I am old enough to remember when ice was delivered to your “ice box” to keep your milk cold. I even remember it delivered by a horse drawn wagon!
Any body remember that?
Any body remember that?
Yep! My grandmother would order only half of a 25 lb block of ice, which went into the top part of the oak ice box. The iceman would cut the blocks with his ice pick.
Living in NYC, the only horse drawn wagon I remember was the junk man. There were cow bells strung across the back of the wagon to announce his presence and the horse’s name was “Macy.”
... ice was delivered to your “ice box” to keep your milk cold. I even remember it delivered by a horse drawn wagon!
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Absolutely!
And the ragman, who also has a horse-drawn wagon.
My mom died several years ago at 96. She would talk about the ice truck, and how the guy knew the right size of block for every house. Except at their house the kids would gather, and he always had to chip a bit more to get it the right size. (Leaving lots of cold ice chips for the kids to grab!).
Her favorite was the “cheny” man - the rag man, as he still used a mule to tow his cart as he made the rounds to gather rags, tin foil, etc. She would save every scrap of tin foil and get some from the neighbors too. She had a wad the size of a basketball finally and went to sell it to the rag man.
“He only offered me a penny for it! I told him he can keep his penny as I would rather have this huge ball that I had made!”
My dad would get up early in the morning and suck the cream off of the bottle of milk that would rise to the top (hmm - the “cream of the crop”). His mom would get so mad at him!