Ice Cream Vans

[joybee]

Re: Ice Cream Vans

Believe it or not, Mr Whippy came round 'in my day' when I was 14 or so, but way before that my local Ice Cream Man was Joe's Ices and he used to blow a cornet as his little van approached which went 'Der der diddely der' *lol* It wasn't whipped ice cream either, but the old fashioned Italian type complete with tiny particles of ice in it. Ooooh errrrr deeelicious


*Note to Heather - YUK !! The rumours kids spread

[Heather74]

Who can remember the feeling of excitment as you heard the Ice Cream man coming from three streets away, the sheer panic of missing him if your Mum didn't give you the "pennies" quick enough.
There's two that stick out in my mind from my childhood "Mr Whippy" and "Mr Ginelli" one had the tune Greensleves and the other just the classic "Ding Dong De Ding Dong" chimes.
I remember one had Tom and Jerry on the back and the "Mind that Child" warning, best of all though those lovely window stickers with what to choose (bet a few people would love to own some of those).
The only other thing I have struggled whether to mention or not is the gross bit... some horrible kids in our neighbourhood decided to start a rumour that poor old Mr Whippy would pick his nose and put the "outcome" In the Ice Cream:cry: Was this an awful local rumour or was it widespread??

So anyway, how was your local van decorated? What tune did he play? And did he give you broken cone bits if you asked nicely?