Ice Cream Truck

Some of my earliest childhood memories feature an ice cream truck and I don't think I'm the only one to say that! I've already written about the Ice Cream Man, when he would visit our part of town (I even remember the time of day!) and what I used to look forward to buying from him. The ice cream truck itself though was something I never paid much attention to (other than the sound of its jingle as it came nearer to our house). Until I got older that is .. and then I realised just how wonderfully colourful and varied ice cream trucks used to be - and indeed still are.

A definitive, classic ice cream truck is one on 4 wheels, driven by the ice cream man himself and usually painted in colourful livery - red, blue and white are the colors I remember most. An ice cream truck might have its owner's name on it (eg. Gerry's Ices) or the brand of the ice cream it sold; sometimes the only words on the truck were simply "Ice Cream". The ice cream truck in the top photograph was parked up at a seaside resort I visited. Saying just "Ice Cream" on it allowed the owner/driver to choose his brand of ice cream or indeed perhaps he was selling his own homemade ice cream. Unfortunately I didn't get to ask him as he'd sold out and closed for the day when I took the photo!

Another thing I remember from when I was a child is how I was told to be careful crossing the road when going to the ice cream truck. Indeed, I recall how ice cream truck owners usually had signs on the back of their vehicle reminding drivers to look out for children crossing with sayings such as "Drivers remember, children forget".

The ice cream truck in the photo above is a good example of how the ice cream truck tradition lives on today and thankfully so. The lure and excitement of ice cream for children is timeless so the safety issue of visiting an ice cream truck remains paramount.

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