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bootsaler
Joined: 28 Nov 2007
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 Posted: Mon Aug 11, 2008 1:37 pm Post subject: Ford Thames 400E Ice Cream Van |
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This took over from the E83W vans that Leach Brothers used to Operate in the fifties and sixties.The cars were owned by the brothers at the time.
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Mog
Joined: 30 Dec 2007
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Location: Sydney
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| Posted: Tue Aug 12, 2008 6:36 am Post subject: |
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| I can remember the days when the Walls' Ice Cream man used to come around on a pedal tri - cycle. About 1952... |
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peppiB
Joined: 30 Jun 2008
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Location: Newcastle upon Tyne
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| Posted: Tue Aug 12, 2008 9:15 am Post subject: |
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| Our ice cream man's cart was pulled by a horse in the 1950's - so were the coop butcher and bakers vans. The town was a bit behind the times! |
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Mog
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Location: Sydney
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| Posted: Wed Aug 13, 2008 8:16 am Post subject: |
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| My old man worked for the Co-op all his life, started in Hull. |
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