{"id":4059,"date":"2019-02-27T09:27:51","date_gmt":"2019-02-26T23:27:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.phototimetunnel.com\/?p=4059"},"modified":"2021-03-15T11:21:43","modified_gmt":"2021-03-15T00:21:43","slug":"ice-deliveries-before-refrigerators","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.phototimetunnel.com\/ice-deliveries-before-refrigerators","title":{"rendered":"Confessions of an ice dealer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

RAY Kime used to be one of the biggest ice dealers in the Wallsend area.
He\u2019d buy from his supplier in Newcastle and break down the pure ice into smaller quantities for his many customers who simply couldn\u2019t get by without it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That was before electric refrigerators, of course, when most people used iceboxes to keep their foodstuffs cold.
\u201cWhen fridges came in, well that was the beginning of the end for the ice home delivery business,\u201d Ray told me. He still has his ice pick, his ice tongs and various bits and pieces of paperwork connected with the trade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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