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Luxury!milk run , early in the morning, and still dark... Mr Davis and his Bedford truck, we'd hang off the back, feet on a dodgy stand plate and hanging on to handles.
Go out to the houses with 6 full pints in the carrier, then change out for empties plus / only when correct change located. Had to memorise the hiding spots, run after the truck as he rolled on. Sometimes changed orders made for a lot of running out n back.
We used to have a yearly University take on th local papers here years ago. Not sure if it is still going, but the one that sticks in my mind was The Daily News the afternoon rag, (which I used to work on) came out as The Daily Spews. The Weekend News, The Weakened News, The West Australian, The Worst Australian. Was always good fun reading themfor all you newspaper boys out there, here's an occasional gig.
The world's only four-yearly newspaper has hit the kiosks again in France with the release of a new issue of the satirical La Bougie du Sapeur.
The 20-page tabloid only comes out on 29 February - or once every leap-year. The first edition was in 1980, and this is issue 12.
Conceived by a group of friends who "wanted to have a laugh", La Bougie du Aspect has a print run of 200,000. It is priced at €4.90 and more than meets its costs.
"After the first issue sold out in two days, the newsagents were clamouring for more copies - so we said fine, but only in four years' time!", says editor Jean d'Indy, whose main job is running the French equivalent of the Jockey Club.
"The paper's still put out by a few pals. We meet in a bar and toss around ideas over drinks. We have a lot of fun, and if the reader does too, that's the icing on the cake," Mr d'Indy says.
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I like it
In the 60's when I was 13, I delivered papers in Capel, a small town South of Bunbury, before I caught the school bus.I was a afternoon newspaper boy standing on the corner of Beaufort and Walcott streets in mt Lawley 1963-64.
My claim to fame is the day that President Kennedy was shot and died I sold the most papers outside of Perth.
Total 365 at 6/- a dozen plus tips. WAN also gave me a 10/- bonus.
It was a good site and I usually averaged about 30/- or $3 a week.
at 13, you had hollow legs. all this extra exercise, burning the calories, your poor mum couldn't put the food on table quickly enoughIn the 60's when I was 13, I delivered papers in Capel, a small town South of Bunbury, before I caught the school bus.
So up at 5.30am, deliver the papers get home and catch the old bedford school bus at 7.30am, $1 a day.
I would give it to Mum to bank for me, when I had saved enough to buy what I was after, I went to Mum and I got "sorry son I needed it for groceries".
Hence I run my own SMSF, fck letting someone else look after my money, a lesson well learnt.
That's why I never complained about it, my parents were poor, so it actually didn't bother me she was telling the truth.at 13, you had hollow legs. all this extra exercise, burning the calories, your poor mum couldn't put the food on table quickly enough
(...mainly modern emojis like pizza n tacos, not many basic fare from the 60s, like bread / dripping)
Just relised that what I was paid to sell the daily News wasn't 6 shillings a dozen it was 6 penceI was a afternoon newspaper boy standing on the corner of Beaufort and Walcott streets in mt Lawley 1963-64.
My claim to fame is the day that President Kennedy was shot and died I sold the most papers outside of Perth.
Total 365 at 6/- a dozen plus tips. WAN also gave me a 10/- bonus.
It was a good site and I usually averaged about 30/- or $3 a week.
A king's ransom , neverthelessJust relised that what I was paid to sell the daily News wasn't 6 shillings a dozen it was 6 pence
@mullokintyre Hang about Mick whilst I go get my harp and bucket. The harp for a sad tune and the bucket for the crocodile tears.I delivered papers on my bike with the papers in two canvas satchels strung across the rear carrier.
Had a trailer that I towed behind on Saturdays cos of the extra load all due left wing wankers who read the Age which was about 3 foot thick on the weekends.
And I lived in a hilly area, bike had poor brakes, it rained a lot, and the newsagent used to beat us with a telephone pole if we missed a paper.
And you boles reckon you had it tough!
Mick
Harking back 60 odd years. When JFK was assinated the Weekend News put out from memory 6 editions that day. I made almost as much as my Dad did in a week on that unfortunate SaturdayA king's ransom , nevertheless
Pinching the milk money was always a hot activity in the low socio area, the kids used to go to school early and do a detour through the posh areas.milk run , early in the morning, and still dark... Mr Davis and his Bedford truck, we'd hang off the back, feet on a dodgy stand plate and hanging on to handles.
Go out to the houses with 6 full pints in the carrier, then change out for empties plus / only when correct change located. Had to memorise the hiding spots, run after the truck as he rolled on. Sometimes changed orders made for a lot of running out n back.
We were also on the lookout to find that little bit extra coinage. In our case the Mt Lawley golfcourse surrounds (lots of bush in those early days) was a good hunting ground for empty beer and cool drink bottles. Can't remember what the Bottlo gave for empties Too far back for the grey matter.Pinching the milk money was always a hot activity in the low socio area, the kids used to go to school early and do a detour through the posh areas.
Another one was kids jumped the back fence at the pub and threw empty sherry flagons over the fence, the kids outside would catch them and take them to the bottle shop for a refund, flagons always were a good refund. many copped a thick ear if the publican caught them.
The early 1960's were tough times in W.A, pre mining boom.
Yes back in the 60's in Bunbury there was a cool drink factory called Stokes, it is funny how refunds for returns was stopped and has now been re introduced with fanfare, as though it is a new idea.We were also on the lookout to find that little bit extra coinage. In our case the Mt Lawley golfcourse surrounds (lots of bush in those early days) was a good hunting ground for empty beer and cool drink bottles. Can't remember what the Bottlo gave for empties Too far back for the grey matter.
Can you imagine today's kids doing what we did 60 odd years ago to get some pocket money.
We had Weaver and Loch on Beaufort Street, always good for a bit of coin.Yes back in the 60's in Bunbury there was a cool drink factory called Stokes, it is funny how refunds for returns was stopped and has now been re introduced with fanfare, as though it is a new idea.
I think S.A never stopped and it was always noticeable how much less empty bottle litter there was on the side of the roads in S.A than W.A back then.
are you going out to bale ?Going to have to bail out as the forecast thunderstorms are fast approaching.
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