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.

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).

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 ...

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 return of the milk round delivering your daily pinta in a glass bottle could be coming to a doorstep near you very soon. Dairies up and down the country are reporting a surge in demand for milk… ...

VOX POPULI: A trip down memory lane: When milk came in glass bottles Vox Populi, Vox Dei is a daily column that runs on Page 1 of The Asahi Shimbun. April 26, 2025 at 11:12 JST ...

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 ...