[Dale409]

Yes Jowett did indeed make trucks, in fact they were the mainstay of
their business in the inter war period. Mostly they were small 2
cylinder vehicles and were incredibly reliable - and slow. When I was
a child, many years ago our local butcher had one as his delivery van
- back in the days when butchers actually made home deliveries. Milk
was delivered in bottles with cardboard stoppers which the birds used
to love pecking away and drinking the cream on the top of the bottle,
at least that's what I told my mum. The baker delivered fresh bread
from a horse drawn cart, we kids again told mum that the birds pecked
the soft bread from the split centre of the loaf. She didn't believe
that one but the whack on the bum was worth it. The ice man delivered
a large block of ice to go in the ice chest every 2 days and the
'bottleo' used to drive his horse and cart up the back lane buying
empties once a week....