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Tom Zahir's avatar

What an incredible bit of writing! Loved and hung on every word.

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No mention of the Iron Lady herself’s contribution to the British ice cream industry as a food chemist? LBC listeners about to picket Vittles

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That’s all covered in Hypermagnumisation!

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First real paid job I had was in an Ice cream factory (Stokes in Wootton Under Edge, now sadly long gone) packing ice lollys into boxes. Even with thick gloves you got very cold fingers after a while.

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And those pictures bring back so many memories of things we ate as teenagers!

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Loved this! This is another area where those of us from Northern Ireland do have these but also Mauds and their “poor bear” everywhere as well as Dale Farm. I still love a slider

http://dalefarmbrand.com/products/ice-cream

Does Magnum have a honeycomb variety yet?

I’m intrigued by this lemon ice cream and popping candy monstrosity http://dalefarmbrand.com/products/ice-cream/cones-sandwiches-ice-cream-sticks/planet-pop

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Also, loved this piece so much!