Samuel Day has provided this photo taken by his grandfather, James DAUBNEY, who ran a greengrocers shop on Albany Road during the 1950s.

The view was taken from Albany Road, looking along Mafeking Avenue towards Brook Road.

Kay Day adds the milkman was called Amos and that by 1946 he had a horse (Molly) and cart for his round. The milk cart has the name 'Wilson & Son' and address 34-36 Albany Road, the Albany Dairy, which provided 'Fresh rich milk'.

Andy Dawes added in August 2010: I was pleased to see the photograph of 'Amos the Milkman'. I remember Amos visiting my grandparents at 306, to me then he was Uncle Amos and was a friend of my father and grandparents.He lived in Albany Road opposite the diary,as I remember being taken around to his home by my parents or grandparents on a few occasions,this would have been post 1954.

A search of telephone directories on the ancestry.co.uk website shows S.J.Wilson & Son, Dairymen, traded from 34 Albany Road in 1931 (telephone EALing 0611). The same entry (different phone no.!) appears in a 1973 directory.

Published July 2010; updated August 2010