As a youngster living in Burnley this was my favourite Ice Cream. Anyone tried it and know the history of what happened to the Cece's brand. Looks as if the business may have gone bust in the early 1960's but anyone know-and anyone know the recipe?
Compared with the "muck" Walls and Lyons started selling Cece's was, IMO, much tastier.
I used to hate being "treated" to a Neopolitan which from memory was vanilla, chocolate and strawberry.

Home made ice cream from Ripley castle was my favourite

Thought it was Ci Ci's, but you might be right, there was one called Nelsons, who drove about in a big blue van barely any logo on the thing at all.
I was told Cici's had a place down church street somewhere. It certainly had a name for being the best ice cream anywhere.

Not sure who was involved, but once saw rival vans drivers fist fighting up Brunshaw, that could have been Mr Softee, ironic or what ?

Is that still made Hatfield as I had a tasty one from there last year? Of course things have moved on in the last 50 years with most things, but nostalgia and childhood memories of Cece's, a local firm I believe, prompted the question. I guess Cece is/was Italian.
My grandfather who had been a "Clogger" until WWI, lost fingers from one of his hands as well as sustaining a leg injury from shrapnel (the guy next to him was decapitated) and so set up selling his own ice cream in the 1920's but sadly I have lost his recipe so have no idea what it was like. I think it kept the wolf from the door, but no more than that.Such was his "Land fit for heroes"

Cece's ice cream was based on Adlington Street. That's the street you take off Church Street to then drive under the road into the St. Peter's Centre or to get into the TK Max car park, it runs up the side of the shoe shop.

My mum used to tell me of a rival ice cream firm which I think was Toglarelli's but it was before my time and I'm not certain of the name.

Cece's closed down due to changes in legislation from what I can remember but what I do know is that Mr Cece (and yes, that was his name) took his ice cream recipe to the grave.This was in the days when all ice cream was made with cream, not the crap you get in supermarkets now. Is Slater's still open in Barrowford? Their ice cream used to be excellent, but nothing to match Cece's, the best ice cream I ever had.

Better get my Ouija board out then CT. Pleased it is not just me who enjoyed Cece's more than any other. A real pity the recipe is gone forever.

Skaters ice cream is still going strong ,it's the best for me,but then again I never sampled Cece's to compare it..

Cece's was sold from a cart pulled by a horse, and we were always offered the extra of a shake of 'Dragon's blood' (raspberry cordial I think). I didn't like the dragon's blood much and always took the ice-cream 'straight'. There was also another seller with a horse and cart - Ruth's. I liked them both but I think that Cece's was slightly creamier.

I always enjoy the ice cream in the little shop in Downham whenever I am back in Lancashire - forget it's name but I am sure a few on here would know of it.

Cracking rum and raisin, might have to make a pit stop when I am over for the Spurs game next weekend.

Slaters is still open in Nelson. Its not the cafe that it was when I was growing up, but it is in the same place and still sells their excellent ice cream. We used to get ice cream vans around the streets and you would get a couple of customers for the Mr Whippy kind of stuff. Then Jim Ellis would come round and you would get a queue up the back street, as he sold Slaters. I used to love an ice cream wafer sandwich with a flake in the middle, and he also did a "cream and cream", ice cream and whipped double cream. I am fortunate in having in laws in Devon who we visit regularly and on the other side of the Exe estuary at Dawlish is the Gays creamery. I usually have a special - dairy ice cream with clotted cream. We usually pay at least one visit while I am down there. And there are plenty of other places that do excellent ice creams - Budleigh Creamery is another regular haunt.

Was Ruth's yellow Bullabill? If so thanks for the heads up as I was trying to think of the other ice cream I liked but second to Cece's.
I also shunned the raspberry sauce.

In the early fifties we lived on Coal Clough Lane my grandfather as a treat would take me (and my sister) to which was on the left hand side of Rossendale Road as you head down towards Rosegrove. It was situated in an old stone dairy building with whitewashed walls. We were served by Mr Cece a kindly gentlemen who would have been around my grandfathers age, early sixties. The ice cream was wonderful and creamy served with a topping of dragons blood. Whether this was the production site and there was a shop elsewhere in Burnley I don't know..

As an aside do Bellissimo in Parker Lane do ice cream, I've eaten in there but not had time for afters?

There Italian owned so chances are they do.

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I agree with Herts above we are up to our knees in real tasty ice cream down here in the SW

Another shout for Downham. Great flavours.

levraiclaret wrote:In the early fifties we lived on Coal Clough Lane my grandfather as a treat would take me (and my sister) to which was on the left hand side of Rossendale Road as you head down towards Rosegrove. It was situated in an old stone dairy building with whitewashed walls. We were served by Mr Cece a kindly gentlemen who would have been around my grandfathers age, early sixties. The ice cream was wonderful and creamy served with a topping of dragons blood. Whether this was the production site and there was a shop elsewhere in Burnley I don't know..

Used to go there when I visited my auntie but that wasn't Cece's.

!00% agree with CT. Ceces Ice Cream was far and away the best I ever tasted. Hope I meet up with Mr Cece one day, mind you he probably went to heaven so that rules me out.I wonder if Lotty has met him yet.

The one at Downham is probably Hudsons at Downham Road Chatburn, but I think it is sold at other places in the area. Another parlour worth a visit is Fredericks on Bolton Road Chorley on the way to Horwich. Again this is sold at other places.

Had a Slaters ice cream this afternoon at Nogarth Cafe.. Delicious too.

mdd2 wrote:Is that still made Hatfield as I had a tasty one from there last year? Of course things have moved on in the last 50 years with most things, but nostalgia and childhood memories of Cece's, a local firm I believe, prompted the question. "

Dunno, haven't been for a few years but they were good.

Nothing could touch Cece's ice cream - lived on Ormerod Rd in the 1950s and can remember buying ice cream from the shop. Absolutely brilliant!
Don't remember Tognarelli ice cream in Burnley although there were ice cream shops of that name in towns in what was then Cumberland. Also believe there was one in Bolton.

mdd2 ...............
"Was Ruth's yellow Bullabill? If so thanks for the heads up as I was trying to think of the other ice cream I liked but second to Cece's."

It was indeed mdd2.

Herts Clarets wrote:Slaters is still open in Nelson. Its not the cafe that it was when I was growing up, but it is in the same place and still sells their excellent ice cream. We used to get ice cream vans around the streets and you would get a couple of customers for the Mr Whippy kind of stuff. Then Jim Ellis would come round and you would get a queue up the back street, as he sold Slaters. I used to love an ice cream wafer sandwich with a flake in the middle, and he also did a "cream and cream", ice cream and whipped double cream. I am fortunate in having in laws in Devon who we visit regularly and on the other side of the Exe estuary at Dawlish is the Gays creamery. I usually have a special - dairy ice cream with clotted cream. We usually pay at least one visit while I am down there. And there are plenty of other places that do excellent ice creams - Budleigh Creamery is another regular haunt.

I didn't know that Ellis' did Slaters ice cream.

If anyone was willing to walk the 20 yards to the bottom of the street and queue up at Ellis' van, then I would request a cider lolly.

I remember Ci Ci's and another called Gudgeons, also very nice.

Always thought the one on Rossy Road was Gudgeons?

Before the war it seemed that the best ice cream - at least around Burnley - was made by italians. We had Cece's, Tognorella's and in Blackpool Pablo's.
Was Pablo's italian(?) from the name it could be spanish.
Around 1936 or 1937 we lived on Guildford St and I remember vividly running up to Lisbon St to get my ice cream cone from Cece's horse drawn wagon. The horse was called "Tony" I believe. You could ask for "raz" which was a red, raspberry flavoured liquid shaken from a vinegar bottle. Cece's ice cream was delicious. It must have been very good as I still remember it after all these years.
BUT in my opinion Ruth's was better. Ruth's shop was on Curzon St opposite to the Market Hall - probably near to where Wilko is today. It was creamy and definately yellow.

Didn't Mr Cece live on Fairview Road? And it was the best ice cream I've ever tasted. I remember Gudgeon's and Tognarelli's too

The Ceces’ produced a stunner of a daughter too, Yvonne, who changed her maiden name to Groom in the late 50’s /early 60’s.
Such a good looker that she was still turning out as a part time Strippergram Girl’ locally well into her forties.

South West Claret. wrote:As an aside do Bellissimo in Parker Lane do ice cream, I've eaten in there but not had time for afters?

There Italian owned so chances are they do.

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I agree with Herts above we are up to our knees in real tasty ice cream down here in the SW

Any info chaps and chapesses ?