Sigh...we lived too far out in the sticks for the ice man to come..even if we had an ice box and money to buy ice to put in it.....When we had a family Reunion on the 4th of July my Aunt and Uncle brought a chunk of ice along from the Ice House in town. It was slid under a bush, wrapped heavily in old quilts, and used to make iced tea and homemade ice cream. My Grand kids wouldn't know what an ice box was , but readily use the words 'fridge'.... Did I ever tell y'all the first time I saw an electric fridge ? Aunt Pearl lived at home and took care of her parents till they died, so we occasionally visited them. When they got electricity...WAY before we did...the first thing she bought was a fridge....We were SO completely awed! After lunch when the grownups were sitting out under the big Catalpha tree yarning, us kids ran through the kitchen....We decided to check out that fridge....never having seen such a marvel...We opened the door and the motor shut off..Oh...My...Gosh! We are so dead! Ah...we noticed a little sign, 'Push to start' ...Sigh of relief...Push....push....PUSH! RUUUNNN ! Our folks probably wondered why we were in a hurry to go home...and behaving so well, too....One dared walk back through the kitchen at the last minute and that little fridge was just purring away..WHEW! Aunt Pearl was 6 foot tall or more and weighed about as much as a good sized bull, so we considered ourselves blessed.....Jeannie T ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~`` On Sun, 10 Apr 2011 08:48:00 -0700 (PDT) annette tucker <annelovespugs@yahoo.com> writes: > This brought back the memory of when I was 8 years old we had the ice > man visit our house three times a week and he would carry a big > block of ice and put it in the ice box and every once in a while I > will still say puit the milk back in the ice box. It did keep the > food cool and nothing spoiled. Annette. ____________________________________________________________ Groupon.com Official Site 1 huge daily deal on the best stuff to do in your city. Try it today! http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/4da2812f8d9ba3579bm06duc

My grandparents kept their old oak ice-box and my brother still has it-he keeps it all shined up, it is a pretty oak and still has the zinc lined box in the top and shelves in the bottom. When I was real little in the hot weather they cooked in the "back kitchen" not part of the main house but a good sized room between garage and house, then a backstairs case and hall to go in the real kitchen . They kept the ice-box, kerosene two burner stove and some kind of an old oven-she did canning out there sometimes also. We also made root beer, I remember when a few bottle exploded before we could drink it! What a mess! I think the first fridge I remember was a Coolerator-it had a big vented motor on the top that whirred and made lots of noise---we still say "put it in the ice-box", must be a common thing! They had a cast iron stove, cooked on one side and it had a heating deal on the other and a hot water tank on the rear-it was a huge thing but pretty! All of this reminds me of the wonderful smells that came from these things-relishes,jams,stewed tomatoes, pickles,a turkey roasting, many pies-all the best memories of my very early years! Along with her old wringer washer and long clothes lines and the poles to keep the wet wash off the ground! People had to work so much harder back then and the way the young ones complain now, with all the modern things that make everything faster and easier! Sitting down as a family for breakfast and dinner-maybe even lunch but Dad would be at work-no eating on the run-talking on the phone or anything else! We were a true family and talked about the events of the day and the homework, plans for tomorrow etc. Life was really wonderful and the Mom's and Grandmothers seldom had any complaints, they were happy to make do with what they had! Helen

Jeannie: Where I was born, in northern Vermont, my Dad was the ice man. Somewhere here I have copies of his business card...is kinda cute. His brother worked for him. As to the "fridge", our big thing was the washing machine. Remember the old Bendix (spell?) with the window in the door? My friend's mom had one of the first ones in town...we kids would literally sit in front of it and watch the water splash against the door and the clothes go round and round. It was a front loader. I now have a Maytag front loader, and every time I use it I think of us sitting around watching that Bendix work. Neysa ----- Original Message ----- From: askgranny@juno.com To: memory-lane@rootsweb.com Sent: Monday, April 11, 2011 12:10 AM Subject: Re: [ML] Reminiscing..... Sigh...we lived too far out in the sticks for the ice man to come..even if we had an ice box and money to buy ice to put in it.....When we had a family Reunion on the 4th of July my Aunt and Uncle brought a chunk of ice along from the Ice House in town. It was slid under a bush, wrapped heavily in old quilts, and used to make iced tea and homemade ice cream. My Grand kids wouldn't know what an ice box was , but readily use the words 'fridge'.... Did I ever tell y'all the first time I saw an electric fridge ? Aunt Pearl lived at home and took care of her parents till they died, so we occasionally visited them. When they got electricity...WAY before we did...the first thing she bought was a fridge....We were SO completely awed! After lunch when the grownups were sitting out under the big Catalpha tree yarning, us kids ran through the kitchen....We decided to check out that fridge....never having seen such a marvel...We opened the door and the motor shut off..Oh...My...Gosh! We are so dead! Ah...we noticed a little sign, 'Push to start' ...Sigh of relief...Push....push....PUSH! RUUUNNN ! Our folks probably wondered why we were in a hurry to go home...and behaving so well, too....One dared walk back through the kitchen at the last minute and that little fridge was just purring away..WHEW! Aunt Pearl was 6 foot tall or more and weighed about as much as a good sized bull, so we considered ourselves blessed.....Jeannie T ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~`` On Sun, 10 Apr 2011 08:48:00 -0700 (PDT) annette tucker <annelovespugs@yahoo.com> writes: > This brought back the memory of when I was 8 years old we had the ice > man visit our house three times a week and he would carry a big > block of ice and put it in the ice box and every once in a while I > will still say puit the milk back in the ice box. It did keep the > food cool and nothing spoiled. Annette. ____________________________________________________________ Groupon.com Official Site 1 huge daily deal on the best stuff to do in your city. Try it today! http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/4da2812f8d9ba3579bm06duc http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mbousman1/memory.htm ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MEMORY-LANE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message