AIBU to think about reporting Ice cream van

[Lancashiregal10]

Can I just say I have nothing against them as a whole
But one has started coming around our estate every night between 9pm and 9.30pm and every night it's wakes up 10 month old DS
The chime is so loud and goes on for ages. My husband timed that the van was chiming for half an hour on our estate tonight (not all together 30 second bursts.
I really don't want to be petty but DS is then unsettled all night. Also I miss sleep I have seizures due to epilepsy an I had to have the day off work today. I only went back to work three weeks ago.
Also realise parents of babies have a lack of sleep but knowing what triggers my epilepsy we worked so hard to get DS into a routine while I was on Maternity leave and it seemed to have worked. Until now.
I have looked and after 7pm they are not allowed to sound the chimes by law
Who wants sodding ice cream at that time anyway

Fred west used to drive an ice cream can in glasgow. Trufax.

God, I've led a sheltered life, i had no idea ice cream vans sold anything other than ice cream!!! We told DS that if the ice cream van plays music he's run out of ice cream. I hope he still believes this when he's older…

I lived in Scotland as a child and the icy would come round late at night and sell everything from milk, bread, fags, fizzy juice and special brew. I was quite surprised when I moved to England you could only get ice cream from the icy at tea time.

Never knew about drugs though.

Ours also sells 70p hotdogs

Personally, I think drugs are probably far more healthy

Fred west probably kept my neighbours in special brew and fags then.

I have heard that before, I think some young girl went missing from Easterhouse when he was driving the ice cream van.

Is it just mn that knows this, or do the police know too?

They probably know, the police like to keep certain drug runners in business.

Noooo you have ruined my innocence. I didn't know that.

I don't get the firework. Is it just to tell you time, or is it also for place? If it's time then surely they could do that when you get your voucher and if it's place, well who knew smack heads had such a fine sense of direction.

Did non of you watch Happy Valley?

I think when you buy your last lot, they give you a general hint as to when it will be in - say Saturday - and then at 9pm on the Saturday they let off the firework, so you go to your dealer.

I must be really naive as well. I've never heard of an ice cream van selling drugs! I've not heard the firework thing either, and I have a fairly minor dealer living on my doorstep.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glasgow_Ice_Cream_Wars

They're not tall enough to see out yet Worra!

Ladies and gentlemen, this thread has been more educational than I expected. Is there a special place one goes on the interweb to find out all this stuff? What do two fireworks mean? What about the kebab van? What about the car with the loudspeaker telling us to vote lib dem on election day? How do I know if my neighbour is having a fireworks party or if all the local dealers are simultaneously on happy hour?

Shit. DD buys a 50p mix from the ice cream van by the school bus.

Must check what she has in it.

Exit for Christ sake just make sure she doesn't ask for 'a bag of lemon'

We have the solitary firework here in Leeds. Also got it in the small village that I'm from in Nottinghamshire. My Dad works in A&E at the local hospital and taught me about the firework Also, there is a random phone box in the middle of a huge paved area in the rough end of my old village, and when the phone rings that means the drugs are in.

There's a van in the student area here who parks in the huge park in summer and sells weed.

Someone once told me that if there's a pair of shoes hanging over the telephone wire in a street, in means a drug dealer lives there. I don't think its very true though!

I'm quite tempted to stock up on fireworks and let them off, individually every now and then. Though quite what I'd do if anyone responded to them, I'm not sure. And our neighbours might be MNetters and report me.

I'm glad they just go to their regular dealer at the signal. Was feeling a touch inadequate. It's all a bit famous five.

Shoes hanging over telephone wire is a signal that one can purchase drugs nearby.
It seems to be more prevalent "up north".
I have never been able to work out how they get the shoes up there.

Yep kebab van used to sell "wraps" when I was a youngster

I thought the shoes were related to drug deaths

We have an old phone box in my village that people still use. I've always found it odd because pretty much everyone has mobile phones these days, thinking about it it wouldn't at all surprise me if it were to do with drugs.

I have no personal experience you understand, but my DC went to school in North London. Apparently all this is common knowledge.