Robert L.:
Does anyone remember the real horse and buggy days in Newark?
I mean the real horse and buggy days, when no one really had a
car, before cars replaced them. My father was born in Newark in
1911, and I think I remember him telling me that he remembered horse
and buggy days there, which would mean they weren't all replaced
by cars by the time he was about 7 or 8, (about 1918). Then, he
would have well remembered those days. I'm also pretty sure he said
that the ice man still delivered ice with a horse years after automobiles
replaced the buggy. BUT, does anyone remember when it turned over,
OR the period from when there were almost exclusively horse and
buggies to the era of only automobiles, and their memories of this
in old Newark...Or is this transition period simply too long ago..
peter grimm:
Ballantine beer used horses to deliver kegs to down town newark.
A 4 team can out maneuver a truck. The horses do it themselves and
each outfit had a Dalmatian dog the dog lived with the team.
Jule Spohn:
When I was a kid in the early-late 1940's we had Danny the Ice
Man. He delivered the ice in his horse drawn wagon. Seems like the
horse knew which house to stop in front of by himself.
Mary Ray Beggio:
The milkman delivered to our house on Wainwright St by horse drawn
buggy till 1947. If very cold out the cream would raise to the top,
a real treat if we could get to it before Mom.
Joan Niven:
How about the Rag Man. The fruit and vegetable man. The umbrella
man. My mother was a young girl in Newark in the horse and buggy
days. She always tells the story about the poor horses who would
slip on the ice and break a leg. They would shoot them right there
in the street.
Martha Imperiale:
My mom was also born in Newark in 1911. I can remember my grandfather
taking my sister and I for a ride on a big sled, the kind you sit
in pulled by a horse or donkey . There were very few cars back then.
In the city people could walk to work or the store.
Carol T:
I remember summer days when the fruit man would be slowly making
his way down Bergen Street in his flat bed wagon pulled by a horse.
The wheels of the wagon fascinated me because they were so big and
the fruit was piled high also remember the rag man and his pushcart
and the man who sharpened knives. This was around the early 50's
peter grimm:
when i was a kid all the homes along mt. prospect ave had hitch
posts and step ups. Our Dr Barcardi drove a buggy during
World War II
Jule Spohn:
Speaking of horses and buggies, several months ago a friend of mine
asked me whatever happened to the "troughs" that were
scattered throughout downtown for the horses to drink out of. I
don't remember them. Does any else remember them, and where were
they?
Robert:
Now that's amazing, The homes on Mt. Prospect Avenue had HITCHING
POSTS still left there...like the old police or fire call boxes
still around today here...they are marking them to restore/preserve
them...My father said when he was about 17, he was working as a
surveyor up on Orange Mountain, he cut a gash in his legs, so they
put him in a tin lizzie to take him to the doctor's ...shows how
old he is, he said..
peter grimm:
The milk wagon horses knew when and what house to stop at. The
milkman would whistle like calling a dog and the horse would come
to him. They later replaced the wood wheels with air tires.
Seymour:
A quick horse and buggy "tail" with a "lunch twist".
Come back with me to about 1932 {Wow, I can't believe I said that}
I worked for a "fruit, veg peddler with a horse and wagon.
The horse knew where to stop and the "peddler" shouted
out his items. Ladies heads appeared at the windows and gave their
orders. My chore was to deliver, apt. to apt. Sometime a penny tip
was forthcoming. Now to lunch . Three beautiful fresh rolls,still
warm, cost one nickel. To drink, coke was 6 ounces,n/g seven-up
was 7 ounces {hence the name }n/g. Now a new drink on the horizon
PEPSI COLA 12 full ounces, that was the drink of the day. Eat ,
drink and be merry ,it doesn't cost much .
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