Interesting little bit of history. Front, back and sides of an old Milk Carton - the milk was 'Farm Cartoned' at Haven Manor, Haven Hill, Fairseat, Kent. The milk is untreated ie. Raw milk.
Digging about a bit, I tried to date this packaging.
Firstly, I assumed that milk cartons were perhaps from the 50s era, but I was wrong. In fact milk cartons were invented roughly 1929, and my research led me to a fascinating website about Danish Carl Hartmann of Hartmann packaging, who apparently invented the Satona, a fully automatic carton making, filling and sealing machine for milk. He also invented egg boxes! The Hartmann history page is a fascinating read, do take a look at this page www.hartmann-packaging.com/world/about-us/history/
I also Googled 'when did mass pasturisation of milk become common?'
'One of the most deadly micro-organisms that can live in milk is bovine tuberculosis, which killed thousands of children before pasteurisation became widespread in Britain following the 1922 Milk and Dairies Act'
Hmmmmm... I could perhaps try and date the carton from the fonts used, but I think I'll leave it for now. Perhaps a relative of the Harris's of Haven Manor, Fairseat, will stumble across this post and tell me when H A & W M Harris were living at Haven Manor.
Anyway, do enjoy my funny little 'find'.
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