Holdfast: The Early YearsThe only other good thing about my milkman was that he wasn't a phony psychiatrist who gave pat diagnoses without first obtaining their full medical history.
Bread/milk deliveries
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Holdfast: The Early YearsThe only other good thing about my milkman was that he wasn't a phony psychiatrist who gave pat diagnoses without first obtaining their full medical history.
now all those jokes about people's kids "looking like the milkman" just don't work anymore.
Talk about putting two and two together....
I don't recall which company delivered milk to my house when I was a kid (either Cloverland or Sealtest). We had a galvanized steel box next to the back door steps with the company name on it which I suppose was for insulation purposes. I still remember Cloverland's phone number after all these years -- North9-2222 (thanks to those jingles permanently etched in the brain).
My mom and sister still get regular milk deliveries to their houses. My mom has a weekly delivery while my sister has a twice weekly delivery.
I don't think it's available where I live.
I don't think it's available where I live.
Actually this is why they don't have many milkmen on the streets anymore:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9YL0yHohts
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9YL0yHohts
My Grandad was a proud milkman for over 20 years before he retired in the late 70s. He was the genuine archetypal milkman ~ solid, dependable and helpful. And could carry 4 pint bottles per hand ~ none of these namby pamby carriers in those times. I remember the great excitement of helping him count out his tips at Christmas, in l.s.d.! When he retired his 'round' held a street party for him to his great embarrassment.
Last time I saw a milkman, a couple of years ago, his float was getting robbed by kids on their way to school. It was a very sad sign of our times
*Watch out, watch out, there's a Humphrey about*
Gold star to anyone that knows what I'm referring to ~ LOL
Last time I saw a milkman, a couple of years ago, his float was getting robbed by kids on their way to school. It was a very sad sign of our times
*Watch out, watch out, there's a Humphrey about*
Gold star to anyone that knows what I'm referring to ~ LOL
That rings a bell...but beyond that, I got nothing!My Grandad was a proud milkman for over 20 years before he retired in the late 70s. He was the genuine archetypal milkman ~ solid, dependable and helpful. And could carry 4 pint bottles per hand ~ none of these namby pamby carriers in those times. I remember the great excitement of helping him count out his tips at Christmas, in l.s.d.! When he retired his 'round' held a street party for him to his great embarrassment.
Last time I saw a milkman, a couple of years ago, his float was getting robbed by kids on their way to school. It was a very sad sign of our times
*Watch out, watch out, there's a Humphrey about*
Gold star to anyone that knows what I'm referring to ~ LOL
And on the subject of milk floats...I remember seeing hand-operated milk floats when I were a lad. Imagine, if you will, a milk float that looked like one of these:
But with a handle on the front instead of a drivers' cab, not unlike this:
The float would (obviously) progress at walking speed with the handle acting as a tiller for steering. Moving the handle up/down would turn the motor on/off.
Weirdness!
For ITL ~ TV advertising at it's best ~ lol
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eksqkgAG2Rw&NR=1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eksqkgAG2Rw&NR=1
