lady_angel Posted August 2, 2009 Share Posted August 2, 2009 Seems all to frequent these days, alot seem to be hitting the wall with tremendous speed.I remember the bread van coming round every week.I`m sure it was more of a community then.This thread has reminded me of something I must include in a book I`m doing at the moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EdnaKrabappe Posted August 2, 2009 Share Posted August 2, 2009 Used to really look forward to the bread van coming round... they always had rum babas and elephants feet on them as well which seemed so exotic to an under ten in the seventies. I remember being fascinated with angelica! Shame these mobile shops don't seem to exist anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lady_angel Posted August 2, 2009 Share Posted August 2, 2009 I remember it so well it was red and cream embedded with dirt lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wednesday1 Posted August 2, 2009 Share Posted August 2, 2009 As I recall it didn't have a tune like an ice cream van, it just parked up on the road and sounded it's horn? Always came at the same time each day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lady_angel Posted August 2, 2009 Share Posted August 2, 2009 yep your right it didn't have a tune beep beep and id watch the people run down the alleys to get to the van before the elephants feet's went ,they sold jam and lemon curd tarts too and the custards were in there somewhere,I remember the man used to let us ride with him round the estate too,it was so much fun,I still can recall his route too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plain Talker Posted August 2, 2009 Share Posted August 2, 2009 I am not refering to gunstones am refering to fletchers be more diligant whilst reading I could have sworn someone (well TWO people) mentioned that Fletchers had been acquired by the parent company of Gunstones, therefore segueing quite easily into the mention of Gunstones... oh yes, here are the posts... http://www.sheffieldforum.co.uk/showpost.php?p=3865133&postcount=21 It is now owned by Northern Foods.The bakery is at Stubley Lane in Dronfield.It is now owned by Northern Foods.Think they produce own label goods for supermarkets etc. http://www.sheffieldforum.co.uk/showpost.php?p=3865249&postcount=23 Gunstones bakery is situated in Dronfield where it has been for many years now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buffer Posted August 6, 2009 Share Posted August 6, 2009 Would that have been the location in the '60s? Also, and this one is difficult to get one's head around, when I was growing up my mother refused to buy Fletcher's bread. She used to tell us that it was owned by "a communist." My mother had her idiosyncracies, let's put it that way. Forgetting about the fact that politics and buying bread have nothing much in common, can anyone shed any light on how she might have got that idea in her head? Who was Mr Fletcher and who ran the place? Maybe there was a militant union leader employed there. I just found it odd at the time and I'm none the wiser now. this is still the location but half of the building burnt down a few years ago Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zakes Posted April 23, 2012 Share Posted April 23, 2012 Do Fletchers still make bread? During the 60’s I once overheard me Fatha telling someone that George Fletcher is a communist and he goes to Russia each year in his Rolls Royce. Whether Mr Fletcher was a red or not I don’t know, but Darren Fletcher is, because he plays for them! Better Bread than dead It must be said. Good old George. P.S. Or more to the point… Do Fletchers still make stal(in)e bread? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rhodesian Posted April 23, 2012 Share Posted April 23, 2012 Do Fletchers still make bread? During the 60’s I once overheard me Fatha telling someone that George Fletcher is a communist and he goes to Russia each year in his Rolls Royce. Whether Mr Fletcher was a red or not I don’t know, but Darren Fletcher is, because he plays for them! Better Bread than dead It must be said. Good old George. P.S. Or more to the point… Do Fletchers still make stal(in)e bread? are you sure Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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