Nice headline from the Guardian....."Hard on Mister Softee: London councils ban ice cream vans"
and seeing as this is the French Car Forum here is a appropriately glum looking Ice Cream Van for good measure
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Re: Hard on Mr Softee.....
That is one SAD looking ice cream van, did the designers dog die the day he drew the front ?
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Re: Hard on Mr Softee.....
Now, am I hoping too much (A: Yes), but if there were a decent supply of EV charging points on our streets, the issue of ICE-cream vans (geddit?) would just melt away, would it not?
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Re: Hard on Mr Softee.....
One I used to service back in the sixties had an auxiliary engine to run the ice dream maker, a side valve Ford 1172cc, didn't need the main engine running whilst serving.
I think a lot of parents will be happy at the ban, no wailing kids when the damned jingles start.
I think a lot of parents will be happy at the ban, no wailing kids when the damned jingles start.
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Mister Sotftee isn’t happy
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Have you ever wondered how the Department for the Environment Food and Rural Affairs occupy their time.....?
Well on the matter of "Ice Cream Van Chimes etc" they bring out a code of practice...
Code of Practice on Noise from Ice-Cream Van Chimes Etc. in England 2013
Yes all right that was 2013, they are probably much more streamlined and efficient now, and focus on more weighty matters.
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Re: Hard on Mr Softee.....
Perhaps if they were rather more tuneful, there'd have been less complaints but, really, who would actually go to the trouble of lodging a complaint?
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Nissan come to the rescue of Mr Softee
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