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1934 Milk Licences

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One way to find dairies, is to see the list that were granted milk licences in the council minutes, such as this one from 1934.

From the minutes of the Public Health Committee
4th December 1934

12. Milk Licences
Applications to use the designation “Certified,” “Grade A (tuberculin tested),” “Grade A,” or “Pasteurised” milk were submitted, and it was Resolved, That licences be issued as follows:-

Express Dairy Co. Ltd. : 229 Western Road

W. and J. Hill Ltd. : 257 Northborough Road

Hugh LaBroy : 84 Seeley Road

D. J. Price : Devonshire Dairy

H. E. Robinson : 356 London Road

Royal Arsenal Co-operative Society : High Street Colliers Wood

United Dairies (London) : 251 London Road and 198 Streatham Road

Source: Minutes of Proceedings of the Council and committees, Mitcham Borough Council, Volume 1 1934-35, pages 63-4

Minutes of meetings held by the Mitcham Borough Council are available on request from the Merton Heritage and Local Studies Centre at Morden Library.

Trotts Yard

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Adjoining no. 10 Fountain Road, as referred to in these council minutes

From the minutes of the
Housing Committee
7th January 1969

1915. FOUNTAIN ROAD AND WESTERN ROAD, MITCHAM

– Acquisition of houses and land

— The Town Clerk submitted the District Valuer’s report on the terms negotiated for the acquisition of the following houses and land included in the Borough of Mitcham (Fountain Road Area Clearance Areas Nos. 1-9) Compulsory Purchase Order, 1963:

No. 12, Fountain Road;
Nos. 30, 32, 34, 36, 38 and 40, Western Road:
Trotts Yard adjoining No. 10, Fountain Road.

– Recommended — That, subject to the Finance Committee making the necessary financial provision, the terms provisionally agreed by the District Valuer be approved and that the houses and land in question be acquired in accordance therewith.

Source: Minutes of Proceedings of the Council and committees, London Borough of Merton, Volume 5 1968-69, page 1199

Minutes of meetings held by the London Borough of Merton are available on request from the Merton Heritage and Local Studies Centre at Morden Library.