Vehicles doing this used to be a common sight up until the 1970s, at least around here, along with the Milkman, the Baker, the Coalman and the Gypsies, selling door to door with their suitcases of tea towel and clothes pegs and even occasionally the Rag and Bond man.
But as a kid, the only one you were interested in was the Ice Cream Van, who announced his imminent arrival with a tinny sounding Greensleeves being played !
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