:love: did anyone remember taggy's icecream in heeley wow that icecream was worth dying for every sunday we would have a bowl i remember the lady who came in the taggy's van as jean it was a small family run business

:love: did anyone remember taggy's icecream in heeley wow that icecream was worth dying for every sunday we would have a bowl i remember the lady who came in the taggy's van as jean it was a small family run business
if taggy's is still around let me know please i would love my children to experience the taste

There are a few threads on the General Sheffield Chat forum about Taggys ice cream - worth a look 1

if taggy's is still around let me know please i would love my children to experience the taste
Look for post's to do with Heeley,we all have experiences of Taggy's world class ice cream,can still taste it today,yum,yum

Taggy's was alway the best icecream. When old man Taggy was a little boy he used to go and buy ice cream from my great grandma who had a shop on Queens Road. He was about the same age as my late grandma so this would be at the turn of 1800's to 1900's

if taggy's is still around let me know please i would love my children to experience the taste

Sadly, no, Taggy's hasn't been around for over 20 yrs :cry: as I said on the lengthy thread elsewhwere on here, it was the only icecream my mother would give house-room to.

it really was the best, bar none.

PT

Taggy's was alway the best icecream. When old man Taggy was a little boy he used to go and buy ice cream from my great grandma who had a shop on Queens Road. He was about the same age as my late grandma so this would be at the turn of 1800's to 1900's

crikey, he must have been about 90 when he retired then ...

crikey, he must have been about 90 when he retired then ...

Well my grandma was a week away from being 92 when she died in 1986. They made made them of strong stuff in those days. I often wonder if it was my great grandma's icecream that influenced Taggy. She made it herself in the back of the shop.

I often wonder if it was my great grandma's icecream that influenced Taggy. She made it herself in the back of the shop.

You don't still have her recipe do you? There has never been icecream like Taggy's in the world ... even Ben & Jerry's Cherry Garcia, whilst orgasmic and unbelievably yummy ... I would swap it all for a bowl of Taggy's :love:

Taggys was the best. I remember the shop they had on Gleadless road, near annes road school, ice cream today sailing in the wind of the trades description act.

Wasnt there a thread on this earlier, possibly even last year, and someone said that the recipe had died with the last member of the family?

Sorry Rubydazzler, no such luck. If I had I be out there making a fortune in my own icecream business.

Sorry Rubydazzler, no such luck. If I had I be out there making a fortune in my own icecream business.

Pity ... I'd definitely buy some from you ...

But, I sometimes wonder if it was really as good as it seemed at the time. There was really only that awful yellow Walls "icecream" blocks to compare it with.

I say this as some other stuff I really used to drool over, tasting it as an adult, after being desparate to find some, it was really not as nice as I remembered :(

I USED TO LOVE TAGGYS. the van used to come down our road as kids at heeley bottom. harrington place was behind the earl of arundel pub.
then we got joes. always wondered where taggys went.
sue h

Does anyone remember when Walls ice cream came round with a fridge on wheels on the front of a bicycle. The slogan stop me and buy one was printed on the fridge part. Sno fruits, a tall triangular shaped lolly were lovely. But I still preferred taggys.

Pity ... I'd definitely buy some from you ...

But, I sometimes wonder if it was really as good as it seemed at the time. There was really only that awful yellow Walls "icecream" blocks to compare it with.

I say this as some other stuff I really used to drool over, tasting it as an adult, after being desparate to find some, it was really not as nice as I remembered :(
I think it was just as good you as you remember, both my husband's family and my brother-in-laws family would only buy Taggy's. I can even remember my grandma buying Taggy's - now that is a great honour - she said it was only second to her Mums.

Wasnt there a thread on this earlier, possibly even last year, and someone said that the recipe had died with the last member of the family?


apparently Taggy (the guy who owned it) had it buried with him, only he knew the recipe, He didn't pass it on to any family members, So sadly when Taggy died so did the icecream.

We went to Somerset last week and we had some icecream that was made from sheeps milk and that tasted very much like Taggys.....perhaps that was his secret!!

If you read the thread that was on this site a few months ago I posted a few details re the family.
Ernest Battle was 'Taggy', he along with his sister Mabel sold the ice cream, brother John made it. Ernest's wife used to be in the shop. I believe that when John died the ice cream business closed. Mabel Battle had died some time before.
We had moved to Canada before the business closed. My favourites were the Jam sandwich or the chocolate wafer sandwich.

Cheers, Cynthia, Ontario, Canada.

There is one thing I can say is Taggy's was the best in the world for me & it's a shame that the kid's of today cannot taste it.

My fave was the chocolate sandwich with a flake in it. mmmm!

There is one thing I can say is Taggy's was the best in the world for me & it's a shame that the kid's of today cannot taste it.

I too remember Taggys as a child.

Try Mackies of Scotland. Its in a blue, round tub and can be bought from Sainsburys. Its as close to Taggys as I have found.:hihi: :hihi: :hihi: :thumbsup:

When I was a kid we used to walk, on sundays, to Hulleys ice cream factory on the road to Ecclesfield.

don't ever remember tasting Taggy's We lived in front of MonFreddie's on Penistone rd so that was our ice cream supply,pretty good too.Do they still exist or have thet gone the way of the Dodo bird

I remember Manfredi's, on City Road.

I remember Manfredi's, on City Road.
could be I've forgot how to spell the name, but our monfredi yard was on penistone just around fm bamforth? it's been a lg time (60 yrs wow)

apparently Taggy (the guy who owned it) had it buried with him, only he knew the recipe, He didn't pass it on to any family members, So sadly when Taggy died so did the icecream.

We went to Somerset last week and we had some icecream that was made from sheeps milk and that tasted very much like Taggys.....perhaps that was his secret!!
Oddly enough, mellypelly posted that her uncle worked at Taggys, and that she once moved to Avon! Coincidence?

http://www.sheffieldforum.co.uk/member.php?u=6

The chocolate wafers were fantastic. The nearest current ice cream is either Yorkshire Dales or mackies. The recipe for Taggies went with the old man when he died. He was a bit grumpy and I presume didn't want to pass it on.

Remember Taggy's? I sing its praise daily. I have never tasted any other ice cream to get anywhere near the fantastic flavour of this product. It deserves an OBE if not a Knighthood. Fantastic. Relations of Taggy's lived across from us on Malloy Place. Ken