The Ice Cream Man

[Edifi]

Have you seen Chefs preparing food and arranging it on plates.NO NYLON HAND GLOVES ON.Have they washed their hands Lately.

 

[LOZELLIAN]

we all have different tastes. i never liked, Verrecchia ice cream . mr wippy was ok...

Hi mw0njm,

Talking of different tastes in ice cream I remember going to both Mahon & Paphos harbours in recent years with the wife & family and sampling their ice cream; I have to admit it was delicious with real fruit in it mmm.

Lozellian

 

[Robert Ensor (bob)]

Hi mw0njm,

Talking of different tastes in ice cream I remember going to both Mahon & Paphos harbours in recent years with the wife & family and sampling their ice cream; I have to admit it was delicious with real fruit in it mmm.

Lozellian

I did not need to turn the sound up on the add because I still sing it all these years later along with a Teetly Tea add and the teddy bear picnic song.

 

[Robert Ensor (bob)]

Henley was always good for a drive out and walk the high street then buy a ice cream.
One of the best things growing was a "Knickerbocker Glory" on holiday in Cornwall.
then of course a Tonibell oyster shell, we did not see the Tonibell van that often and I remember them being blue

 

[mw0njm.]

Henley was always good for a drive out and walk the high street then buy a ice cream.
One of the best things growing was a "Knickerbocker Glory" on holiday in Cornwall.
then of course a Tonibell oyster shell, we did not see the Tonibell van that often and I remember them being blue

lewis`s in bham city.sold a great Knickerbocker Glory even had the chewing gum ball in the bottom

 

[Robert Ensor (bob)]

lewis`s in bham city.sold a great Knickerbocker Glory even had the chewing gum ball in the bottom

I can see now my mother keep't a big secret from me, not only did Santa Claus live on the top floor of Lewis's department store they also sold great ice cream.
So the best thing for me was the old wooden moving stair case Ha Ha

 

[mw0njm.]

I can see now my mother keep't a big secret from me, not only did Santa Claus live on the top floor of Lewis's department store they also sold great ice cream.
So the best thing for me was the old wooden moving stair case Ha Ha

yer i loved wooden moving stair cases .you dont see them now

 

[Robert Ensor (bob)]

yer i loved wooden moving stair cases .you dont see them now

It was the sound it made, like a wooden roller coaster climbing the first hill before the the drop .

 

[LOZELLIAN]

It was the sound it made, like a wooden rollor coaster climbing the first hill before the the drop .

Hi Bob,

You're right mate I remember the one in Dreamland amusement park Margate (Jolly Boys Outing Fools & Horses) ha ha.

Lozellian

 

[Edifi]

It's still sounds the same even though it's been renevated and overhauled.was in there last weekend

 

[Toria]

Hello,
Just joined this forum in the hope of tracing some Verrecchia family members. They lived in Bordesley Street, Birmingham in 1870/80's. They came from Cardito, Vallerotonda, Italy in about 1872. There were two brothers Pasquale and Filippo Verrecchia. Love to hear from any Verrecchia's out there.

 

[Radiorails]

In this thread posts 41-44? and 62 mention the names Verrecchia.

 

[lavender]

I remember when the Walls ice cream man came around the streets on a bike with a fridge on the front.

He used to unwrap a bar of icecream kept in greaseproof paper and put it between two wafer biscuits,beautiful.

I remember this too! They used to come up Alexander Ave in Handsworth. There was also a pop man, who bought these 'huge' prob not that big, kind of glass bottle jars of pop, we had them once in a while.

 

[Radiorails]

The 'pop' man might have been Corona.


Known as soft drinks, but seems to be some sort of beer now (never heard of the beer however).

 

[john knight]

Hello,
Just joined this forum in the hope of tracing some Verrecchia family members. They lived in Bordesley Street, Birmingham in 1870/80's. They came from Cardito, Vallerotonda, Italy in about 1872. There were two brothers Pasquale and Filippo Verrecchia. Love to hear from any Verrecchia's out there.

I used to signwrite all his vans.

 

[mw0njm.]

Every sat night the mister whippy. came around, and so did alpine pop truck. we bought a crate of mixed pops.

 

[john knight]

Hello,
Just joined this forum in the hope of tracing some Verrecchia family members. They lived in Bordesley Street, Birmingham in 1870/80's. They came from Cardito, Vallerotonda, Italy in about 1872. There were two brothers Pasquale and Filippo Verrecchia. Love to hear from any Verrecchia's out there.

Heartbreak of father and son deaths

The founder of one of Birmingham's first ice cream companies died just five hours after his son lost his life to stomach cancer.

www.business-live.co.uk

 

[john knight]

Heartbreak of father and son deaths

The founder of one of Birmingham's first ice cream companies died just five hours after his son lost his life to stomach cancer.

www.business-live.co.uk

This is Tony who I used to do his vans for.

 

[Robert Ensor (bob)]

The 'pop' man might have been Corona.
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Known as soft drinks, but seems to be some sort of beer now (never heard of the beer however).

Corona a beer from Mexico a popular import here in the States .
Nothing like a orange aide or dandilion and burdock or even R Whites lemonade or Tizor.

 

[Richard Dye]

I remember this too! They used to come up Alexander Ave in Handsworth. There was also a pop man, who bought these 'huge' prob not that big, kind of glass bottle jars of pop, we had them once in a while.

And they came down Radnor Rd in Handsworth, the pop man was most likely the Corona man as Radiorails points out!

 

[Richard Dye]

Corona a beer from Mexico a popular import here in the States .
Nothing like a orange aide or dandilion and burdock or even R Whites lemonade or Tizor.

Great recall Bob! Had forgotten about Whites & Tizor.

 

[Toria]

Severo verrecchia was an early italian icecream trader in bham. Factory and shop on Dudley rd. also vans. Started up in 1935, not 1953/1955. Verrecchia's still trade in bham today, run by my nephew dean who is Tony's son. Verrecchia's in Cambridge is owned by Ivo Verrecchia, a cousin to Severo. Severo was my father.

 

[Toria]

Could Severo Verrecchia be connected to my relatives in Bordesley Street in late 1870's and 80's? Filippo and Pasquale, as I know they made ice-cream too.

 

[sospiri]

Nothing to do with Birmingham, but here's how one man in the USA came to supply 97% of the country's ice cream vans with their jingles:-
https://thehustle.co/the-company-th...e-cream-truck-music/?utm_source=pocket-newtab

Maurice