Ice cream.

[Jerryt]

Originally posted by Colin Damp
But one of my special treats was to go to Preston for an ice cream in Brucianni's in Fishergate (I might have got the spelling wrong). Real Italian stuff, as the name suggests. My favourite was a dollop of their ice cream in a long, conical dish filled with what I think we then called American Cream Soda and eaten with a long spoon.

Colin,
That was our treat too (after riding in the front upstairs seat on the double decker bus from Leyland).
I remember watching with amazement as a man ate icecream AND had a cup of coffee at the same time!
The other main thing I remember about Proud Preston was Winston Churchill giving the V sign from a balcony near the Market Square when he visited on a tour after the war.
Jerry

[anacortesdamp]

I think two "C's" and one "N", Bro. I remember a trip while I was still at Boeing when I went into Preston on the bus from Slater Lane to get some British goodies to take home. After about 45 minutes in town, I started to develop a headache. It got progressively worse, so I cut my trip short.

When I got home. my sister said "What's your problem?" When I said it was a crushing headache, her reply was "You've been drinking decaf since you got here. Maybe you need some real coffee". One cup and I was fine.

If I'd gone to Brucciani's as I had originally intended to do, their coffee would have fixed the problem.

[shuffy]

Bruccianos was my mums bribe to me when she 'dragged'me shopping with her when I was a child, if I behaved we would go to brucies and I could have an ice cream while she had a much needed coffee[] I very rarely go to Preston these days so haven't been there for a long time. Must have a trip soon[]

[Peter Harris]

I went into Bruccianos last time I was back in the UK, I had a wonderful cup of coffee and a sausage butty with HP, fabulous.

[sandyship]

I was in preston 2 days ago and passed Brucianaos and I had forgotten about the store but looking in saw it had hardly chnaged and like Shuffy my Mum would take me in for a treat on our shopping trips to preston. Enjoying my sojourn in the Uk and weather so far pretty darn good.. Sandy

[LDunlop76]

Glad to hear you're enjoying your UK visit, Sandy

[frank h]

Brucciani's have a coffee shop/icecream parlor branch in the Galleries in Wigan,in the traditional syle.

frank h.

[LDunlop76]

Thanks for that, Frank - I had not spotted them, but then I almost never take a tea break when out shopping!

[Peter Harris]

Sandy

Enjoy your holiday in Lancashire- glad you are getting good weather - the All Blacks won the Bledisloe Cup against Australia today.

Peter

[frank h]

Linda! go up the slope opposite M&S on Standishgate, you cant miss the shop on the lefthand side.


frank h.