Michael Booth 7,364 Posted June 17, 2014 Report Share Posted June 17, 2014 It would have been easier to have just given him his change.. 5 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,106 Posted June 17, 2014 Report Share Posted June 17, 2014 More tales of exploitation, blackmail and debauchery to come I'm afraid Michael. No! Only joking, but more stories later. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
radfordred 6,278 Posted April 18, 2018 Report Share Posted April 18, 2018 Mam .... Mam ... Mam ..... Mam ...... Mam .... Ice cream vans here 4 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Waddo 921 Posted April 18, 2018 Report Share Posted April 18, 2018 A friend of ours when we were living in Norfolk used to tell his two daughters that the ice cream man played the chimes to let folks know that he had sold out of ice cream. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jamesrob1 2 Posted September 2, 2020 Report Share Posted September 2, 2020 I know this thread is quite old now but I saw this yesterday and it made me think about the vans that these guys used. Does anyone remember the colour of the Covelli van and the tune they played? I seem to think it was painted cream with some orange on it. The other one I remember was the El Dorado van and again I can't remember the colour or the tune they played. Thanks in advance. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 9,955 Posted September 2, 2020 Report Share Posted September 2, 2020 I remember the name Covelli but don't remember anything about how they looked. Pianoman mentions at the beginning of this thread that Covelli was based in Basford, but presumably their vans travelled all over Nottingham. Googling El Dorado ice cream brings up a link to Merseyside: http://www.bbc.co.uk/liverpool/localhistory/my_memory/eldorado.shtml I guess the name was probably used by several ice cream companies around the country, so the one in the photo may have no connection with Nottingham. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The Pianoman 1,482 Posted September 2, 2020 Report Share Posted September 2, 2020 Their family name was actually Covell and they originated from Aspley. From memory their vans were light blue and cream very much in the style of Mister Softee. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
radfordred 6,278 Posted March 27, 2022 Report Share Posted March 27, 2022 Does everyone with the surname Whippy sell ice cream & what about Miss Whippy? That's what I wanna know? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
letsavagoo 795 Posted March 27, 2022 Report Share Posted March 27, 2022 1 hour ago, radfordred said: Does everyone with the surname Whippy sell ice cream & what about Miss Whippy? That's what I wanna know? She worked on Forest Road. So I heard. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Oztalgian 2,859 Posted March 27, 2022 Report Share Posted March 27, 2022 2 hours ago, radfordred said: Does everyone with the surname Whippy sell ice cream & what about Miss Whippy? What about Mr. Softee (keep it clean you reprobates) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 9,955 Posted March 27, 2022 Report Share Posted March 27, 2022 On Google Maps, on Medway Street in Radford you can still see the name Pearce's Ice Cream Manufacturers painted on the roof. https://goo.gl/maps/H1EVssyvJR8BRKh2A Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Brew 5,007 Posted March 27, 2022 Report Share Posted March 27, 2022 3 hours ago, radfordred said: Does everyone with the surname Whippy sell ice cream & what about Miss Whippy? That's what I wanna know? You can be Mr Whippy if you like RR. A 1960 Bedford ice cream van is for sale, only £45000! plus tax of course... https://www.icecreamvantrader.com/vans/mr-whippy-12 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
poohbear 1,358 Posted March 27, 2022 Report Share Posted March 27, 2022 I remember in the fifties there was an ice cream place round the back of the Swan garage on Nuthall Road...Never saw a name but it must have been there a while. There were a couple of 'Stop me and Buy One' three wheel bikes round there with weeds and thistles growing through them. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 5,364 Posted March 27, 2022 Report Share Posted March 27, 2022 Charlie Pearce, the ice cream man, emigrated to South Africa years ago. He used to live in a bungalow with a mini lighthouse in the front garden at the top of Catford Lane, Mapperley Plains. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 9,575 Posted March 27, 2022 Report Share Posted March 27, 2022 Do you mean Catfoot Lane, Phil? Runs down into Lambley? Many of my ancestors lived in Lambley so I heard about Catfoot Lane from an early age. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 5,364 Posted March 27, 2022 Report Share Posted March 27, 2022 Sorry, slip of the finger. Catfoot it is. The bungalow is almost opposite the new Gedling crematorium so hearses pass your window daily. That must have reduced the property value. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beekay 4,275 Posted March 27, 2022 Report Share Posted March 27, 2022 There was a Pearces ice cream factory at the top of Grant Street when I were a lad. The used to make some superb ice cream cakes, that looked like real cakes. We used to sneak in and pick up bits of "hot ice" as we called it. Now I know it was dry ice, carbon dioxide. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MargieH 7,394 Posted March 27, 2022 Report Share Posted March 27, 2022 I remember a shop opposite Judges at the top end of Woodthorpe Drive which sold great ice cream with tiny bits of ice in it. The white haired lady who ran the shop was Mrs Pearce if I remember correctly…..this would be in the late 1940s/50s 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 5,364 Posted March 27, 2022 Report Share Posted March 27, 2022 Was that ‘The little shop with a big reputation’ ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beekay 4,275 Posted March 27, 2022 Report Share Posted March 27, 2022 There used to be a shop on Commercial road, Bulwell, that sold home made ice cream. It was Cheethams, known locally as 'Chobbers'. Just about opposite what was the Co-op, near Mersey Street. When visiting grandma, we, as nippers went over to 'Chobbers ' for a cornet or sandwich, made with a little hand contraption that you put a wafer in, then spread a spatula full of ice cream topped with another wafer. It was then pushed out onto a square of paper and handed to the customer, for about 3d or 6d. Deeelicious. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mary1947 1,880 Posted March 27, 2022 Report Share Posted March 27, 2022 """""""BEST ICE CREAM EVER" If you ever went down the bridges (Trent Bridge Wilford Bridge) at Wilford end before going on to the Embankment the 40 bus used to turn round via an island, on this island was an ice cream van, wording on the van said ""Sallaries"" and No"2 is the ice ceream that they used to sell on the old Central Market. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MargieH 7,394 Posted March 27, 2022 Report Share Posted March 27, 2022 3 hours ago, philmayfield said: Was that ‘The little shop with a big reputation’ ? That sounds very familiar but I’m not sure …: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 5,364 Posted March 27, 2022 Report Share Posted March 27, 2022 I think it was called Twigdons and was just over the road from the end of Woodthorpe Drive as you turned right. Still there but no longer a confectioner/newsagents. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MargieH 7,394 Posted March 27, 2022 Report Share Posted March 27, 2022 No Phil, it wasn’t Twigdons - that’s where mum bought my dads cigarettes, and I think our newspapers came from there too. The shop where we bought ice creams was next to Bramleys I think 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 5,364 Posted March 27, 2022 Report Share Posted March 27, 2022 Twigdon's is now a personal trainers'! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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