Paper / Milk Delivery

Trampas

Does this still happen?

Big back in the 80's and 90's but is it still happening?

Thrill

Cant remember the last time I saw a paperboy or a milkman. Seems to have almost died out.

I wouldn't want any of them anyway. Having those bills hanging over your head every week must have been a pain.

gipi

I see a milk van in my area regularly (mostly evenings, presume it's to collect the money).

My folks (in the Dublin area) had someone at their door a few months ago with an offer to deliver the evening paper on a daily basis.

Paper was delivered for the first 3 days, nothing on day 4, and on day 5 day 4's paper was delivered!

They didn't continue with the service.....:D

vektarman

I used to work as a paperboy but I had to give it up...I kept getting blown away in the wind:), sorry, couldn't resist that one.
We had milk deliveries in our area up to recently, I haven't seen a paper delivery for a long time though.

Speaking of milk deliveries does anyone remember the Christmas milk bottle deliveries when the foil top had a Christmas theme like holly or snow.

L1011

Milk deliveries resumed here after a LONG gap about 4 years ago; got an Examiner through the door free every day for a week a while back so I assume that service is still going.

Still have a door-to-door dry cleaner; and I can remember in the past there used to be a door to door vegetable seller on Saturdays - the shop with their name is still open in the town.

Sunnyisland

Papers and milk still delivered where I live in Dublin,but certainly not as much as before with people not wanting bills weekly plus you can get milk pretty cheap in the shops now,I would think the paper deliveries will slowly wind down to as newspaper sales are declining slowly.

ThisRegard

We get our milk delivered twice a week in Dublin, handy it is too because it's always milk you seem to run out of and have to go the shop for.

Niles

Where I am you could milk delivered up till about five years ago, the milkman retired and that was it.

Waiting for someone to put up a Pat Mustard reference.

lord lucan

A couple of guys have tried to start milk runs in my estate over the last few years but there doesn't appear to have been any take up on it. With cheap milk available in most supermarkets and a 24hr Texaco around the corner i think people are happy to get it themselves.

Cardinal Richelieu

Still have milk deliveries in my area and a friend gets the newspaper to the door delivered. Anyone remember the minerals deliveries, were you could order a crate of glass bottle soft drinks of your choice, some of them were vile. Don't know if anyone still does them.

There are still milkmen who deliver to colleges, hospitals and other places with large canteens etc...not much domestic focussed ones now I'd say.

JJJJNR

I seen a milk float while on a visit to the northside of Dublin recently, it was strange sight and sound.

tricky D

Deliveries never stopped around these parts NE Dublin. It's a local family business run by the 2nd generation, with some help from the 3rd, which delivers 6 times a week. The number of houses being delivered to has dropped, but many local shops and businesses still use the service. Cheaper milk from Northern Ireland isn't helping. Dunno what interest the 3rd generation has for keeping it up. Not a float like it used to be back in the day, something like:

Dotrel

My parents still have the paper delivered every day. They used to also have the milk every day too. The guy who delivered the milk did so for them for at least 25 years. He eventually handed the business over to his son. Problem was the son was totally irresponsible, a major scumbag and typical boyracer stoner who wouldn't think twice about lighting up a spliff right in front of you.

Anyway the arrangement all these years was that the milk was to delivered every morning except Sunday but boy racer thought he could get away with delivering 6 bottles on a monday and 8 on a thursday and still get paid. That's when he would even manage to make those deliveries. Often times nothing was delivered and the total number of bottles for the week would not be met.

Thing is for all his missing deliveries was never late or missing come Friday when it came time to pay him tho. Needless to say my parents kept with him for about 3 weeks before canning his service.

I can only imagine he ran his fathers business into the ground within months.

lord lucan

Off topic,but this thread made me aware of something i do that harks back to the old days of bottled milk when it was delivered. Every time i open a new carton of milk i shake it,something many done years ago when the cream settled on top of the milk. Never noticed that i still do this until last night.:)

Lombardo86

Paper delivered daily about 5 o clock.. very good service and at cost price.

Anybody know where their profit is coming from??

L1011

Lombardo86 wrote: »

Paper delivered daily about 5 o clock.. very good service and at cost price.

Anybody know where their profit is coming from??

There is a margin for the retailer but its not particularly big.

I have a suspicion that some delivery services (and the blokes selling papers in traffic) get the papers cheaper than shops to try and ensure that more people read the damn things.

Leeg17

My dad is a milkman in Galway, houses get deliveries 3 days a week (he also supplies shops everyday)

Hard old job though

Run_to_da_hills

i can remember milk being delivered from Premier Dairies inn Monlkstown to my folks house in bottles from a horse and cart.

Trampas

lord lucan wrote: »

Off topic,but this thread made me aware of something i do that harks back to the old days of bottled milk when it was delivered. Every time i open a new carton of milk i shake it,something many done years ago when the cream settled on top of the milk. Never noticed that i still do this until last night.:)

I still do it also

L1011

Just had Avonmore/Tullamore Dairies selling milk delivery at the door there a minute ago.

RH149

We get our milk delivered three times a week -a godsend, but it's not quite the same as 'hearing' the milk bottles being delivered when we were kids!

We had a guy around a few mths ago selling a Paper delivery service- Irish Times. Was quite reasonable but they insisted on getting your Credit card details upfront which was a bit dodgy as far as I was concerned. Wouldn't accept cash like the milkman does so didn't sign up for it.

Love the milk delivery though!

DitzyPoo92

Cardinal Richelieu wrote: »

Anyone remember the minerals deliveries, were you could order a crate of glass bottle soft drinks of your choice, some of them were vile. Don't know if anyone still does them.

These are still going around. A company called Maine from Northern Ireland sell these house to house for 7 bottles of your choice for 10 euro. Still in glass bottles. Got some a few weeks back:)