A Day in the Life of a Postman, B&W, 1964

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  • Опубликовано: 7 сен 2024
  • Produced in 1964 for the '7 O'Clock Show', this CBUT (CBC Vancouver) documentary follows a postman (Vern Frick) through a working day as he delivers mail on his route (South Granville/Fairview). In voice-over, the postman discusses the details and merits of his job.

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  • @phlored
    @phlored 3 года назад +4

    I love this!
    Still have relay boxes and mail bags. Still have customers who say they don’t want bills. Still have “household mail” that gets recycled immediately! Lol
    Still have people waiting for their cheques!
    Still have short walks with loads of businesses!
    Only thing that’s different is the size of the cases, and we use our cars freely.

    • @br3itain
      @br3itain 3 года назад +1

      If I have a customer who says, "I don't want any bills!" I just tell them "No problem! I gave all of your bills to your neighbor!" If they ask "Which neighbor?" I say, "The one you don't like."

  • @krossbowKerry
    @krossbowKerry 3 года назад +4

    The little restaurant he has coffee in is still there it looks like on Google earth! 1521 W. Broadway.

  • @celestialteapot309
    @celestialteapot309 4 года назад +3

    easy delivery, supervisor then management, a charmed life compared to most of us postmen

  • @nickiewilson6985
    @nickiewilson6985 2 года назад +1

    When my Grandfather returned to Vancouver after WW1, he worked as a Postie to strengthen his 3 missing meta carpels. After retirement he worked every PNE at the RCMP Musical Horse Barn " Guard". ❤.

  • @craigx1433
    @craigx1433 5 лет назад +2

    I was a postman in Vancouver..started in 1976.It was a hard job...lot's of walking with heavy loads.I worked in North Vancouver and West Van too...a nice job but really labor intensive.

  • @jholl3357
    @jholl3357 2 года назад +2

    Finishes the day between 2-3pm must have been nice. Average day for me is 7am-7pm and we are not even in peak anymore lol

  • @user-vc7vz6kn6o
    @user-vc7vz6kn6o 3 месяца назад +1

    Was my supervisor at another job he had plus told me he was a Santa letter writer

  • @speier
    @speier 9 лет назад +1

    Most of this seems to be shot at Fir and 7th right beside the bridge. I wonder if he worked at the post office at Pine or if the original location was closer to Fir? Fascinating. I came to this channel following a blog post about riding the arbutus rail line but that video seems to sadly be gone now. I grew up in a house along that line was really looking forward to seeing how it looked back then. Oh well.

  • @humblewoodcutter2754
    @humblewoodcutter2754 Год назад

    the music is very amusing.

  • @davidsargent6631
    @davidsargent6631 3 года назад +3

    That’s walk out route didn’t show how he put the route in bags and walk from one relay box to another you have no vehicle he makes it look so easy not that way now days

  • @iscaylis
    @iscaylis 8 лет назад +1

    5:12 Skytrain! This can't be in 1964.

    • @iscaylis
      @iscaylis 8 лет назад +2

      Actually nvm it's probably just a car overpass. 6:49 shows this magazine cover: content.time.com/time/covers/0,16641,19640911,00.html so it's definitely from 1964

    • @vanalogue
      @vanalogue  8 лет назад +2

      Its is a on or off ramp for the Granville Street Bridge.