Are there any ice cream men on the forum?

[kirky 10]

we had one for years comming on our street you could get cigs off him cans a lager and sometimes we even bought the kids an icecream:D not seen any sign of him for about 2 years..don't they drive around estates like they used too.....

[smedley 10]

On most estates they'd need their vans reinforcing by the A-team.

 

Our ice-cream man was called 'knobnose'. Not by his parents, of course. He had a nose like the Spitting Image puppets.

 

He was always offering you his nuts, with extra sticky sauce.

 

Maybe that's why he hasn't been seen for a few years.

[cosywolf 10]

They're still there...Manor/ Arbourthorne: plays Greensleeves, comes round in dead of winter, prob'ly isn't only selling ice cream, lol. Heeley/Meersbrook: plays Popeye, comes round every day over summer and drives the dog mad. Come to think of it, haven't seen one in Norfolk Park for a while...usually Granellis.

 

Cosy (I really want an ice cream now...thanks a lot.)

[chill 10]

There's one that does the rounds in Crookes virtually every evening.

[A.B.Yaffle 24]

The van around our area plays teddy bears picnic.... not the Bad Manners cover version though.

[scottf 21]

I once knew a bloke that went round the university campuses and delt weed out of the back of the van - great idea!!! haahaa!!

[D2J 10]

Originally posted by chill

There's one that does the rounds in Crookes virtually every evening.

 

Where ??? I've never seen or heard it

[chill 10]

Originally posted by Deejay

Where ??? I've never seen or heard it

I'm on Loxley View Road. When I lived on Mulehouse Road, it was there all the time too.

[AJCrowley 10]

there's 2 regular round Darnall...

[H.P 10]

Yes where we are at crookes in the summer theres about three of them..in winter it drops down to one, mind you he allways seems to wake up the baby in the evenings parking right outside our house and letting his rather loud tune play for ages (not that i am a victor meldrew or anything)

[bellis 10]

i always thought most of the vans played greensleeves or something like that must admit i like the teaddy bears picnic one:clap: :clap:

[stelps 10]

The Crookes ice cream man still seems to be doing the rounds - I heard him tonight near Stothard Road