Does anyone actually believe that Organised Crime is remotely interested in selling ice cream ? Or that ice cream was the main earner for the vans ? Naturally, ice cream was available if anyone actually wanted some - at midnight in a Scottish winter ? It was drugs of course they were selling.
It started out as Ice Cream vans selling groceries and tobacco, then Organised crime started taking over the runs from legitimate drivers using threats and violence to intimidate them to give up their runs (including Arson and Murder) to sell drugs and stolen goods.
same in Yorkshire, Essex and the outskirts of most big cities. The vans provided reasonable cover stories: driving round slowly visiting all the housing estates at all hours, customers come running, money changes hands, goods in brown bags passed out the side window by an anonymous hand & off to the next drop. Amazing how many dodgy videos, stolen booze, untaxed imported knock - off cigarettes & more could be stashed under a few boxes of cheap cash & carry chocolate biscuits, baby wipes or packs of football stickers. Some straight law - abiding neighbours discussed in baffled wonder the time one particular van turned up selling "potted hyacinths, ideal gift!" of all things. Blokes turned up & handed over bundles of cash notes for what looked like a plastic plant pot of uncertain contents covered in some sort of bubble wrap with a generic picture of flowers on the side. There may even have been a few real flowers for sale in case some unknown bumpkin wandered up wanting a cheap gift for the missus thinking it was legit.
@@thestrengthwithin4249 lived in Garthamlock in through late 60s, 70s and 80s the only contraband Jimmy Mitchell sold was single cigarettes and Askit powders.
Our local ice cream driver was found dead in his van. He was covered with syrup and sprinkles with a flake in each ear. The police ruled out foul play as they think he may have topped himself.🍧🍨
It’s really funny as where I live no one has a van but 2 mile down the road at my mothers house they get a van 4 times a day and it’s always mobbed !!! But I remember growing up in the 80s and the van was like a beacon to ask yer maw for 10p
Where I live now we get 2 vans on a Sunday which are different people, and the weekdays are so random can go weeks with nothing then the guy turns up at least once a week for a month or two then nothing again except on a Sunday. At my old place a few miles away it was a van around 7pm except he only came round in non summer months!
Does anyone actually believe that Organised Crime is remotely interested in selling ice cream ? Or that ice cream was the main earner for the vans ? Naturally, ice cream was available if anyone actually wanted some - at midnight in a Scottish winter ? It was drugs of course they were selling.
It started out as Ice Cream vans selling groceries and tobacco, then Organised crime started taking over the runs from legitimate drivers using threats and violence to intimidate them to give up their runs (including Arson and Murder) to sell drugs and stolen goods.
Who told you that ??
same in Yorkshire, Essex and the outskirts of most big cities. The vans provided reasonable cover stories: driving round slowly visiting all the housing estates at all hours, customers come running, money changes hands, goods in brown bags passed out the side window by an anonymous hand & off to the next drop. Amazing how many dodgy videos, stolen booze, untaxed imported knock - off cigarettes & more could be stashed under a few boxes of cheap cash & carry chocolate biscuits, baby wipes or packs of football stickers. Some straight law - abiding neighbours discussed in baffled wonder the time one particular van turned up selling "potted hyacinths, ideal gift!" of all things. Blokes turned up & handed over bundles of cash notes for what looked like a plastic plant pot of uncertain contents covered in some sort of bubble wrap with a generic picture of flowers on the side. There may even have been a few real flowers for sale in case some unknown bumpkin wandered up wanting a cheap gift for the missus thinking it was legit.
It wasn’t just ice cream. They were basically mobile convenience stores, and yeah, drugs too. But ice cream wars makes for a wonderful newspaper title
@@thestrengthwithin4249 lived in Garthamlock in through late 60s, 70s and 80s the only contraband Jimmy Mitchell sold was single cigarettes and Askit powders.
Our local ice cream driver was found dead in his van. He was covered with syrup and sprinkles with a flake in each ear. The police ruled out foul play as they think he may have topped himself.🍧🍨
Worst case of su-ice-ide I’ve ever seen
Heard he was found on a sundae
😂😂😂😂
It’s really funny as where I live no one has a van but 2 mile down the road at my mothers house they get a van 4 times a day and it’s always mobbed !!! But I remember growing up in the 80s and the van was like a beacon to ask yer maw for 10p
Where I live now we get 2 vans on a Sunday which are different people, and the weekdays are so random can go weeks with nothing then the guy turns up at least once a week for a month or two then nothing again except on a Sunday. At my old place a few miles away it was a van around 7pm except he only came round in non summer months!
Imagine thinking the ice cream wars were actually about ice cream.
I'm imagining it
I know I shouldn't laugh but the company secretary's false teeth kept falling down when he was talking, they were very distracting 😳😬
Seen many 🔔 🔚s
Billy Connolly quote: deserts wae windaes 🤬
Easterhouse checking in from California, thanks to my parents.
what does it have to do with ice cream?
Like paracetamol n that?
sometimes ibuprofen anol
aye. Lemsip and tunes for the more discerning clients...
@@hazelisaacs2201 Doooons
Sudafud
@@TheMasterblaster32 Not back then.
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ice kream for real
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