madowl Posted December 30, 2009 Share Posted December 30, 2009 those vans are y as a kid from hillsborough, i liked to visit mi groms on the cross.... just to get one of those... elephant feet buns :D :hihi: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GUZZIOWL Posted December 30, 2009 Share Posted December 30, 2009 i remember when the van used to pull up outside our house on yew lane and mi' mother would treat me to a bilberry tart (them little 'uns in tinfoil) or a doughnut ,and also fletchers wheaten brown loaves ( bloody lovely !!!!! ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OwlsChick Posted December 30, 2009 Share Posted December 30, 2009 Our Fletchers man was called Harold and i remember the chocolate and lemon franzipans,1 of each in a pack of 2.They were very much like bakewells.yummmm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mh01 Posted December 30, 2009 Share Posted December 30, 2009 Me,I used to help him when I was a kid deliverying up Ecco,used to be stuffing my face with custards whilst he was deliverying to certain houses,god he was ages in some,wonder what he was doing:huh:would that have been breadman dave? or daves pantry as he was later known? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Padster89 Posted December 30, 2009 Share Posted December 30, 2009 I too remember the Fletchers Van especially for the custards,elephant buns and vanilla slices.I sometimes cadged a ride round the estate with him aswell. Imagine doing that now bread man would get put away for life!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Banker Posted December 30, 2009 Share Posted December 30, 2009 They also had "cream squares" - about 4 inches square with a rounded top, made of two layers of sweet flaky pastry with jam and cream inside and sugar on top - delicious!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grannie-anni Posted December 30, 2009 Share Posted December 30, 2009 I remember the Fletchers bread van coming up Barnes Avenue in 1960's. Best vanilla slices ever, also custard tarts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carosio Posted December 30, 2009 Share Posted December 30, 2009 I used to drive one on the Rotherham round (1966-7), a Bedford Dormobile. They used to make us sell the previous days loaves so we placed them on the engine cowl (inside the cab) to warm them up, but some customers suspected! We used to have an excellent breakfast for next to nothing back in the canteen. The bakery on Claywheels lane was very big and I remember the flocks of sparrows that appeared to fly around the steel roof beams, obviously feeding on the many crumbs on the floor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barginboy Posted December 30, 2009 Share Posted December 30, 2009 one used to come past our house on shiregreen when i was a kid in the 1980s. my mum always used to send me for a loaf but i used to get a sausage roll and a cherry bun so wasn't all bad lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deedar Posted December 30, 2009 Share Posted December 30, 2009 It was made of lead you know. A mate of mine ate some once and he dropped dead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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