s or earlier, the gentle clinking of glass bottles and electric whirr of the milk-float were as familiar to the morning soundscape as the dawn chorus.

Milkmen and women in floats used to be a common sight around the UK, delivering their glass bottles to communities up and down the country.

The largest deliverer is Muller-owned Milk & More. Two-thirds of the bottles they send out on their floats are glass and this is a big growth area for the business.

The announcement that Dairy Crest's last glass milk bottle plant is to close has prompted a flood of nostalgia for a former staple of the British street. Travel back in time to a British doorstep ...

Why glass milk bottle deliveries are back on x (opens in a new window) ... Back on Beardwell’s old milk float, we’re coasting to a halt outside number 29 (two green tops).

A self-confessed milk enthusiast has collected 20,000 glass bottles during an unwavering 40-year commitment. Paul Luke, 46, said some of the items he had amassed since the age of six dated back to ...

The industry body said figures showed doorstep deliveries make up 3 per cent of milk sales in the UK – around 1 million pints per day – and glass milk bottles make up 3 per cent of all milk sales.

Dairy firms across the UK have seen a surge in demand for milk in glass bottles since the start of 2018. Seventeen out of 20 dairy businesses contacted by BBC News have seen a rise in sales of ...