My mum told me that after 6pm Ice-Cream vans only sold alcohol, cigarettes and newspapers - so there was no point asking for lollies when they came around in the evening..... cow
A childhood belief about ice cream vans

others believed things like this
- My dad told me that ice cream vans only play music when they have run out of ice cream. Anon
- My mother told me that ice cream vans were ambulances for little children.— Buzz
- I used to believe that if the ice cream truck was playing music, it had sold out of ice cream.— Deprived of ice cream
- My parents told me that when the ice cream van was playing music, it means he's run out of ice cream :(Anon
- when i was a kid my mother told me that when the ice cream man was playing his music he was out of ice cream— Lynnzea
- I thought that the role of Lollipop ladies was to give out lollies. Shame!— Helen