I remember when :-
- Milk was delivered to the door, it came in glass bottles and delivered by the Milky by horse and cart - Now that makes me feel really old. I loved the cream at the top of the bottle - not homogenised then.
- Bread was also delivered daily by the bread man- he delivered by van - I loved the thick crusts.
- Fruit and vegggies didn't come from the supermarket but from the back of a van - The veggie man delivered weekly.
- Non food related changes - THE OUTDOOR DUNNY - I thought we had a very up market dunny when our old one burn't down after a spark from the incinerator set it alight - what excitment when the firebrigade can to put our dunny fire out. Anyway the new dunny had a concrete floor and a nice timber seat. I liked the dunny man in his singlet and short shorts, for those who are way too young to know about the dunny man - he came weekly to collect the dunny pan ( full of !!!!) and swap it for a nice empty pan. I remember you had to keep the lid of the dunny down because the flies loved the content - and the smell wasn't that great either.
- MAIL TECHNOLOGY - Snail mail hasn't changed a great deal but we did know our local postie and if he delivered letters he would blow his whistle. I loved to run out and say Hi if I was home when he delivered. the postie walkd or rode a bike then.
- PAPER DELIVERY - came delivered by the local paperboy, he rode a bike not like the paperman today who delivers by car.
- PHONE TECHNOLOGY - well the telephone was a big black phone with a dial - later we traded this big black monster in for a sleek red one - still with a dial but very modern.
- TV TECHNOLOGY - the old black and white tube television was much loved. It broke down often but Mr Casey the local TV repair man had a booming business - charging a fortune to change the tube which often blew like a light bulb.
- CLOCK TECHNOLOGY - I loved the wind up clock we had perched on the obligatory mantle piece. It Chimed every hour according to what the hour was ie 12 times for midnight and midday ( not so good during the nice though)
- HEATING TECHNOLOGY- I do miss the open fire, I loved sitting in front of that fire gazing at he flames. I do remember nearly chopping my finger off trying to chop the wood whilst playing mothers and fathers -I was the father - bit of a tom boy - I still bear the scar today. Next came the MODERN oil fire, then the gas fire, then the gas furnace, now the ducted heating.
- HOT WATER TECHNOLOGY - The old wood furnance water heater was a beauty. I loved chucking the briquettes and wood in that little furnance hole
- WASHING TECHNOLOGY - The old wringer WOW can you imagine that- you hand washed in a modern concrete tub and perched on the tubs side was a hand ringer - it has two rollers and you wrang the water out of the clothes by feeding them between the two wringers and squashing the water out = then hanging the clothes on the good old hills hoist - which I loved to swing on - 360 whizzy burnouts.
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Although I'm a little younger than you (no i'm trying not to be rude) i do remember most of these things. Apart from the local milkman we had (who eventually sold his business off to the larger company "Ideal Dairies") and getting our colour tv and video recorder and having a hills hoist in my parents backyard to this day, the rest of the old stuff i got to experience through my grandfather. Being in a small country town, Broken Hill, and also being a tight-wad he refused to update until it was absolutely necessary and they were too old to keep using the old "things". So hence the old wood fired water heater and washing machine (including metal washboard - remember them too?) were still being used when we went to visit. What a novelty!! Also the new phone came in only after my father brought them one as a present and it was push button too!! To this day the outdoor dunny is still used as a second toilet and is in good working order but is plumbed in. And the postman also used to blow his whistle there in the town when delivering.
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