Even on grey days, ice cream is a treat. Image of Norton Road, Pelsall, from ‘A Picture Tour of Old Pelsall, Russhall and Shelfield’ by John Sale and Bill Mayo.
I’ve got an intriguing one here I’d not heard before, from Jill Walters of Pelsall, who’s asking a very simple question – she posted the following in the Common People group for Pelsall earlier today, and I’m wondering if anyone can help?
We’ve mentioned the great ice cream sellers of Brownhills before – Selwyn Smith, the Pelari family – and recently the lost pedal cart of Mr. Pinchers that used to grace Walsall Wood. But what of Aggie Parton in Pelsall?
Jill posted:
We’ve been having a ‘do you remember’ afternoon, and have been talking about Aggie Parton’s ice cream in the 1950’s. does anyone else remember the beautiful taste of this lovely ice cream?
[It] was in Pelsall… We used to queue on a Sunday afternoon with our jugs or bowls to have them filled. Aggie went to her grave with the recipe for it.
[The shop] was roughly by the dentists or next to it. She had a grocery shop, but couldn’t serve from that, only the ice cream on a Sunday. Her Hubby used make the wafers in a gadget, which he had to rotate the handle to make it ‘pop up’ when it was done.
Jill has identified the ‘gadget’ as a Wafer Master (see this link here), and it’s a new one on me.
There has been speculation those Anslow boys may remember this… I do hope so!
You know what to do. Comment here, or mail me. BrownhillsBob at Googlemail dot com. Quick, lick that before it runs over your fingers…