The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #72851 Message #1259023
Posted By: Polly Squeezebox
28-Aug-04 - 03:31 PM
Thread Name: The Milkman is back!
Subject: RE: The Milkman is back!
Still a milkman in Wiltshire too - but not daily unfortunately, we have our gold top delivered every other day.
AND ... AND ... AND
Just nine miles up the road in Devizes, where the wonderful 6X is actually brewed, they still have deliveries to the local pubs by brewers dray pulled by heavy horses. It gets a bit hairy driving round Devizes some days because visitors are so stunned to see the dray pulled by two heavy horses with the driver and assistant in traditional garb of about 100 years ago. The horses have recently had their annual holiday, and it's lovely to see them gamboling around the farm when they are first set loose. Of course, it could have something to do with the quart of 6X that they are given to drink as they arrive - they really do seem to enjoy the 'home-brewed'product. But then, don't we all who are lucky enough to live within supping distance of the real fresh stuff from the brewery. It certainly aids the singing at the Wiltshire Traditions Folk Club held in Devizes on Monday nights.