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Old 28-11-2011, 15:02   #127
sm_counsell
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Re: My early life in Accy 1946-68

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Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington View Post
I remember Birtwell's Ice Cream too....it was the butteriest yellow.
they used to come up Higher Antley St on a Sunday afternoon.....with the horse and cart.
We used to run out with a dish....and my Grandma liked an ice cream sandwich.
Lovely.........I am not a fan of ice cream, but that was gold medal stuff.
Does anyone remember Stanton's pop wagon? Sarsaparilla out of a brown jug like bottle....the kind they use in the US for moonshine.....Dandelion and Burdock....supposed to have tonic properties...we just drank it because it was good.
I do remember those bottles Margaret, in cold Ossie winters, my mum used to fill them full of hot water to put in our beds, and Mr. Birtwell was a friend of my family( never got any freebies though!! it really was good ice cream. I can also remember a shop at the bottom of New Lane that sold ice cream but I can't remember the name... could it have been Tricketts?
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