BeestonMick 263 Posted November 19, 2015 Report Share Posted November 19, 2015 Did anyone ever have ice cream from the Severn Mile House near Papplewick? I believe it's now an eatery? Mr and Mrs Revell were the owners, the ice cream was home made and it was stunning, best ice cream ever. My dad was the local bobby so we got it free most of the time. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted November 19, 2015 Report Share Posted November 19, 2015 Strangely enough BM that you ask that question ! As a regular at the Seven Mile House at Papplewick I can honestly say that the ice cream can only be described as "commercial" i.e Walls or Tesco !. The Seven Mile House IMHO is much better than Toby for a carvery meal, also a small range of other food is availale too. Fish & Chips etc, with unlimited peas & chips.! Not a great range of ale but a very nice place to eat. Now owned by Crown Carveries. http://www.crowncarveries.co.uk/nationalsearch/eastandwestmidlands/thesevenmileinnnottingham Coincidently, My son & daughter are taking me & Mrs Catfan there on Saturday ! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BeestonMick 263 Posted November 19, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 19, 2015 Do you remember it when it was a normal white house on the side of the road in the '50's? I remember the home made stuff often had chunks of ice in it which we used to think was pretty special when we were kids, as you do. Another place in the area for us when we had bike rides was "bunstump" and I see that's now turned in to a restaurant as well that goes by the name of Burnt Stump strangely enough. I went clay pigeon shooting up there a few years ago but there was no restaurant last time I looked. All my old haunts seem to be restaurants now, what's going on? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted November 19, 2015 Report Share Posted November 19, 2015 That's "Progress" for you ! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted November 19, 2015 Report Share Posted November 19, 2015 Hope rosehill ain't a restaurant then…...#3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TBI 2,351 Posted November 19, 2015 Report Share Posted November 19, 2015 There is the Seven Mile Inn, the carvery. Confusingly, there was also the Seven Mile House Resaurant which was situated next to it. I think this place closed quite a few years ago. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NewBasfordlad 3,599 Posted November 19, 2015 Report Share Posted November 19, 2015 Wasn't the ice cream shop in the little row of cottage's? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sue C 24 Posted November 20, 2015 Report Share Posted November 20, 2015 I remember the home made ice cream there - it was lovely! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rob.L 1,088 Posted November 20, 2015 Report Share Posted November 20, 2015 #7 Yes it was. As a lad, I loved it when my dad would stop there on the way to Mansfield. Tiny little shop, mostly filled with those metal tubs of ice cream of various flavours. Their ice cream was almost as good as the little shop in Crich that we used to go to on a Sunday on the way home from a trip into Derbyshire. Which nearly offset having to listen to "Sing Something Simple" on the car radio. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BeestonMick 263 Posted November 20, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 20, 2015 Car radio? You must have been posh! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
banjo48 928 Posted November 20, 2015 Report Share Posted November 20, 2015 Yes remember it well, we used to go maybe up to Matlock or Carver edge on a Sunday drive with mum and dad and called in for an ice cream on the way home then up to Dorket head, then Mapperley tops. Mum and dad also reminisce'd when they used to cycle to Mansfield and back on their tandem and they too used to stop there for an ice cream, in their early years of marriage after dad got demobbed. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,328 Posted November 20, 2015 Report Share Posted November 20, 2015 Last time I went to the seven mile house I seem to recall it being a small shop. Mind you, that was about forty years ago Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BeestonMick 263 Posted November 20, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 20, 2015 I'm talking about the 50's/60's so longer than that. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted November 10, 2016 Report Share Posted November 10, 2016 Lolly Gobble Choc Bomb was a great sucker!...for those south of Nottm it was an ice lolly. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Oztalgian 3,271 Posted November 11, 2016 Report Share Posted November 11, 2016 Ian #14. I was born and bred in Notts but have never heard of that, was it water ice based or milky with a chocolate capping, did it have a flavour? We have Lolly Gobble Bliss Bombs down under but they are caramelised popcorn with crushed peanuts in the caramel. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,108 Posted November 11, 2016 Report Share Posted November 11, 2016 I worked for Mr Softee which used Walls products, and I've never heard of it either. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,328 Posted November 11, 2016 Report Share Posted November 11, 2016 I bought a tub of real ice cream made by my former employer "Mackie's". The owner, Maitland Mackie, was a chief executive at the Scottish Agricultural College when I worked in the farm animal disease surveillance centre.When I took the ice cream out of the freezer it was rock hard....I had forgotten that real ice cream needs to be kept at -10°C NOT -21°C. At -10°C it is pliable but at -21°C it is like stone! Hence commercial ice cream freezers have thermostats set to -10°C. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
sue B 48 1,226 Posted November 11, 2016 Report Share Posted November 11, 2016 It should be ok to eat about now then Compo 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Michael Booth 7,364 Posted November 11, 2016 Report Share Posted November 11, 2016 For those that can't remember it, Ian. I could just eat one now. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted November 11, 2016 Report Share Posted November 11, 2016 Hey Michael thanks!!....they were so tasty Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted November 11, 2016 Report Share Posted November 11, 2016 I'm awkward..I liked Lord Toffinghams too....herself always tuts when having an ice-cream from a booth as i only want rum and raisin. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,304 Posted November 11, 2016 Report Share Posted November 11, 2016 #21 And what's wrong with rum and raisin? It's my favourite! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted November 11, 2016 Report Share Posted November 11, 2016 Nice one Jill,all the other flavours make me thirsty. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Oztalgian 3,271 Posted November 12, 2016 Report Share Posted November 12, 2016 Ian#14 and Michael #19 Thanks for the photo, this one passed me by totally. Never seen one or heard of them but from the wrapper I wouldn't mind trying one. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,328 Posted November 13, 2016 Report Share Posted November 13, 2016 I love the honeycomb ice cream but I can't find it in any local retail outlet. there is a place in Thurso, 16 miles from me, that does it in cones but they charge £1.50 for a small one. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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