Sunday, March 28, 2021

A Bit Of A Mystery


 I was walking by an old house and noticed these two little doors in its side wall. I remember seeing milk boxes when I was a kid but I have no idea why this house has two and why the different sizes. Could one have been for milk and the other for bread? Any ideas?

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18 comments:

  1. John "By Stargoose And Hanglands"March 28, 2021 at 9:04 AM

    Somehow they look like the kind of feature you'd see in a mountain village in Greece!

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  2. TomMarch 28, 2021 at 9:44 AM

    ...BIG bottle and small bottles.

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  3. PerthDailyPhotoMarch 28, 2021 at 10:16 AM

    Could be Pat, the tall one for milk the shorter for the bread. What a fun discovery 💜

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  4. eileeninmdMarch 28, 2021 at 12:01 PM

    Hello,


    Maybe they had a lot of deliveries of bread, eggs and milk?
    Take care, wishing you a great new week!

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  5. BillMarch 28, 2021 at 12:27 PM

    I go with Tom. Maybe when the milk bottles were empty, they were placed by the smaller window. A precursor to a today's takeaway windows.

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  6. SharonMarch 28, 2021 at 12:37 PM

    I bet one was for ice. I used to see these "ice doors" on homes back in Illinois. My dad explained that there would be a sort of refrigerator box on the other side of the wall. The ice would keep the food in there cool for storage.

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  7. AndyMarch 28, 2021 at 12:50 PM

    I'm with everyone else... milk in bread. They are from a ERA when there was no such thing as porch thieves. :-)

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  8. Anne Hagman-NiilolaMarch 28, 2021 at 1:21 PM

    They are really interesting hatches.

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  9. Laura. MMarch 28, 2021 at 2:34 PM

    Cumplieron su trabajo. Gusta ver estas viejas ventanas.
    Buen domingo Pat. Cuídate.
    Un abrazo.

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  10. RevrunnerMarch 28, 2021 at 3:22 PM

    Very curious indeed.

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  11. jennyfrecklesMarch 28, 2021 at 4:06 PM

    I've no idea. They don't look like what I'd expect to see in a city. They must be old.

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  12. Taken For GrantedMarch 28, 2021 at 4:35 PM

    One door might have been to a coal shoot. Coal use to be a common source of heat, and was delivered to houses by dump truck. But this is only a guess.

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  13. William KendallMarch 28, 2021 at 5:04 PM

    Curious. I also thought coal chute.

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  14. CloudiaMarch 28, 2021 at 6:32 PM

    Interesting 🤓

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  15. The Furry GnomeMarch 28, 2021 at 7:16 PM

    About a century ago I lived in an old house as a young child where there was a door like that. It was a coal shoot so they could shovel it directly into a room in the basement - in the days of those old coal furnaces.

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  16. Jenn JilksMarch 28, 2021 at 9:16 PM

    I'm going with coal chute for one!

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  17. s.cMarch 29, 2021 at 5:59 AM

    It for sure delivers a nice photo.

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  18. 21 WitsMarch 30, 2021 at 4:05 PM

    It's very interesting and you're probably spot on about it being for deliveries!

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