Who remembers the Charles Chips tin? archived
They were delivered to us by a Charles Chips truck. We could have one bowl a night; you should have seen how we'd artfully fill them to get the most chips.
We had truck delivery as well. I inherited my mom's rusty old tin full of cookie cutters. It's somewhere in my garage.
Us too--I remember using the tins as bongo drums, which is why I was the favorite....
We had them delivered by truck as well... I remember them going way back to the 50's and into the 70's....We used to get Charles Pretzels and Charles Cookies, too...
Then my mom would save all of the tins and re-use them when she baked cookies at Christmas...
Mmmmmmm... I can still taste them now... They were the best (Charles’ stuff & my mom’s cookies)…
Then my mom would save all of the tins and re-use them when she baked cookies at Christmas...
Mmmmmmm... I can still taste them now... They were the best (Charles’ stuff & my mom’s cookies)…
My husband's family got--well, he says "Charlie Chips" (he would)--and pretzels and I think butter mints occasionally--We just sent a tin of Utz potato chips to his sister living in Germany (it was a little more international-shipping friendly)--
We used to call them Charlie Chips, too... It's that whole familial thing that comes about after a while...
We called them Charlie's Chips, too. We had the truck, and I grew up in a really small town so they must have had franchises everywhere.
My parents still have one of those tins--full of vintage Legos that have provided hours of entertainment for their grand kids.
We had a truck delivery too!! people think i'm crazy when i tell them. i want to order one for old times sake!
In Girl Scout we recycled the tins as sit-upons for camping. You could put all of your cooking gear inside, and use the tin as a seat. We punched holes in the sides and used rope to make a shoulder strap.
"Charlie's" Chips were the best. Great thread - love reading the memories they evoke!
You have to go to the website. It's the best...there's a pic of the old truck and everything. Now Im craving some Fresca....LOL
A number of years ago, meggie bought me a retro can of Charles Chips... It was a great idea, but inside was a single bag of the chips that were not at all what I remembered... :-(
My uncle, dad's youngest brother, was a "Charlie Chips" guy for a while---our house was on his route. I think you were supposed to turn the cans in every time you received a new delivery. I have a tin in perfect condition on a shelf in the basement. They were good chips! I used to love the BBQ chips when I was a kid. 
Loved them as a kid, and I vaguely remember that there was a Charles Chips distribution point w/trucks on Burnett heading into Union.
Brings back memories. I can see the Charles Chips and Pretzel tins in our pantry. Even back then I thought it was strange that they were delivered.
The tins had tight lids, I can remember having a problem lifting them off when my fingernails had been trimmed!
Do I ever. My mother would yell at us because my highschool friends and I would hit each other with them, thereby denting them and causing much grief for her. Isn't that what a teenager's job is?
I wasn't allowed to have potato chips as a child. But when I became a teenager, all hell broke loose! 
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) Kings sold them for a while back in the 1990's.
But go to the website (and there are some stores still selling them)
http://www.charleschips.com/
But go to the website (and there are some stores still selling them)
http://www.charleschips.com/
Does anyone remember home delivery of milk from the Alderney Dairy or baked goods from Dugan's? I recall our family getting deliveries of these products during the late 1950s. The milk bottles were thick glass with paper lids and cream on the top. You could also buy fresh buttermilk.
Don, I DO!
My mom didn't drive, as so many mid-century mothers in my neighborhood---the town was out of walking distance with small children, so there were many home delivery options--milk ( I have a collection of pint and quart milk bottles to this day)eggs, butter and cheese, dry cleaning, bread (you put a paper placard with a big 'D' on it for Dugan's---they had bread, cookies, coffee cake) plus the knife sharpener, Fuller brush man, and the Avon Lady.
My mom didn't drive, as so many mid-century mothers in my neighborhood---the town was out of walking distance with small children, so there were many home delivery options--milk ( I have a collection of pint and quart milk bottles to this day)eggs, butter and cheese, dry cleaning, bread (you put a paper placard with a big 'D' on it for Dugan's---they had bread, cookies, coffee cake) plus the knife sharpener, Fuller brush man, and the Avon Lady.
Becker's milk wagon horse drawn. "Rag men" recyclers also horse drawn.
About once a year, a guy came down Burnett Ave., I think in a small truck, and would sharpen tools and knives.
As long as I'm dating myself, I'll mention that we had coal delivery from Wooley's for our asbestos covered furnace on Lombardy Place, at least until 1960, I believe. A regular winter chore was lighting the coal and later cleaning out the ashes.
As long as I'm dating myself, I'll mention that we had coal delivery from Wooley's for our asbestos covered furnace on Lombardy Place, at least until 1960, I believe. A regular winter chore was lighting the coal and later cleaning out the ashes.
boomie said:
I have had them, but you guys had chips delivered in a van? WTH!!
Our guy had a truck sort of like a UPS truck.
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