Icecream Vans / Sellers

Reginal Perrin · Post by **Reginal Perrin** » Mon 11 Feb, 2008 4:51 pm

The Nougat ice cream sandwich!! They even had a speacial tool for it like a small single brick hod. The oyster was nice as it had a marshmallow pearl in and a chocolate and coconut beard. Cider lollies for the the young boozers in us. Lord Toffington, remember that one? Most were made by Treats on ing Road which was a joint venture (by mariage maybe) of the Granellii family and another.

Si · Post by Si » Mon 11 Feb, 2008 4:54 pm

Lord Toffington? Presumably, that was the one with a soft toffee centre. We used to see who could get the toffee the longest! The hours just flew by round our way...... The kiosk in Pudsey Park was good for home-made lollies, as mentioned elsewhere on here.

wiggy · Post by **wiggy** » Mon 11 Feb, 2008 7:07 pm

LS1 wrote: I live in North Leeds and remember loads of different ice creams vans. The most vivid one has to be of a big hard tatooed guy who'd had a heart attack and couldnt stop work for very long. quite a generous guy.Also remember another Italian guy who used to serve hot dogs by getting half a frenck stick, boring the middle out and then sliding a sausage down it!He used to play greensleeves, but also occasionaly used to play "The Entertainer" (the tune from the Felix cat food adverts!) would that be 'SCOTT JOPLIN'S' entertainer,theme from the sting?

wiggy · Post by **wiggy** » Mon 11 Feb, 2008 7:10 pm

we had to make do with cornets or specials,but my dad insisted on a twist cone...the more up market cone,can you still buy twist cones??

liits · Post by **liits** » Mon 11 Feb, 2008 9:00 pm

wiggy wrote: we had to make do with cornets or specials,but my dad insisted on a twist cone...the more up market cone,can you still buy twist cones?? I remember "twist" cones. They were darker, thicker and more brittle. I only recall having one once [from the Italian chap] and seem to think that they had a slightly different taste.

dazzel · Post by **dazzel** » Tue 12 Feb, 2008 12:53 am

in east leeds ,around the 80s,we had rossi,,a very large italian guy!,,,mr freezes 5p ,the wrappers always cut the corners of your mouth!

Trojan · Post by **Trojan** » Tue 12 Feb, 2008 12:56 am

liits wrote: wiggy wrote: we had to make do with cornets or specials,but my dad insisted on a twist cone...the more up market cone,can you still buy twist cones?? I remember "twist" cones. They were darker, thicker and more brittle. I only recall having one once [from the Italian chap] and seem to think that they had a slightly different taste. You get them abroad. I don't eat much ice cream in England so I don't know whether you get them here.

Croggy · Post by **Croggy** » Tue 12 Feb, 2008 1:29 am

Yeah, you can still get them here, too.

LS1 · Post by **LS1** » Tue 12 Feb, 2008 9:06 am

wiggy wrote: LS1 wrote: I live in North Leeds and remember loads of different ice creams vans. The most vivid one has to be of a big hard tatooed guy who'd had a heart attack and couldnt stop work for very long. quite a generous guy.Also remember another Italian guy who used to serve hot dogs by getting half a frenck stick, boring the middle out and then sliding a sausage down it!He used to play greensleeves, but also occasionaly used to play "The Entertainer" (the tune from the Felix cat food adverts!) would that be 'SCOTT JOPLIN'S' entertainer,theme from the sting? Yeah thats the one!!!

LS1 · Post by **LS1** » Tue 12 Feb, 2008 9:07 am

wiggy wrote: LS1 wrote: I live in North Leeds and remember loads of different ice creams vans. The most vivid one has to be of a big hard tatooed guy who'd had a heart attack and couldnt stop work for very long. quite a generous guy.Also remember another Italian guy who used to serve hot dogs by getting half a frenck stick, boring the middle out and then sliding a sausage down it!He used to play greensleeves, but also occasionaly used to play "The Entertainer" (the tune from the Felix cat food adverts!) would that be 'SCOTT JOPLIN'S' entertainer,theme from the sting? Yeah thats the one!!!