Does anyone remember milk chutes?🤔

[Ruthanne]

Growing up we had one that was in the kitchen. The milkman would open it from outside and leave milk in it.

My father didn't seal it off until many years after all of us were grown. When I lost my key I would crawl in from there using a chair to stand on. I was that thin way back then. I was an adult too.

I don't think milk is delivered that way anymore. Maybe somewhere else though it might be.

Anyone else remember them?

 

[Eupher]

You betcha. Ours was right next to the back door. I still remember the name of the milkman -- Johnny -- who drove for Twin Pines Dairy. Nice guy.

But yeah, the milk chute was relegated to history when the milk carton came along. My Dad bricked up the milk chute sometime in the mid 60s.

 

[Pinky]

We had one in our old house in Niagara Falls, on the ground floor, adjacent to the driveway.

 

[Ruthanne]

You betcha. Ours was right next to the back door. I still remember the name of the milkman -- Johnny -- who drove for Twin Pines Dairy. Nice guy.

But yeah, the milk chute was relegated to history when the milk carton came along. My Dad bricked up the milk chute sometime in the mid 60s.

I believe our milkman was named Johnny too!

 

[Babs2u]

No but I remember when it froze on the front porch.

 

[Jules]

We had one in our house in Toronto. In hindsight it would be an invitation for thieves to drop in.

 

[Fritz]

We didn't have those when I was a kid. We had a milkman though. He would bring the glass bottles of milk in a little metal basket.

 

[Jace]

We didn't have those when I was a kid. We had a milkman though. He would bring the glass bottles of milk in a little metal basket.

Yes to the front door.
Then, the emptied would be.left in the basket at front door.
replaced with fresh

 

[Manatee]

We had a milk box on the doorstep.

 

[Aunt Bea]

My grandmother had one at her house, our milk was left on the steps by the door.

Those old milk doors would be great for today’s small package deliveries, maybe they will make a comeback.

 

[jujube]

I had a friend who had lost the tip of her index finger, the whole first joint, to one of those boxes. It was made of sharp metal and the lid slammed down on her finger and BAM!

We had a metal box out on the porch for the milk. Mom would leave a note for the milkman telling him what she wanted.

 

[Ruthanne]

We had one in our house in Toronto. In hindsight it would be an invitation for thieves to drop in.

I was thinking the same thing. All those years someone small could have gotten into ours.

 

[oscash]

Yes, we had a milk door just outside of our kitchen. Never thought anybody could fit into it.

 

[Buckeye]

I vaguely recall milk being delivered by a woman named Margaret. No milk chute in the house, and no idea how the process worked.

 

[fuzzybuddy]

Our milkman knew my mom, since when they were in school together.. He'd just open the back door and put the milk in the fridge. But I think he did that with everybody on his route.
Yeah, that was a way different time.

 

[Ted01]

We had Thompson's Dairy delivered and they put our order in an insulated box that was kept at the front door...
sometimes my brother or I would add a bottle of chocolate milk to the order after our parents went off to work.

 

[Pappy]

We had a milk box outside the front door. In 1947, Hotchkins Dairy still used a horse and wagon to deliver. Horse knew the route better than the milkman did. Shortly after, they went to the van where the driver stood up to drive.

 

[JustDave]

We had a milk box on the doorstep.

We lived in a two flat with an unlocked outside door that opened to a vestibule which had locked doors to the apartments. Them milkman would leave the milk in the vestibule. It seems like I remember seeing a milk chute at someone's house once, but I'm not sure.

 

[Tommy]

Prior to moving in the 1960s, our house had a milk chute. Home delivery of milk was (and still is) available when we lived in Maine.

 

[Oldeagle66]

I do, my friends and I played with them when not in use those days. I actually got stuck once.

 

[Oldeagle66]

Yes, we had a milk door just outside of our kitchen. Never thought anybody could fit into it.

I got stuck in one.

 

[Imogene]

We had the milk cows so I drank raw milk until I was eleven and dad stopped dairying.

That was the best milk ever — it took me a long time to get used to pasteurized milk.

 

[JustDave]

We had the milk cows so I drank raw milk until I was eleven and dad stopped dairying.

That was the best milk ever — it took me a long time to get used to pasteurized milk.

We bought raw milk from a local farmer for awhile. We made butter with it and ice cream. It was good, but somewhat inconvenient, and we eventually went back to buying milk at the market. I do kind of miss it, but it was always a special trip and some extra fooling around with payments. It was easier to deal with it while doing our normal shopping.

 

[PeppermintPatty]

We didn’t have one but our neighbours ( my best friend) did. They used to get fresh milk delivered every few days.

 

[Pink Biz]

No milk chute, but did have delivery from Wanzer Dairy.