martc Posted March 18, 2017 Share Posted March 18, 2017 Four Mister Whippys please. Jim Bell 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Bell Posted March 18, 2017 Author Share Posted March 18, 2017 G Dragone & Son (George). 1930-2001 Speciality: Black market black pudding. 0-60: Unplayable due to bad light. Geordie Dragone and his son George junior (exterior) served ices and other wares to the proud folk of Felling (South Tyneside) from the early 1930s to almost present day times. The outfit started small, with just Geordie snr. manning the Crosby Stills wagon at the end of Nash Terrace. Along with the usual array of iced goods, Geordie could be relied upon as a source of processed meat products such as your traditional pork pies and your more exotic black puddings and that spiced haslet that nobody likes. During the war years, with national stocks of both ice AND cream at an all time low, the Dragones sold under the counter meat almost exclusively. Brisk trade continued as the nation starved until a disagrement between George jnr and a mother of six ended with him being stabbed to death with knitting needles clutched by twelve small sticky hands. Other members of the family soldiered on at George seniors side, mixing sales of snacks with that of duty free cigarettes and poppers as the times changed briskly around the van. The crankshaft finally sheared in the early naughties. Skizzer, Dave_Q, Talbot and 5 others 7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UltraWomble Posted March 19, 2017 Share Posted March 19, 2017 I have no words bub2006 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve79 Posted March 25, 2017 Share Posted March 25, 2017 Verrecchia ice cream in Bristol is a childhood memory with Dave Verrecchia blasting round Durdham down at a heady 15mph in his old man's Morris J type. Always did good cider ice lollies Business closed around 1993. Nyphur, Dick Longbridge, Jim Bell and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vulgalour Posted March 25, 2017 Share Posted March 25, 2017 Umm... It's a Sherpa ice cream van that makes ice cream clouds. Sometimes, truth is stranger than fiction. http://www.thecloudproject.co.uk/ cort16, Skizzer, RobT and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve79 Posted March 25, 2017 Share Posted March 25, 2017 Ice cream tractor FTW! UltraWomble, ShiteRider, pilninggas and 9 others 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Bell Posted March 25, 2017 Author Share Posted March 25, 2017 Thatll atractor lotta attention. Dick Longbridge, inconsistant, oldcars and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
panhard65 Posted March 25, 2017 Share Posted March 25, 2017 My ex ice cream van CF RobT, Dick Longbridge, Skizzer and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bub2006 Posted March 25, 2017 Share Posted March 25, 2017 I have no wordsI do. W I N N I N G Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Essex V6 Posted March 25, 2017 Share Posted March 25, 2017 WW - many congratulations on the finest thread to grace these hallowed beige pages 132.8/10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
somewhatfoolish Posted April 5, 2017 Share Posted April 5, 2017 Blurry old pic taken in Greta Street, Liverpool, 1967. The nearest ice-cream van could actually fly between stops. BMC thrupny cabs are ideal for aviation as the lower glazing allows a good view of the runway. Probably. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Longbridge Posted April 5, 2017 Share Posted April 5, 2017 I'm going to tell you a story. A short one. Mrs TW and I visited London village over the weekend. We were drawn in by the ice-cream van outside the Tower of London, and duly approached it. Imagine my delight when I realised it was a Callestick Farm van (Cornish brand of frozen milk product). The very foreign monger didn't even slightly get my quip about discounts for Cornishmen. I think the rules should change. Stinkwheel 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
95 quid Peugeot Posted August 27, 2017 Share Posted August 27, 2017 Thread over. Commer van tastic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
95 quid Peugeot Posted August 27, 2017 Share Posted August 27, 2017 Thread over. Commer van tasticLook at those room mounted cones Jim Bell 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil_lihp Posted August 27, 2017 Share Posted August 27, 2017 My local one, Hockings, has quite a sizeable fleet these days and never seem to throw a van away, apparently some are kept in storage. What little I know is through my sister working for them over a couple of summers a few years ago. There's at least three of these CF2s although two, on W and B plates haven't been out on rounds for some time. This one, which my sister drove a few times, seemed to keep going longer but apparently it was pretty knackered mechanically, temperamental to start and prone to flooding, suffered complete brake failure on one journey, now appears to be in storage as there's been no sign of it for a year or two. This 1926 Cowley is their original van from their startup in the 1930s, still comes out for the odd car show. This Bedford is their oldest in regular use, although only the owner is allowed to drive it and it only ever goes to a pitch half a mile from their depot. Having seen this one negotiating a roundabout, I have no idea how it stays upright. Bought to work on the beach after their usual vans got stuck one too many times. They've been on a steady diet of Sprinters since the 90s as per the original post on this thread, never seen a Transit on their fleet. Also, best ice cream in the world. Made with clotted cream, vanilla only unless you buy a terrifyingly expensive tub (worth it though), none of that whippy nonsense. Nyphur 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johngarty Posted August 28, 2017 Share Posted August 28, 2017 "It wont be funny is he gets a 99 flake up his jacksey" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod/b Posted August 28, 2017 Share Posted August 28, 2017 Justified Shep Shepherd, Pieman, puddlethumper and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
somewhatfoolish Posted August 28, 2017 Share Posted August 28, 2017 Bill Drummond is getting on a bit these days; all the toxic fumes from burning banknotes take their toll. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod/b Posted August 28, 2017 Share Posted August 28, 2017 He's 64, to be fair. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Felly Magic Posted August 28, 2017 Share Posted August 28, 2017 "It wont be funny is he gets a 99 flake up his jacksey" Seen this happen before and get very ugly, with baseball bat beatings! Happening more as well as some ice cream vans are just a cover for mobile drug dealers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Bell Posted August 30, 2017 Author Share Posted August 30, 2017 http://www.oldham-chronicle.co.uk/news-features/8/news-headlines/105226/icecream-turf-wars Its all going off in Oldham. . Red hot tranny action. somewhatfoolish 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonny69 Posted August 30, 2017 Share Posted August 30, 2017 Bleak. Eddie Honda and Jim Bell 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Momentary Lapse Of Reason Posted August 30, 2017 Share Posted August 30, 2017 Some of us remember the long hot summer of 1976.Water rationing and girls in boob tubes being but part of the memories.The sun shone brightly for what seemed 24 hours a day, no rain fell for 45 days in parts of the country. Swarms of Ladybirds, dying trees and forest fires were not the worst events tho; In the sea side resort* of Warrington on Sea,a unfortunate mistake by junior ice cream sales manager (acting, unpaid) Eddie Lattain setting the bovril boiler to maximum, lead to the destruction of the ice cream van.(Mr Latta's remains were never found). inconsistant, Dave_Q, Jim Bell and 3 others 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inconsistant Posted September 20, 2017 Share Posted September 20, 2017 Spotted by my parents in Bamburgh recently. Jim Bell and davocano 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clanger Posted September 20, 2017 Share Posted September 20, 2017 On the Hill of Tara Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inconsistant Posted October 6, 2017 Share Posted October 6, 2017 I bet she does. Jim Bell 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Felly Magic Posted October 7, 2017 Share Posted October 7, 2017 That chrome trim was standard on all Cummins bodies on the CF, usually separating differing colours of the 'livery' JeeExEll 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeeExEll Posted January 26, 2020 Share Posted January 26, 2020 Tall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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JeeExEll Posted January 26, 2020 Share Posted January 26, 2020 Craig the Princess, Dick Longbridge, catsinthewelder and 2 others 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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