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Re: Ice cream sellers and street musicians
« Reply #45 on: Saturday 21 June 08 09:36 BST (UK) »
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Re: Ice cream sellers and street musicians
« Reply #46 on: Friday 03 April 09 18:44 BST (UK) »
Hi - I have just come across this thread.

The Northern Echo newspaper for Wednesday of this week included an article on Italian ice cream sellers in the Darlington area.

Paul Lanagan's website at www.houghtonlespring.org.uk has information on the ice cream parlours in Houghton le Spring, Tyne & Wear.  Click on 'Articles' and then scroll down to 'Ice cream Parlours & Sweets'.

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« Reply #47 on: Friday 03 April 09 19:22 BST (UK) »
Link did not work try this  CLICK 4 HOUGHTON
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Re: Ice cream sellers and street musicians
« Reply #48 on: Friday 03 April 09 22:01 BST (UK) »
Thanks for that MIGKY.  The extra hyphen caused the problem - I have removed it.  My apologies for this mistake.

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Re: Ice cream sellers and street musicians
« Reply #49 on: Wednesday 29 April 09 10:10 BST (UK) »
There is another article in today's 'Northern Echo' on Italian Ice Cream Vendors.

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« Reply #50 on: Wednesday 29 April 09 10:34 BST (UK) »
Here is the link to another article in that paper. 
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Italian ice cream

And this one.

More Italian icecream

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Re: Ice cream sellers and street musicians
« Reply #51 on: Wednesday 29 April 09 10:41 BST (UK) »
Thanks MIGKY.  Chris Lloyd has done very well in producing the articles and also another one published in the paper for 3rd November 2004.

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Re: Ice cream sellers and street musicians
« Reply #52 on: Wednesday 29 April 09 23:31 BST (UK) »
Slightly off topic, but does anyone know why Italian ice-cream sellers were in some areas known as "hokey-cokey men"?

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Re: Ice cream sellers and street musicians
« Reply #53 on: Thursday 30 April 09 10:16 BST (UK) »
Robert

I think it was Hokey Pokey.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hokey_pokey_(ice_cream)
has several suggestions as to its origin, mainly based on Italian phrases, e.f. "ecco un poco" - "here's a bit", but also tries to make a link with "hocus pocus", whose origins are equally obscure!

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