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1981 Crompton (Leyland) Milk Float Seen in Brixton

An electric van that is more than 35 years old? Have not seen one of these on the road for a while... Nice to see one of these ex milk floats getting a new lease of life. For those of a certain age, the early-morning whirring of an electric motor and the clinking of glass bottles brought the daily delivery of milk to many household doorsteps – including those in the Dockyard. However, since the rise of supermarkets in the 1980s, household deliveries by milkmen and their milk floats have almost completely ended. (Why they are called ‘floats’, no-one can recall). 1981 Crompton (Leyland) Milk Float. This appears to be an ex-milk float. Following the website on the back of this vehicle provided more info... "It doesn't carry milk and it doesn't float but the Father Nature milk float can take up to 4 tonnes of earth, going 20mph at full throttle! Not bad for an electric vehicle that's 35 years old!" https://www.fathernature.org.uk/