This is the only thing you will never get in the mail again

These nostalgic relics are probably not in your mailbox at any time soon.


Back in the day, before email, text messages and zoom calls exist,Postal mail was the only way to connect with your loved ones. You expect weeks for a handwritten letter, and if you were lucky, there would also be some pictures of your friends in the envelope. Now we can connect with the click of a button - but does not miss the thrill and excitement of the opening of the mailbox and see what is inside? Here are five things from your childhood that you will never receive in the mail again. And for more things to return things you miss the good day, check these100 photos that children born after 2000 will never understand.

1
Television guides

Vintage collection of TV Guides featuring Elvis Presley on the cover, circa 1988-2005
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If you want to find a show today, all you have to do is look via your streaming platforms or the cable guide on your smart TV. However, when television became a first household clip, you were waiting to get thetelevision guide In the mail, so you can make sure you do not miss your favorite programs. In reality,television guide was the most read magazine in the 1960s, and there was aRecorded circulation of 20 million In 1980. And for more amazing relics of the past decades, consult the25 reasons we are happy to grow in the 70s.

2
Phone books

senior woman calling from a yellow phone book
Refuge

Thefirst phonebook Has been printed on a single cardboard sheet in 1878 and lists only 50 names and addresses (but no numbers), which were all in Connecticut. It could also be because the phone itself was invented in New Haven byAlexander Graham Bell Two years before. The next century, the telephone book - which has been published annually - has become a domestic staple if you were trying to call a person or business. Yet the thick book hasseen a strong decline in the last decade.

3
Newspaper clipping

person cutting a newspaper
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Before Internet, you could not just send a link to someone to a breeze story. When you have finished reading, you had to pull the newspaper item and send it if you wanted a friend or family member to read it and know what's going on. In addition, many people are no longer subscribed to printed newspapers, but opting for digital membership, they can access their phones, tablets or computers. And for more nostalgic information,Sign up for our daily newsletter.

4
Vintage postcards

postcards
Refuge

Today, if you go somewhere or see something cool, you share immediately on social media. (Or, let's be honest, you went first to "do it for" Gram "and show your friends.) But it was not always the case. In the old time, you will look for the ideal postcard of The attraction or destination you visit, so you can write about your experiences and send it to your avai pen.

5
Milk

Milk woman with milk bottles
Refuge

No, these bottles did not live exactly the postal service. Nevertheless, from the turn of the century in the 1960s, while many people did not have refrigerators at home,Milkman would make a large delivery of door. However, this trend arrested, grocery stores that made it easier and cheaper to buy milk on your weekly race. And for more surprising folders on the postal service, consult the15 Secrets your courier carrier will not talk about his work.


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