1947 Brush Pony Electric Milk Float orb 'The Distressed Poet'

'The Distressed Poet'

The opening of Holborn Viaduct on 6th November

Lord Mayor's Coach pulled by a team of six horses

Every conceivable item was on sale including baked chestnuts

View showing cattle grazing and horse-drawn vehicles passing on the road

1947 Brush Pony Electric Milk Float orb 'The Distressed Poet'1947 Brush Pony Electric Milk Float. The Express Dairy Company was the first to experiment with small electrically (battery) driven milk delivery vehicles in 1932 using the Birmingham made GV 5 7cwt delivery truck. These were an immediate success and gradually the horse drawn milk floats were taken out of service. Brush of Loughborough, well known manufacturers of electrical equipment, started making a range of electric delivery vehicles in 1946, of