I remember Leatherwood Farms & Dairies in Bluefield VA ** -- MikeVT85 03/29/2016 04:04AM
Dairys worked independently** -- 133743Hokie 03/28/2016 3:49PM
Cows unable to drive to deliver milk products.** -- MontyPythokie 03/28/2016 3:44PM
I remember milk delivery as a kid. -- Hokie in CT 03/28/2016 2:59PM
Whenever it was, 60's I guess, the first large grocery stores appeared... -- `lag 03/28/2016 1:43PM
Combination of more small dairy's, glass jars were heavy, larger families, -- Hoakie82 03/28/2016 2:06PM
Glass bottles were re-fillable - delivery man picked up empties. -- Hokie in CT 03/28/2016 3:26PM
That's right and soda pop bottles were still returnable at the store... -- `lag 03/28/2016 4:37PM
They used to have a big brown cow machine as an out parcel in a parking lot -- Hoakie82 03/28/2016 1:24PM
We still had/have it in Buffalo Grove, IL -- SavannahHokie 03/28/2016 1:02PM
In the 1950s and 60s, there were Bread, Dairy, Snack Food, Ice Cream, Dry.. -- NW Raleigh Hokie 03/28/2016 12:48PM
We had it delivered in Denver in the early 80's. -- Hokies23 03/28/2016 12:25PM
Yeah, I hear you can get "milk" delivered in Denver now -- DJ Golf 03/28/2016 4:44PM
My parents had their milk delivered when I was growing up -- BRVT 03/28/2016 11:30AM
Because society was very unaccpeting of a milk woman at the time.** -- RichwebHokie 03/28/2016 11:14AM
Shun ** -- HokieAl 03/28/2016 11:26AM
Here you go.... -- Tank 03/28/2016 11:36AM
What next? Pizza delivery? -- 48zip 03/28/2016 10:54AM
Many reasons, not the least of which is many (most?) people did not have -- Femoyer Hokie 03/28/2016 10:52AM
My great uncle hard an ice business in Wilkes-Barre/Plymouth PA -- bigdaddy 03/28/2016 1:59PM
Different time. It was about fresh from the farm to your house. -- HokiesDiver 03/28/2016 10:42AM
Charles Chips? Where did you grow up -- Late 80s Hokie 03/28/2016 11:18AM
They were also in Blacksburg in the 1970"s. And like you -- santafe 03/28/2016 12:26PM
Those and the Chocolate Chip cookies. Just discussing last Friday. -- 48zip 03/28/2016 12:11PM
South Jersey near Philly. My 90 year-old mom -- HokiesDiver 03/28/2016 11:47AM
Rochester, NY for me. I didn't realize Charley Chips was that big. ** -- Late 80s Hokie 03/28/2016 12:30PM
Looks like they had several different owners, but they are back -- HokieAl 03/28/2016 4:07PM
To take care of momma. ** -- Stork 03/28/2016 10:21AM
Still is in some places -- HokieMacDaddy 03/28/2016 10:15AM
We had milk delivered into the late 60's early 70's -- vthhhi 03/28/2016 10:08AM
We had delivery until about 1972 -- al pie hokie 03/28/2016 10:38AM
We had delivery in B'burg in 1978. My roommate drank a lot of milk. ** -- 48zip 03/28/2016 10:04AM
Those services still exist today ** -- HokiePHX 03/28/2016 10:02AM
Yup. I had milk delivered for about 8 years -- Tafkam Hokie 03/28/2016 10:14AM
Yep. I drink no milk, but their chocolate milk is ridiculous. -- reestuart 03/28/2016 1:17PM
If you want some real artery-clogging heaven, around the holidays -- Tafkam Hokie 03/28/2016 1:47PM
What i remember most from our delivery was the chocolate milk too -- BRVT 03/28/2016 11:31AM
Grocery stores didn't have coolers back then making home delivery -- RoswellGAHokie 03/28/2016 09:48AM
I think it was the homes that didn't have refrigeration, so milk would not -- Hokie360 03/28/2016 10:03AM
Interesting. That's something I had assumed was in the stores -- HokieAl 03/28/2016 09:54AM