Do you remember free milk at school ?
By Traceyjayne
@Traceyjayne (11252)
United Kingdom
March 17, 2026 12:15pm CST
Okay, so I am going back over 50 years now, but when I was at school we used to have free milk every day.
It was in little glass bottles and a silver foil lid, that we had to poke the straw through.
I loved it.
It was ice cold when we had it in the morning.
If there was any left at the end of the day and it was brought round the classrooms I was always first with my hand up for extras.
I still have a drink of milk every night before I go to bed.
Milk is one of my favourite drinks.
Do you remember the free milk at school ?
Do you still drink milk today ?
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@lovebuglena (52142)
• Staten Island, New York
17 Mar
I remember little cartons of milk. I stopped drinking milk, but I have half-and-half with coffee which has milk in it. I would buy goat milk, but it’s very expensive. Maybe I’ll make an exception and buy regular milk and buy some chocolate chip cookies to go with it. I don’t really drink milk by itself.
@lovebuglena (52142)
• Staten Island, New York
17 Mar
@Traceyjayne I found it a bit odd that the only thing you could get to drink for free was milk. Milk and hamburgers don’t particularly go well together.
@Traceyjayne (11252)
• United Kingdom
17 Mar
@lovebuglena 50 plus years ago here we didn’t really have burger places. It wasn’t the sort of food we had at school either.
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@DaddyEvil (174208)
• United States
17 Mar
We had small cardboard cartons of milk at school. I can't drink real cow milk now. I'm lactose intolerant. If I drink "milk" or eat it with cereal, I prefer almond milk.
@DaddyEvil (174208)
• United States
17 Mar
@Traceyjayne Yes, Pretty bought pea milk and it tasted weird and curdled when I tried to cook with it.
@Traceyjayne (11252)
• United Kingdom
17 Mar
Almond milk is hood. I also like oat milk. They make pea milk now too ….have you tried that ?
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@Traceyjayne (11252)
• United Kingdom
17 Mar
@DaddyEvil I thought it tasted weird too. I had loads free but I gave it to my friend for the food bank. I never tried cooking with it.
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@Traceyjayne (11252)
• United Kingdom
17 Mar
I love milk ….i don’t think enough people drink it in todays world !
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@xFiacre (14782)
• Ireland
17 Mar
@traceyjayne I remember it well and with fondness. When I eventually became minister of a Church when I was about 32, on the first Sunday I stood up in the pulpit and right in front of me was my P1 teacher and I could see her supervising the milk.
@freelancermariagrace (29342)
• Philippines
18 Mar
That was lucky of you to have free milk at school. We didn’t have any. Haha. I’m lactose intolerant, so I don’t drink milk very often.
@Traceyjayne (11252)
• United Kingdom
18 Mar
Wouldn’t really bother you then anyway ….i guess they wouldn’t give you different milk.
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@Traceyjayne (11252)
• United Kingdom
18 Mar
We have Milo here but it’s not so popular now and you can’t find it in many shops.
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@Jehanne (1823)
• Philippines
19 Mar
@Traceyjayne here it's still all over the grocery and small stores as to popularity I'm not sure if today's kids they like milo as much as we do since there's a lot option for them to choose now.
@JudyEv (381739)
• Rockingham, Australia
18 Mar
We used to get free milk too but it wasn't always very cold by the time it got to us.
@LindaOHio (222222)
• United States
19 Mar
I remember sometimes when the milk was spoiled. Yuck. I vaguely remember that it wasn't free? I don't drink milk anymore.
@MarieCoyle (59105)
•
19 Mar
I recall little glass bottles for a year or so, kindergarten for sure. Then they went to cartons. I don’t remember the exact cost but we had our choice every day between regular or chocolate milk. The chocolate milk always seemed to be too thick to me so I drank the regular milk.
I occasionally drank milk until I was maybe in my 30’s. Now I never do. I cook with it,my son drinks it,but I no longer want to drink it. I have no idea why, I guess my taste buds changed.
