Clare Flynn asked me about a dairy she could remember in Chapel Avenue. She recalls being able to see a cow shed out of the back window of her auntie's house in Renwick Road. Checking on Google Maps I can see that the original shippon building is still standing (just!) and is located adjacent to 45 Chapel Avenue.
There is a fairly long list of registered cowkeepers who worked out of this property, no doubt using the adjacent yard and shippon for the keeping of their herd of cows:
1900 (directory) John Capstick, Cowkeeper.
1911 (census) John Capstick, Cowkeeper.
1918 (directory) John Capstick, Dairyman.
1926 (directory) John Joseph Shepherd, Dairyman.
1938 (directory) John Rushton, Dairyman.
After 1900, the directories stopped distinguishing between cowkeepers and non-cowkeeping milk sellers and lumped them all together under the heading of Dairymen. So, without knowing the family history, it is difficult to say exactly when the decision was made to stop keeping cows on site and to buy-in bottled milk. If anyone can throw any light on this, please drop me a line. Thanks, Dave.
There is a fairly long list of registered cowkeepers who worked out of this property, no doubt using the adjacent yard and shippon for the keeping of their herd of cows:
1900 (directory) John Capstick, Cowkeeper.
1911 (census) John Capstick, Cowkeeper.
1918 (directory) John Capstick, Dairyman.
1926 (directory) John Joseph Shepherd, Dairyman.
1938 (directory) John Rushton, Dairyman.
After 1900, the directories stopped distinguishing between cowkeepers and non-cowkeeping milk sellers and lumped them all together under the heading of Dairymen. So, without knowing the family history, it is difficult to say exactly when the decision was made to stop keeping cows on site and to buy-in bottled milk. If anyone can throw any light on this, please drop me a line. Thanks, Dave.