Ice cream sellers and street musicians

[millybobs]

Here's the link to that other thread: http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,309380.0.html

[Wearsider]

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'.

Wearsider.

[Mr. MIGKY]

Link did not work try this  CLICK 4 HOUGHTON
Migky

[Wearsider]

Thanks for that MIGKY.  The extra hyphen caused the problem - I have removed it.  My apologies for this mistake.

Wearsider.

[Wearsider]

There is another article in today's 'Northern Echo' on Italian Ice Cream Vendors.

Wearsider.

[Mr. MIGKY]

Here is the link to another article in that paper. 
Migky 
Italian ice cream

And this one.

More Italian icecream

[Wearsider]

Thanks MIGKY.  Chris Lloyd has done very well in producing the articles and also another one published in the paper for 3rd November 2004.

Wearsider.

[robbo43]

Slightly off topic, but does anyone know why Italian ice-cream sellers were in some areas known as "hokey-cokey men"?

Robert

[Gillg]

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!

Gillg