08-20-2009, 04:50 PM
Don C wrote:
Back in the days of home delivery (a really long time ago) the delivery man would open the back door, pick up the empties, and put the new bottles on the little shelf which was there for that purpose. There may have been a little door giving access to that shelf but we did not use it with Mother home on delivery days.
i remember those days except our milk box was on the front porch and made of metal. we lived in NYC. in the winter my brother and i had to remember to get the milk before school or it would freeze and break the bottles. in the summer we had to remember to get the milk early or the heat would spoil it. mom would tan our hides if we forgot to bring in the milk and it got ruined!
we would also just leave a note if we needed additional milk, butter, or orange juice.