Interview With A Milkman -1996- -2021- Instant

(Laughs, shakes his head) Cold. Always cold. But a good cold. In ’96, we had that big freeze in February. I remember the milk was freezing in the bottles on the step before people woke up. The cream would push the silver foil cap up like a little white hat.

That’s the sound of a thousand mornings. Interview With A Milkman -1996- -2021-

By 2018, Arthur was the sole remaining milkman covering a district that once required three full-time vans. He worked seven days a week. Christmas Day was the only day off. We arrive at the final year. The world has changed. COVID-19 turned people into hermits, and for a brief, bizarre moment in April 2020, the milkman was a hero again. "People were scared to go to the shops," Arthur recalls. "I was ticking up. Had 150 customers for a month. The most in decades." (Laughs, shakes his head) Cold

What did you do with the float?

(He pulls a crinkled, faded route sheet from his wallet. It is worn to tissue paper.) In ’96, we had that big freeze in February