From the Sidmouth Herald archives: George Lambden’s mad milk dash to rescue runaway cartons from the Sid.
‘Disaster! The milk cartons began to head towards the deep blue sea. But George was not to be beaten.’
Local milkman, George Lambden, had to take a detour from his usual round after shedding 12 cartons of milk from his milk float into the River Sid at Mill Ford.
Here is the full article printed in the Herald at the time.
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Article from the Sidmouth Herald, printed February 26, 1977.
Special thanks to Christine and Rab of Sidmouth Museum for retrieveing this article.
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