RE-POST: MY FATHER (UPDATED)

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COMMENT:

My blog issues appear to have been resolved, thanks to my daughter Acacia.  Appreciated Acacia.

Thanks also to the Byters who sent messages confirming receipt of my test post.

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RE-POSTING:

The last substantive item posted, when the blog issues started, was an item about my father This did not get emailed out so I am repeating it, with additional photographs at the end.

That post was preceded by the Quote of the Day, which was relevant to the main item:

I wasn't there that morning

When my father passed away

I didn't get to tell him

All the things I had to say. . .

I just wish I could have told him in the living years

- Lyrics, The Living Years, Mike + the Mechanics

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MY FATHER

I try to limit the amount of personal items posted in Bytes lest it become the equivalent of a Facebook page but there is one item I would like to share.

I was perusing some photos of the past in Bored Panda when I came across an image that made me think it was of my dad when he was young. This is the image:

The caption with the photograph is:

In Amsterdam, Holland, In 1953, A Milkman Was Seen Peddling His Dairy Products, Providing Fresh Milk And Other Essentials To The Community

My reason in thinking it was my father is a similar photograph when he was young, also in Holland. 

Here are some photos of my father, Otto, with my comments . . .

A photo montage of my father (1923 – 1979) prepared by me years ago. When he was young, he worked as a delivery man using the same three wheeled cycle, known as a bakfiets in Dutch, see bottom right corner above.

An enlargement of the item from the montage, compare with the Bored Panda image.

Another enlargement from the photo montage.

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BAKFIETSEN:

Apparently these cycles are known as cargo bikes and are still in use today.

A bakfiets is a type of cargo bike that is popular in the Netherlands. The bakfiets means "box bike" and I have read that these bikes are ingrained in Dutch culture.

Some pics of various cargo bikes and other transporter cycles of the past . . .

'Brood' means 'bread'

The person above also resembles my father when he was young.

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BAKFIETSEN TODAY: