AFTER REEDING ALL THE POSTS ABOUT DANDBYS AND franchies ice cream situated in the New Town being born in the QAUY 1940 i feel i have to mention the FIONDA family who came from ITALY BEFORE THE SECONDWORLD WAR THEY BROUGHT WITH THEM A RECIPE OF TYPICAL ITALIAN ICE CREAM THEREWAS 3THREE SONS TONY.LOUIS JOE THE FAMILY HAD 3 SHOPS TONYHAD THE SHOP CORNER OF LYON SREET AND CALADONIAN SREET JOE HAD THE SHOP HALFWAY DOWN ELLISON ST NEXT TO THE TOP GATE OF HAWTHORN LESLIES TONY WAS IN THE MAIN SHOP WITH HIS PARENTS SITUATED IN CARR ST.THERE ICE CREAM WAS VERY POPULAR I THINK TONY IN THE 60S ENDED UP IN HARTLEYBURN ROAD THERE WAS A 4TH SHOP IN IN CALLADONIAN SREET OPPOSITE THE DOCK HOTELWHICH WAS RUN BY ANN FIONDA SHE SOLD MAINLY SWEETS I THINK SHE MOVED FROM ARGYLE ST ANN WAS A LOVELY LADY SHE HAD A DAUGHTER CALLED CAROL AT ONE TIME CAROL AND HER HUSBAND FRANK MOVED TO SCARBOROUGH 1970S I MOVED TO SCARBOROUGH IN 1970S LOW AND BEHOLD CAROL AND FRANK ENDED UP AS A NEIGHBOUR JUST AROUND THE CORNER FROM ME.GETTING BACK TO JOE JOE HAD THREE WHEELERWHITH THE BOX AT FRONT WITH TO BIG WHEELS WITH ONE AT THE BACK HE WOULD PEDAL ALL AROUND THE QUAY ON A SUMMERS AFTERNOON I KNOW NORMAN HAS SOME PHOTOS OF JOE AND HIS BIKE ONE TAKEN AT THE BALLAST HILL AT A FOOTBALL MATCH MANY YEARS AGO .CAROL LENT SOME PHOTS OF THE FIONDA FAMILY HER GRANDAD ANOTHER WAS JOE OUTSIDE HIS SHOP HAVING A SMOKE. REGARDING THE FISHWICK FAMILY THERE WERE 2 SONS ONE WAS BILL BILL WAS JOINER AT PALMERS ON SATURDAYS HE WOULD HELP OUT IN THE FRUIT AND VEG SHOP ON A SATURDAYCOINCEDENTLY AT THAT PERIOD HE WOULD HAVE KNOWN ALAN CARTER GEORDIE BOY RIP RONNIE JENKINSON FRENCH POLISHER ALL MENTIONEDA FEW POSTS BACK