The Watts family bought the dairy at 20 Albert St. in 1929 and increased the business from one to seven carts. From Albert St. they moved to Rialway Parade. In the beginning their milk came from a family dairy farm located in Moorabbin but after the Government required all milk to be pasteurised they obtained their milk from Crumps' dairy in Surrey Hills as was more efficientBlack and white photograph of the house and dairy belonging to the Watts family. House painted white and the dairy on the side of the brick building.dairies, watts' blackburn dairy, railway parade blackburn, watts don

Black and white photo of Blackburn Dairy at 49 Railway Road Blackburn. Built 1933 by Mr F.E.Wattswatts, f.e., blackburn dairy, railway road, blackburn, no. 49

Photo of Mr. Watts with two women showing their livestock at their farm at Surrey Road, Blackburn. Photo of Dairy NP670, Photo of Dairy NP869.watts, f. e., surrey road, blackburn

Black & white photos (two) of early Blackburn home next to Watts Dairy, on the cnr of Albert Street and Railway Road. Demolished in 1977 and now the site of a carpark.watts dairy, albert street blackburn, railway road blackburn

Black and white photo of Mrs Jessie Watts (aged 21) nee Kirkwood 1904 - 1972. She came to Blackburn in 1929 and ran Watt's Dairy.watts, jessie, kirkwood, watts dairy

Black and white photograph of a house and dairy in 20 Albert Street Blackburn, belonging to the Watt family.watt's dairy, blackburn, dairies, watt. don, watt, ch

A faded and stained tall narrow pale green 1933 Handiform Housekeepers Diary & Cash recorder for home records. The cover has the title printed in black and orange lettering inside a large black shape with publisher details below. There is a Contents page, listing the various useful items to refer to, such as - weekly diary and cash records which may be filled in by the user, yearly calendars for 1933 and 1934, postal information practical medical advice, handy hints, pages for notes and kitchen reminders for shopping. non-fictionA useful Housekeepers diary which as it says on the front cover - 'Safer than a Good Memory - A Diary'. Women would have used this to keep records of expenditure on a daily basis. The are three columns: Receipts, Date and Expenditure. It was given with Compliments from F.E. Watts Blackburn Dairy 20 Albert Street, Blackburn Phone WX 2504.diaries, documents, administrative records, household item, financial records

Used by donor in 'Blackburn - a picturesque history'Black & white photo of Len Blood and 'Backhouse Dairy' cart.'Bonnie' & milkman, Len Blood were a familiar sight in the 1940's see page 125|There were two dairies until Don Watts merged them. Shortly afterwards in 1953 Ireland's purchased the business.blood, len, backhouse dairy, ireland's dairy, watts don

39 pagesnon-fictionA booklet of random articles that have been printed in WHS newsletters over the years.nunawading, smith l l dr, hall's timber mill, barelli family, watt's dairy, pettigrove, harrington's bakery, orchards, blackburn post office, rob's cycle and sports, mcglones, mitcham brick and pottery co ltd, builders trading and roofing co ltd, fitzmaurice a y, warren frances, vermont, glasson bill, gardiner barbara, slater william henry, elmore algernon john, hoadleys chocolates