Ice cream van hire London

An ice cream van or ice cream truck is a commercial vehicle which serves as a travelling retail outlet for ice cream, usually during the summer. Ice cream vans are often seen parked at public events, or near parks, beaches,  parties, events, festivals, or other areas where people congregate. Ice cream vans often travel near where children play — outside schools, in residential areas, or in other locations. They usually stop briefly before moving on to the next street.

ice cream vans are often brightly decorated and carry images of ice cream, or some other adornment, such as cartoon characters. They may have painted-on notices, which can serve a commercial purpose (“Stop me and buy one!”) or a more serious one (“Watch that child!”) – serving as a warning to passing motorists that children may run out into the road at the sight of the van, or appear without warning from behind it). Along the sides, a large sliding window acts as a serving hatch, and this is often covered with small pictures of the available products, with their associated prices. A distinctive feature of ice cream vans is their melodic chimes, and often these take the form of a famous and recognizable tune, usually “Turkey in the Straw“, “The Entertainer,”[1] “Music Box Dancer“, or “Camptown Races“; or, in the United Kingdom, “Greensleeves“, “Whistle While You Work” in Crewe and Nantwich, “You Are My Sunshine” in Vale Royal, and “Match of the Day” pied piper, popeye the sailor man, just one cornetto,  in other places[citation needed]. In some places in the US, ice cream trucks play the song “Ice Cream” by Andre Nickatina (essentially just Turkey in the Straw with bass).

Most ice cream vans tend to sell both pre-manufactured ice lollies (American English: popsicles) in wrappers, and soft serve mr whippy ice cream from a machine, served in a cone or cup, and often with a chocolate flake 99 (in Britain) or a sugary syrup flavoured with, for example, strawberry. Soft serve ice cream is served topped with sprinkles for a slight extra charge. Other vans tend to be run by small businesses, selling their own variety of ice cream. For instance, Twirlees Ice Cream based in Toronto, Ontario has their own soft ice cream line with over 30 different flavours with franchises located throughout North America. While franchises or chains are rare within the ice cream truck community (most trucks are independently owned/run), there are a few chains including Twirlees.

In some locations, ice cream van operators have diversified to fill gaps in the market for soft drinks, using their capacity for refrigerated storage to sell chilled cans and bottles. Early vans used relatively primitive techniques: their refrigeration was ensured by large blocks of dry ice so the motor was always turned off when the van was stopped for sales. The chimes were operated by a hand driven crank or a take-off from the motor, so they were not heard as often.  you can hire a ice cream van for your event, sports day, parties, weddings , corporate event, fete, charity event, photoshoot, horse show, funday, school fete, filming, football tournament and much more contact www.icecream-vanhire.com can cater for  all events in  London, Kent, Essex, Suusex, Surey,  Cambridgeshire, hertfordshire, Maidstone, Chatham, Ashford, Bromley, Gravesend, Dartford, Bexley, Sevenoaks,Tonbridge, tunbridge wells , Ramsgate, Folkestone, Canterbury, Herne bay, Broadstairs, Margate, Brighton, Sittingbourne, Whitstable, Romford, Basildon.

Ice Cream Van Hire are an established ice cream van hire company based in Kent. We offer that special touch from a family run business. The type of events icecream van have attended include corporate events, fete’s, fairs, large council events, weddings, birthdays, football tournaments etc. and are happy to consider any event you may be organizing anywhere in the uk. Contact ice cream van hire Kent to ice cream van hire London.