2021 - Kelis the Bottle Bank

Highgrove Organic – Gloucestershire

Posted on 30 January 202523 January 20251Litre, 2021, Colour, England, Kelis Explores, UK

Highgrove A plume of three ostrich feathers encircled by a coronet (a small crown made up of ornaments fixed to a metal ring) screams The Prince of Wales. You probably knew that the instant you ...

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Bumpkin Dairy Co – Leicestershire

Posted on 23 January 202517 January 20251Litre, 2021, Colour, England, Kelis Explores, UK

Bumpkin Dairy Is it just me, or does this bottle make you want a bowl of Kellogg’s Corn Flakes? The Bumpkin Dairy Co deliver organic whole milk produced by a herd of free-range Holstein dairy ...

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Milk Made – Gloucestershire

Posted on 16 January 202510 January 20251Litre, 2021, Black, Closed Down, England, Kelis Explores, UK

Milk Made This clever little design is another of my favourites, with the two milk bottles making up the hollows of the letter M. Clever, isn’t it? You’ll find this bottle and its pasteurised but ...

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Milk on the Moove – Devon

Posted on 10 January 202510 January 20251Litre, 2021, Black, England, Kelis Explores, UK

Milk on the Moove There is quite a lot going on here and although I admire this bottle, I do find it somewhat confusing. From what I can tell the milk appears to have been ...

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Middlefields Moo Juice – Leicestershire

Posted on 31 October 202427 October 20241Litre, 2021, Black, England, Kelis Explores, UK

Middlefields Moo Juice The cookie-cutter edged border surrounding a cow with a rather stern look on her face reminds me of a sheriff’s badge. Perhaps the cow is the sheriff around these parts. When you ...

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Udderly Fresh – Buckinghamshire

Posted on 24 October 202417 October 20241Litre, 2021, Black, England, Kelis Explores, UK

Udderly Fresh With only a glance at this bottle, you might be mistaken and think that there is a single cow, but look again. There are two Holstein Friesian cows are staring back at you. ...

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Cornish Moo – Cornwall

Posted on 3 October 202427 September 20241Litre, 2021, Black, England, Kelis Explores, UK

Cornish Moo Cornish Moo is another favourite. With its smart, modern design and tagline of ‘It’s just milk’, this is one of the cleanest designs I have seen. If your curiosity isn’t satisfied, spin the ...

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The Dairyy at Honeydale – Oxfordshire

Posted on 6 September 20248 September 20242021, Black, England, Kelis Explores, UK

The Dairyy at Honeydale Is that a superfluous letter y or a misspelling of the word dairy? I’m not sure, but when searching for the word “Dairyy” on the world wide web, the Dairyy at ...

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Bassingthorpe Milk – Lincolnshire

Posted on 29 August 20248 September 20241Litre, 2021, Colour, England, Kelis Explores, UK

Bassingthorpe Milk Farm fresh pasteurised milk produced by Holstein and Brow Swiss cows that feed on the pastures of the Lincolnshire countryside. This bottle evokes an image of foil milk bottle tops indented and sometimes ...

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Vine Farm Dairy – Leicestershire

Posted on 25 April 202414 August 20241Litre, 2021, Colour, England, Kelis Explores, UK

Vine Farm Dairy We were lucky to pick up this special edition Jubilee bottle from Vine Farm Dairy in Great Dalby, three miles south of Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire. The name Great Dalby is derived from ...

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Herd Milk – Shropshire

Posted on 21 March 202414 August 20241Litre, 2021, Colour, England, Kelis Explores, UK

Herd Milk Adjective: Refined – with impurities or unwanted elements having been removed. Refined sums up the delightful Herd bottle with its elegant no-fuss design. Gently pasteurised, un-homogenised, farm-fresh milk from happy grass-fed cows at ...

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The Dairy at Westhay – Somerset

Posted on 6 March 202414 August 20241Litre, 2021, Black, England, Kelis Explores, UK

The Dairy at Westhay The name Westhay is derived from the old English’ English’ west haga,’’ meaning ‘‘The West field enclosed by hedges.’’ Westhay is situated four miles from Glastonbury on the Somerset Levels, and ...

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Penuchadre Farm – Bridgend

Posted on 28 February 202414 August 20241Litre, 2021, Black, Kelis Explores, UK, Wales

Penuchadre Farm The Penuchadre Farm bottle is one of my favourites with its summertime scene of a cow standing in a grassy field surrounded on both sides by leafy trees while a single Swallow flies ...

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Dora’s Dairy – Wiltshire

Posted on 17 February 202414 August 20241Litre, 2021, Black, England, Kelis Explores, UK

Dora’s Dairy The cheeky cow on this Dora’s Dairy bottle captures attention rather quickly, especially amongst children. Did you know that a cow uses its tongue to rip grass out of the ground and pull ...

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Farmer Ted’s Dairy, Warwickshire

Posted on 8 February 20246 March 20241Litre, 2021, Black, England, Kelis Explores, UK

Farmer Ted’s Dairy In real life, the obelisk pictured on Farmer Ted’s Dairy bottle is made of limestone blocks, stands seventy feet tall and was constructed in 1749 for Thomas Archer MP of Umberslide. Archer ...

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Barlaston Milk Barn, Staffordshire

Posted on 1 February 202414 August 20241Litre, 2021, Black, England, Kelis Explores, UK

Barlaston Milk Barn The Barlaston bottle reminds me of rural America with its gambrel-roofed barn taking centre stage amongst the relatively large print on the face of the bottle. The back of the bottle promises ...

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Milk’s Up! Devon

Posted on 8 December 202314 August 20241Litre, 2021, Colour, England, Kelis Explores, UK

Milk’s Up! This bottle certainly grabs one’s attention, and I can tell you that it stands out amongst other bottles with its unusual design but look a little deeper, and this bottle provides more questions ...

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North Cotswolds Dairy Co, Warwickshire

Posted on 6 December 20236 March 20241Litre, 2021, Black, England, Kelis Explores, UK

North Cotswolds Dairy Co A cow gazing out at the landscape from the cover of an oak tree, the bird perched on a fence survey the opposite direction, tufts of grass sprouting from the ground. ...

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Hollis Mead Organic Dairy, Dorset

Posted on 6 December 20236 March 20241Litre, 2021, Black, England, Kelis Explores, UK

Hollis Mead Organic Dairy We acquired this rather lovely bottle from a vending machine in the market town of Sherbourne in Northwest Dorset. The milk comes from Urless Farm in Corscombe, Dorchester, where the cows ...

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Church Farm Dairy, Wiltshire

Posted on 4 May 202314 August 20241Litre, 2021, Black, England, Kelis Explores, UK

Church Farm Dairy The village of Semley sits on the Wiltshire and Dorset border and is home to the 17th-century farmhouse of Church Farm. Opposite the farm is the rather splendid Parish Church of St ...

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