Talk:Milk bar

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Is a milk bar the same as a malt shop? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Gbleem (talk • contribs) .

What is a Malt Shop? :) Robertbrockway 00:03, Dec 9 2004 (UTC)

What was the name of the people that worked in the milk bars in the 50's ? It is something like "soda jockey" or something similar. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 202.72.134.44 (talk • contribs) .

I've never heard that expression used in Australia before. I'd say they were referred to as "the lady/man who works at the milk bar" ;-) Cnwb 05:37, 2 December 2005 (UTC)

No specific term. Maybe sales assistant? Asa01 23:44, 20 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Context

The context in this article is not clear, where are these milk bars? Clues suggest that this usage occurs in England and Australia. I think thet are the same as what is known as a dairy in New Zealand and a cafe or tea room in South Africa. If so something could be said about them. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Htaccess (talk • contribs) .

[edit] South Australian Milk Bars

Growing up in SA in the 70's and 80's we never used the term Milk Bar. I recently saw a photo of a Milk Bar in Adelaide. This was located next to the Ernsmith Electrical shop. The photo was dated 1960. Does anyone else know of SA milk bars? My kiwi friends always called their places a Dairy. In SA we called similar shops a Deli (delicatessen). Shops which were less like the interstate Milk Bar were known as Contintental Delis. Ozdaren 10:12, 25 June 2006 (UTC)