Monkeys blood?

[ifoundthebread]

Whats it called where you are and where are you? Do you have monkeys blood or is it strawberry sauce? Just seen on tv its a regional thing, mind is blown.

Screwballs had a bubblegum sweet in the bottom? Sasaparilla was a herbily soft drink - even in the seventies it was an old persons kind of drink

Raspberry sauce on icecream on Scotland

Yes, screwballs with a bubbly. Wasn’t sasparilla like aniseed ? My gran had sasparilla sweets, also coltsfoot (?) rock, and she called liquorice ‘Spanish’

I’m in NE and it was always monkeys blood when I was little but kids these days seem to call it strawberry sauce.

North eastern thing I think. It causes amusement to Brummies and outright horror to southerners.

North East - we call it monkeys blood.

I'm from the NE and its always been Monkey's blood .

NE Scotland, and I have never heard of Monkey Blood before, it's just strawberry sauce.

We used to call police cars Jam Sandwiches, don't know if that's regional or not.

Zukie - police cars were jam butty cars in Salford / Manchester when I was growing up too.

Northumberland and I've always known it as monkeys blood. Still ask for it from the ice cream man

I'm in the NE so of course it's monkey's blood on my (Minchella's) ice cream.

@QueenofLouisiana I'm a couple of years older than you and we had the 'Villa' pop man. I used to love their sarsparilla and dandelion & burdock!

Barrs from a van. Tizer or D&B for me, cream soda for Dad. You used to get a deposit back if you returned the bottle the following visit.

Monkey blood for whippy ice cream from the vans, NEVER for Seaton Delaval ice cream (Rigi’s) though!

North East, north of Whitley Bay

Dandelion and Burdock is the only acceptable drink for a chippy tea

Never ever heard of monkey blood - it's strawberry sauce 😂

My granny used to have a pop man in NI though, it was awesome - red lemonade, brown lemonade and I think there was a regular lemonade, coke and cherryade

Yep, monkeys blood in Newcastle.

It's called "juice" in certain parts of Yorkshire - threw me off when I got asked if I wanted juice by the ice cream man. Strawberry sauce everywhere else.

Where I grew up in Newcastle the Ringtons man delivered tea and biscuits weekly in an 1920s van. Completely normal to me. People outside of Newcastle thought I was mental telling them about this... Then I told them about a theme park inside a shopping centre (Metroland) and they assumed I'd cracked.

i grew up just outside of South Shields. When I was younger I remember asking for monkeys blood at minchella’s.

oooh I can taste their ice cream right now!

Used to love Metroland 😍 only reason I would go shopping lol

I'm in the north east and it's monkeys blood!

Where I grew up in Newcastle the Ringtons man delivered tea and biscuits weekly in an 1920s van.

There is still a Ringtons van in my area 🤣

Metroland was class! I remember hearing the screams from the rollercoaster as soon as we entered the metro downstairs lol

My first job was in Minchella's on Ocean Road. I especially loved making the Knickerbocker Glories.

Also from NE and it's monkeys blood to me!

"Villa" was the company i was thinking of, i think 🤔 they used to have a factory or unit near where i grew up.

@ifoundthebread just remember, in addition to the Villa pop man, we also had Sykes pop. I really Fancy a Minchella's ice cream now but there's a big event at the seafront this weekend so all the roads are closed off. Might have to pop along to South Shields over the weekend.

I’m NW and I’d never heard of it until I watched ambulance last night!