Remember when? I think the last time I saw something like this … was in the '50's … so I was quite surprised when I saw this fellow in York, ME last year … & real glass bottles no...

fbeaston Loc: Vermont

I think the last time I saw something like this … was in the '50's … so I was quite surprised when I saw this fellow in York, ME last year … & real glass bottles no less. My apologies … I took them quickly in not so good light, so they are soft, but you can get the idea.

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NMGal Loc: NE NM

I thought these guys were long gone. Loved the milk with the cream on top.

fbeaston Loc: Vermont

NMGal wrote:

I thought these guys were long gone. Loved the milk with the cream on top.

Thanks NMGal … I almost added that in … used to rush to get that cream on the top for cereal before my sister got it. She was mighty quick, so it was usually a toss up. Thanks for the comment.

TheShoe Loc: Lacey, WA

fbeaston wrote:

Thanks NMGal … I almost added that in … used to rush to get that cream on the top for cereal before my sister got it. She was mighty quick, so it was usually a toss up. Thanks for the comment.

My mother or grandmother always got the cream for use in recipes.

angler Loc: StHelens England

Good shots,i used to be a milkman many years ago in the 50s, at first using a horse and cart when i was 15 years old then i learned to drive and passed my test then it was a 1950s Bedford truck.Happy days.

sb Loc: Florida's East Coast

THAT is great! Although the milkman of my childhood had the milk packed on crushed ice and we would run up to the back of his truck in the summer and get hands full of the crushed ice to eat....

SueScott Loc: Hammondsville, Ohio

My grandfather was a milkman for Otto Dairy in Emsworth, Pa and drove a truck in which he had to stand up to drive. I loved the smell of it!

Good pic of the modern version - a good idea that's making a comeback!

waegwan Loc: Mae Won Li

fbeaston wrote:

I think the last time I saw something like this … was in the '50's … so I was quite surprised when I saw this fellow in York, ME last year … & real glass bottles no less. My apologies … I took them quickly in not so good light, so they are soft, but you can get the idea.

That is amazing, thanks for sharing. :-)

Blair Shaw Jr Loc: Dunnellon,Florida

fbeaston wrote:

I think the last time I saw something like this … was in the '50's … so I was quite surprised when I saw this fellow in York, ME last year … & real glass bottles no less. My apologies … I took them quickly in not so good light, so they are soft, but you can get the idea.

Wow....I hope this continues.......donuts too Please !

JohnSwanda Loc: San Francisco

I'm surprised this is economically viable today. It's got to cost more than just picking up your milk when you do your regular grocery shopping. Maybe the reusable glass bottles are the appeal.

chippy65 Loc: Cambridge

here in the UK many dairies used electric milk floats, cheap to run, customers were not woken by clattering diesel engine first

thing in the morning. Only downside was getting stuck behind one in the rush hour as the milk float limped back to the dairy depot

with nearly flat batteries.............first common electric vehicle ??

SueScott Loc: Hammondsville, Ohio

JohnSwanda wrote:

I'm surprised this is economically viable today. It's got to cost more than just picking up your milk when you do your regular grocery shopping. Maybe the reusable glass bottles are the appeal.

I wouldn't be at all surprised that the milk is of a superior quality than what is found in the typical grocery store - that stuff is a stew of antibiotics, hormones, and residual pesticides from feed lot feed. I buy raw milk from a farm - not organic but much better than the supermarket variety.

fbeaston Loc: Vermont

Thanks TheShoe, angler, sb, SueScott, waegwan, Blair Shaw Jr, JohnSwanda & chippy65 for the visits & comments. Amazing that milk delivery was a part of so many families. Eventually my family had a farm & we made our own milk. But as your comments have pointed out, it was a different time. I'd forgotten that the milkman stood up although I seem to recall a very high seat that our milkman leaned against. But that may be a figment of my over active imagination. But thanks all for the comments.

bobbyp7714 Loc: Orange MA

Glass is starting to make a comeback because there is too much plastic out there.

markngolf Loc: Bridgewater, NJ

fbeaston wrote:

I think the last time I saw something like this … was in the '50's … so I was quite surprised when I saw this fellow in York, ME last year … & real glass bottles no less. My apologies … I took them quickly in not so good light, so they are soft, but you can get the idea.

In the 40's we had milk truck, vegetable truck, coal truck, junk man wagon(horse driven), Dugan's bread/cake truck, ice truck, knife sharpening truck (grinder), ice cream truck and "seltzer delivery truck". My mom did not drive until after the war, so she rode her bike to do some shopping. My Dad owned and operated a small food market, so we always had lots of food. I began working there at 9 yrs of age.

Good Old Days, right?
Mark