Cowkeeper Moreton?

9/11/2016

Many thanks to the 20 brave souls from Stoneycroft Ladies Group who, despite the atrocious weather, turned up at the fire station for my talk last night. Many memories of cows being kept in Liverpool including Mr Moreton of Molyneux Road.

3 Comments

Joyce Johnson

14/11/2016 12:56:53 pm

Dave, Norman remembers Mr Moreton of Molyneux rd. He says used to deliver twice a day.

Alan Passmore

18/3/2018 01:23:10 am

This was the Morton family, originally from Wensleydale, who took over the dairy business at 138 Molyneux Road, Kensington, before 1911. William Thomas was from Middleham, his wife Tibbie (nee Horner), from Caldbergh; they were married in the Leyburn district in 1888, and had six children in 1911, the four eldest all born in the Blackburn district, the fifth at Blackpool. After William died in 1929, Tibbie continued to run the business, at least nominally, until well after WW2 - she died in 1953, aged 91. By 1958 their younger son Wilfred, born in Liverpool in 1903, was in charge; he was still running the business in 1966, his style 'dairyman' rather than 'cowkeeper' - he died in 1981, aged 77. The premises of this former urban farm are now known simply as 'The Dairy', so the business continues, albeit in a somewhat different form.

Dave Joy

27/3/2018 11:17:53 am

Hi Alan. Good to hear from you. Thanks for that information. When I checked the address on Street View, I was surprised to find that it is a mid-terrace property. But, then I looked round the back to find a large building (accessible from Coleridge Street) directly to the rear - that must be a good candidate for a shippon. Also, looks like the land in Coleridge Street was being developed at the time of the Street View image, so might have gone by now.

Cheers, Dave.

Cowkeeper Moreton?

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