Me and Hilda have had our milk stolen this morning. Has anyone else had a problem with milk being stolen? We live in Pensby area.

thats why ive fitted cctv, got two cameras on the frount of the house best thing ive done..

Yes these milk thieves opperate in all area's

No, I live Thingwall. It was a regular occurrence in the 1960's and no big deal. What was a pint of milk to a hungry young paper boy who was probably only 12yrs or so and hadn't had his breakfast? Maybe his family couldn't have afforded milk for breakfast. In the previous century it was crusts of bread.

We've had our milk stolen (possibly) but how would I know the milk man has definitely left it in the first place. He might say he has but he's human and can be mistaken.

Just found out Brenda's milk has gone too. There must have been a gang of them. Makes me so angry.

the thief obviously likes the women with oldish names edna/hilda and now Brenda or the thiefs targeting an old peoples home
this seems like a wind up

Sorry if me and my friends being old offends you. I don't consider myself as old, your only as old as you feel and I like to keep active. Brenda isn't as fortunate as me and can't get to the co-op so she relies on the milk being delivered.

Probably Margaret Thatcher. She hates Merseyside you know! Her name is Hilda too!

I have just spat my cola all over keyboard.
am in tears with laughter here.
Hope they catch the theif or who ever doing it.
You never know could be Hilda,maybe she needs an extra bottle of milk for her coco at night!

Are you joking? Hilda wouldn't steal mine and Brenda's milk. We have been close friends for years, in fact me and Hilda will be in Brenda's tonight sharing a bottle of wine and playing bridge.

That's if the wine thief hasn't been Edna.

Not a chance Bert, I get my wine from the co-op.

Tonight it could be a nice little white creamy number from Chateau Dairies.

funny this peeps rember wen i was a nipper my dad put a load of diffrent tablets in a milk botle an filled it up with milk an managed to put the fiol lid bk on the next day it was gone neva eva happend again maybe ye shuld try this girls lol

A few years ago we had our milk pinched maybe once every 2 weeks. However, we have CCTV operating all around our house. A small change in the camera angle and you could easy see the figure at 5am nipping out with a couple of bottles or our milk. Our milkie comes at around 3-4am especially in summer.

I showed the video to our milkie who IMMEDIATELY said "your milk was taken by another milkman". Apparently it is easy for an experienced milkman to see how another person handles a couple of bottles ie a milkman will handle them quite different from a normal member of the public.

I was told that it is not uncommon for another milkman to pinch milk already delivered in the hope that the customer will stop the deliveries - and THEN they go to the address and offer a "new, guaranteed, service".

My milkie just said "leave it to me. I know every milkman in the area and it will NOT happen again". It never has.

Snod

Or a Beware of the dog sign up!
that would put anyone off comming in to your property and stealing milk or what they have in mind to take.
Well hope they catch who is doing it though.

Brenda has got a beware of the dog sign so that doesn't work. It's never happened to us before.

Q: If a milkman fails to deliver the milk, or if one milkman is caught stealing other milkmen's stuff off the step, do they get pints on their license? :-)

Haha good one that fireman

Poor Edna, you are having a really tough time on here all for the sake of a pinta. If you ,Hilda and Brenda are all missing your milk, is it possible there has not been a delivery? Have you phoned the dairy? Maybe the milkperson is ill. I bet you don't sleep tonight but try not to worry too much it will all work out just fine. Just think that someones need was greater than yours.

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I used to help a milkman years ago and it was surprising how many bottles you could carry in your hands, although we did have a special carrier for ten or twelve bottles, and you could also tell which bottles belonged to which dairy by feeling the bottle neck, IIRC the co-op has a thicker rib on the neck of their bottles and the Express dairy as it was then had a thinner rib.
We used to put all the co-op bottles in a crate and the end of shift to go back to the other dairy, the other milkmen did the same because we were always picking up wrong bottles left out which had been bought from the local shops etc.

Anyone remember the milk tokens you had to buy at the co-op for co-op milk? these used to be left out for the milkman when he delivered milk instead of paying him at the end of the week.

PB

HA HA Your back lol

Have you tried putting a lock on the fridge door

THE AMOROUS MILKMAN by FiremanFil

Seven o' clock in the morning
Song of the birds in the trees
Sunlight arrives with the dawning
Whispering leaves in the breeze.

Gently, the clinking of bottles
Rouses my slumbering head
Sounds like my lover, the milkman
Bearing pintas and freshly-laid eggs!

I leap up, rushing to meet him
Tumbling in haste down the stairs
"Lovely day, darling!" I greet him
Running my hands through his hair

He takes me into his huge arms
Cuddles me close to his chest
Kisses me softly (Mmmm-so warm)
Fondles my hungry breast!

God, I can't stand this much longer
Pounding gets loud in my head
Mutual feelings grow stronger
We go upstairs-to bed!!

Bet I know just what you're thinking
Sounds like a music hall joke
But this tale, I can tell without blinking
Cos this milkman's my HUSBAND, folks!!

lolol, GJ!!

beat me to it xD

Hi edna, sorry about your milk been taken have you thought about putting a bottle of milk out [full on your step] then with a piece of sting from the bottle through the letter box to a trigger of a shotgun behind the door!, so when the milk thief take,s the bait BANG/BANG he/she will get the message! and hey presto no more pinching!!.OH and hopefully you can identify the thief! as well.

I reckon it was Joan, she's been jealous of you two since that land mine landed on your house and Brenda defused it.

i shouldnt laugh at this topic but it is funny,
sorry Edna,maybe Yewgarth has a point.

all jokes apart. when you think about it, by walking round a couple of different roads each morning you could make your self a good few quid a week. It cost more than a quid a pint bottle of milk these days when you buy it from a milkman. So pinch 10 bottle a day and sell it to one of the many cafes at half price. you be quids in.

lol you not the milk thief are you

I often thought about stealing milk-but I don't think I'd have the bottle!!

Q: What do elephants have in common with milk?
A: They both come in pints!!

lol Phil i hope you are not bottleing jokes up there

Thanks to everyone for there kind words today and those who had some fun, yeh it was only milk but Brenda was really upset as she can't get to the co-op.

Thanks to all of you for making me laugh so much..so needed!!! I was going to make a coffee but guess what, I have no milk..going to be an early morning for me I guess..lol

is funny thats wiki spirit.
hope Edna and her mate get milk tomorrow lol.
just have your coffee black.
happy new year when it comes

Thanks Tombraider, we got our milk today, thanks for asking and Happy New Year to you too.

Aw great news Edna.
hope you have a nice new year.

Hi TR that`s great news Edna got her milk today now you have a great new year xx

Yoh ,FF you do have the bottle, any way you and yours have a great new year xx all the best

you have a good one as well June we catch up next year.
IBenda will be happy as well x

Same to you with knobs on, GJ!! :-) And to anyone else on this thread, which has been pure gold top!! lol

Lol Phil your funny .
Happy new year bud
right going to get ready now.
need to drink a pint of milk to line my stomach{Joke}lol.

I used to help the milkman and I could carry 8 bottles in both hands no problem. You get used to it doing it everyday. You can tell when its not a milkman when they hold a few of them close to their chest

so you could hold 16 bottles at once Are you a cow?

I meant 4 and 4 sorry. I have big hands https://www.wikiwirral.co.uk/forums/images/icons/default_dark/laugh.gif