Snail mail, courier-home or central delivery

[shootingstar]

Wow- unbelievable there were areas in North America receiving milk delivery in 1970.

[Grog]

Wow- unbelievable there were areas in North America receiving milk delivery in 1970.

Hummm... My cousins still have a milk delivery business TODAY and last I heard it was doing more than well. They deliver other things, too, such as cheese and ice cream and some juice.

[Zen]

We have a local dairy that delivers.
South Mountain Creamery
I get my eggs from a local woman who raises chickens. Pretty brown hens, they are.

[shootingstar]

We have a local dairy that delivers.
South Mountain Creamery
I get my eggs from a local woman who raises chickens. Pretty brown hens, they are.

Grog and Zen, there must long standing community support for this type of door to door service. Wonderful!

[bmccasland]

On the otherhand, for 5 years I lived on a fish hatchery at the end of 9 miles of dirt road. Even the local town did not have door-to-door mail delivery. It would baffle the minds of catalogue company people that my house did not have a street address, nor a zip code - as that was based on MAIL delivery, which I did not have. I would use my Post Office box (town) address zip code just to keep from confusing them. The delivery driver was a local guy - and as I worked in town, he'd often check if I was going straight home, and could I please take the hatchery's packages too? (especially in the winter)

Getting mail at the Post Office in rural towns is often a social gathering. Or a weeding out of the new folks from the older residents when signs appear on the door - "mail is late due to the snow storm, the truck hasn't made it up the mountain yet."

[Eden]

Wow- unbelievable there were areas in North America receiving milk delivery in 1970.

My dad was the milkman... (and yes he was married to my mum, no she wasn't a customer.. I think he may have been a taxi driver when they met) all the way up to the 1990's and the company he worked for is still in business..... I don't think they use glass bottles anymore, but you still have an insulated box outside on the porch if you aren't going to be home when the milkman comes.