Originally Posted by
Kevinti
Great thread! I split a good sized route with my friend. We weren't old enough to get the route in our name for the Orange County Register in California so we had my friends big brother do all the interfacing and we did the work and got paid. I can't recall how many houses we had but we grew a couple of times. Schwinn Beach Cruisers were the delivery vehicles. Loved porching the papers and earning extra money from those who appreciated the skill. I still recall fondly the collection nights where I would appear at the front door to collect and all the smells of diferent meals being prepared! Great memories in the late 70's!
At age ten in 1968 I was a morning paper boy for about two years. After I put together a bike out of three bikes that was left for dead by the previous house renters. I went through and cleaned and greased the single speed with a kick back brake. It was a big steel cruiser. Don’t know what brand it was but Coast to Coast Hardware comes to mind.
It was a small rout with only about 50-60 papers. I remember getting up before 4:00am then going to the laundromat to pick up the papers then folding them and putting a rubber band around them on the counter. I then put them in a used handlebar paper bag I bought. Then I was off to deliver them.