LONG-serving milkman Ricky Roberts swapped the terraced streets of St Helens town centre for the lawns of Buckingham Palace last week.

For the 67-year-old, who has been delivering morning pintas to the residents of the streets behind St Helens Town Hall for 35 years, was invited to a Buckingham Palace Garden Party after being nominated by his wife, Winifred, who joined him for the royal occasion.