Our ice cream man looked like Elvis and would throw a few popsicle freebies in the air. Five cents for the popsicle. I also remember Mr. Freeze and Mr. Softee custard-style icre cream cones.
2007-08-17 14:21:59 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Senior Citizens
We could hear the jingling a mile away
2007-08-17 14:22:38 · update #1
"Buried Treasure" was my favourite. Vanilla ice cream on the outside, with frozen orange juice near the stick. And the stick would be a plastic "pirate" standing on a little plate (that also kept the ice cream from slipping off the bottom).
But the ice cream truck went by here only two days ago, on our last extremely hot and humid day. Too bad all the neighbourhood kids seem to be away right now.
2007-08-18 02:11:00 · answer #1 · answered by Susie Q 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I drove a Bungalow Bar Ice Cream Truck lower back in 1962, so I had alot of favorites.no longer something on the truck become over 25 cents.They gave you a series direction to persist with, which become each so often undesirable.i might discover out the place somewhat league recreation become and the truck might empty out speedy.It become a super summer season job! Later i become a Milkman.
2016-12-12 05:25:19 · answer #2 · answered by carra 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Oh yes...and remember those sundae cups the GHM had? Strawberry had a kind jammy-thing on top of vanilla, chocolate was gooey on top of vanilla, and [my favorite] the marshmallow goo on top of chocolate ice-cream! Fond uncles would spring for those...they were 15 cents, wow!
Glad someone else remembered the Helms bread wagon guy..came down our street twice a week, and although my mother didn't like their bread ["Too squishy"] we always bought the crumbly-top coffee cake [rectangle] and the lemon glazed cake [round with a hole like a bundt] and one each a Perfect Doughnut. For extra points: the Helms company used the Olympic logo [and called themselves "Helms Olympic" in their ads] because they managed to become the official bread-supplier to the L.A. Olympics in 1932.
Hey...here's another: remember the Van de Kamp bakeries with the Dutch-capped store clerks and square ice-cream cones filled with a slice off a block-shaped ice cream slab?
2007-08-18 01:42:06 · answer #3 · answered by constantreader 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Wow! You lucked out, having a Good Humor Man who looked like Elvis! Ours looked more like Boris Karloff, haha!! But wasn't their ice cream to die for, regardless of who was serving it up?
In the same vein, I remember the Helms Bakery trucks which use to go up and down our neighborhood in Los Angeles. The doughnuts were always hot and fresh and stacked in drawers which the Helms Bakery Man would pull out to show us kids. I still can't figure out how those doughnuts stayed so hot and fresh when he had so many miles to drive and so many neighborhoods to cover...
2007-08-17 14:29:20 · answer #4 · answered by crowbird_52 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, we would all be waiting on the curb for the ice cream man. It only cost ten cents and they were twice the size they are today which now cost a dollar and a half!
2007-08-17 14:28:58 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yeah. These days the trucks are selling bags of dope with the frozen novelties! Where's the humor in that? The old trucks had much better sound systems & the drivers were kind & curteous for that 5cent sale!!!
2007-08-17 14:36:06 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Mr Softee was my favoite.The driver where I grew up would make our house the last stop and give us free cone.The good old days.
2007-08-17 14:30:07 · answer #7 · answered by fernwood 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
In my neighborhood it wasn't the GHM, but I can't recall what name was on his truck. At that age, I didn't care, I just couldn't wait to hear his truck coming down the street. It was always right after dinner & I got to have my dessert, thanks to the ice cream man.
2007-08-17 16:31:45 · answer #8 · answered by Shortstuff13 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
AH! yes, Yummy, the whole of the block gathered, If you were lucky enough to have a nickel, Cream cicle was my favorite.
a waffle vender too.
2007-08-17 14:52:28 · answer #9 · answered by jenny 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Absolutley, chocolate eclair was my favorite! Do you remember the ice cream man with the bicycle cart and the bell?
Thanks for the memories!
2007-08-17 18:14:42 · answer #10 · answered by Grace 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋