I forgot to mention, another thing Sarah and I did last Saturday before we went to Plainville Restaurant was to stop at Cracker Barrel to do some window shopping. Part of going into the store there is like going back in time. I was standing in front of the Charles Chips tins and bags of chips and pretzels and cookies when Sarah, who is 29, said “remember when those were delivered to our homes?” I sure do!!
This photo was shamelessly, ahem, borrowed from eBay, even though my Mom still has the original tin we used.
My Mom used to buy two bags of potato chips a week since my older brother was a real potato chip connoisseur - and he still is. My Mom said these were the best potato chips around.
Sarah said her Mom had potato chips and pretzels delivered to her home.
How about you, do you remember Charles Chips being delivered at home?
August 24, 2007 at 9:04 pm
YES, I DO!!!! Delivered right to your door! I guess my Mom and Dad threw the tins away…
Best chips on the planet (next to UTZ, maybe). I like Lay’s, too.
When I saw that can, I melted. Another memory…
Thanks, dear Pam.
August 25, 2007 at 6:23 am
Mary - that’s so cool!! I can’t believe how many things my Mom used to have delivered to our home when I was a kid. Remember the truck? If I remember right it looked like the can! We only had one tin - they would deliver the clear bags - no chips broken - and we used the tin for the opened bag. I remember the inside of the tin was gold.
Hmmm, I’ve never had UTZ chips!
I think I was melting away right there in Cracker Barrel and Sarah saved me from melting into the floor!
You’re welcome, Mary!
August 25, 2007 at 8:19 am
Oh, heck yeah! They were delivered to our house weekly too! Yes, the truck looked just like the can! Oh, they were so crisp and well… a bit greasy… but wonderful in 1967!!
August 25, 2007 at 8:24 am
I do remember this! They were so good. It is nostalgic.
August 25, 2007 at 8:31 am
Jayne - That’s so cool! I don’t remember whether they were greasy or not since I wasn’t a big potato chip eater - just a few with my lunchtime sandwich. I still am not, either. My older brother and Dad loved them though (especially my older brother, I think he lived on them), that’s why Mom bought two bags a week.
Hi Barbara - welcome to my blog! That’s cool you remember them, too! It is nostalgic, for sure.
August 25, 2007 at 11:40 am
Oh, yes - I remember Charles’ Chips at the door - Mom always had a can of them in the cupboard. I also remember milk deliveries, the Jewel Tea man, and cleaners that picked up and delivered your laundry.
August 25, 2007 at 11:54 am
Wow. I never had them delivered, but my friend/mentor used to be married to the owner of that company, back in the sixties. She always refers to her ex as “the potato chip heir”. Small world!
August 26, 2007 at 9:04 am
Wren - Thanks for commenting! My Mom says we used to get milk from Byrne Dairy in brown bottles, but I don’t remember that. I never knew about the Jewel Tea man! Mom used to have a baby diaper service for my younger brother. And she used to have the table linens cleaned through a service.
Therealpotato - Thank you, also, for commenting! Wow, that’s cool about your friend being married to the owner! Now I’m curious about the history of the company. Because one of my Flickr friends said her Grandmother used to have them delivered when her Mom was young so that would have been in the 40’s and/or 50’s, I’m guessing.
September 15, 2007 at 11:14 am
I used to work for ‘the Charles Chips man’ when I was 11-13 in central new jersey as an afternoon job. We rode around delivering chips and he smoked alot of Salems. I was looking for a picture of his old truck. he dated my mother.
todd.