Milkman
@LeaPea2417 (36399)
Toccoa, Georgia
December 11, 2018 4:54pm CST
My Mother mentioned to me when I was young about how when she was a young girl, they had a Milkman deliver their milk to their door. And when it was delivered, it was in glass bottles and was not homogenized, the cream would rise to the top and the bottle had to be shaked to evenly distribute the milk before drinking. I thought that was interesting as a child.
But, by the time I was a young girl, Milkmen still did exist and on one occasion that I remember, my Mom did order some from a Dairy and a Milkman did deliver it. I am pretty sure it was homogenized.
Do you remember Milkmen?
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@LeaPea2417 (36399)
• Toccoa, Georgia
12 Dec 18
That is interesting, didn't realize about breadmen.
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@BarBaraPrz (45437)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
12 Dec 18
I remember that song, couldn't tell you how it goes, but I do remember hearing it. Not that I was around when it was first a hit, but I do like listening to music from the 40s.
@amadeo (111948)
• United States
12 Dec 18
@BarBaraPrz Here is the song there
@1:16 An early instance of rap music? From the 1944 film Broadway Rhythm
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@Letranknight2015 (51498)
• Philippines
12 Dec 18
We didn't have people delivering Milk, we do have people delivering yakult but they are not mostly known since we could buy it in the malls.
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@LeaPea2417 (36399)
• Toccoa, Georgia
12 Dec 18
Interesting that it was delivered by horse and cart.
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@JudyEv (325345)
• Rockingham, Australia
12 Dec 18
@LeaPea2417 It was a very long time ago. Mum was born in 1910.
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@JudyEv (325345)
• Rockingham, Australia
13 Dec 18
@playertwo Wow, you are very young. And I've just read your comment about you getting older and wiser. You have a way to go yet so you'll be very wise at the end of your life's journey. 
@deazil (4723)
• United States
12 Dec 18
Yes, I remember the milkmen. They delivered to our house when I was a kid. My mother used to pour off the cream at the top into a pitcher for her and my father's coffee and tea. I used to drink it when no one was looking. hehehehe I love cream. 
I think by the time I was 13-14 the deliveries had stopped. There are still places that you can get it delivered but none near where I live.
I think by the time I was 13-14 the deliveries had stopped. There are still places that you can get it delivered but none near where I live.1 person likes this
@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
12 Dec 18
Oh yes we always had a milkman and when I first moved to our house here 45 years we had a milkman here. I think now they are a thing of the past except with PeaPod
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@xander6464 (40826)
• Wapello, Iowa
12 Dec 18
When I was very young, we still had milkmen and one of my uncles was one. I got to go with him a few times on his route and I thought it was great. This was when I was 4 or 5, 1968 or 69 and then just a couple of years later we had no more milkmen in town.
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@wolfgirl569 (94798)
• Marion, Ohio
12 Dec 18
By that time it was homogenized but we did have them here when my kids were babies. But I grew up with a milk cow and nothing tastes better.
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@RasmaSandra (73241)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
12 Dec 18
I sure do. As a child spending summers in the Catskill mountains, there was a milkman that delivered what everyone needed. I always made sure my babysitter also got orange juice and chocolate milk. All in glass bottles. He would collect those bottles everytime he came.
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