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Railway milk churns - reproductions

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  1. hoffman

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    Does anybody know of any company that makes reproduction milk churns? Originals aren't exactly easy to come by (especially the conical type) and are quite expensive, especially if you want "a few". I was wondering if anybody produced reproductions for decorating heritage railway platforms etc, preferably a lot cheaper than the originals and possible made in something lighter in weight so they could be moved around and not left outside to the elemnts and thieves?
     
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    Interesting, but the problem is that it's nowhere near full size.
     
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    Flying Phil Part of the furniture

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    Aaahh the old large milk churns....Back in the 1960's I used to work in a coffee shop and the customers were very impressed when the milk arrived behind the counter in a big milk churn....must be fresh they thought.
    Little did they realise that I had been making it from powdered milk downstairs!
     
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    Greenway Part of the furniture

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    Milk churns on railways stations; they mostly are without tops . ;)
     

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