11/5/2023 0 Comments Ice blocks in australia![]() Contributor's comments: (noun) an ice confectionary on a stick. Of course the Mr Whippy Man has now been superceded by the Home Icecream Man. I don't remember the byjingo man doing the rounds of the streets, but I do remember the Mr Whippy man driving the streets in the 1960's when I lived in Mackay. Possibly what I have heard southerners call icy poles. Contributor's comments: I lived in Townsville in 1970's and yes byjingos was the name we used for ice blocks. Contributor's comments: Was born in Townsville. Sometimes when talking about the past with workmates I mention this term and they are amazed by it. Bigingo was definitely an iceblock when I was a kid. Contributor's comments: I grew up in Townsville in Nth QLD and still live here. He would happily sell a single bi-jingo, you didn't have to buy packets. Contributor's comments: In Townsville during the 60's and 70's we'd wait to hear the bell of the bi-jingo man's van. People still use it here today.īy jingo noun a frozen flavoured confection on a stick.: Who wants a bigingo? Compare iceblock, icy pole, paddle-pop. Contributor's comments: When I was a kid in Melbourne in the 50s and 60s, 'icy pole' was the only expression we used for a confection on a stick. Contributor's comments: I grew up in Perth in the 1950's 60's and Peters Ice Cream used to bring out an "Icy Pole" sold in corner shops and Theatre shops. Contributor's comments: Growing up in the Armidale area in the 50s/60s, we always referred to the ice block on a stick as an icy pole. Riverina in the 1950s-60s, this was the only term I remember, though I recall visiting kids from other areas calling them paddle pops. Contributor's comments: Growing up in the S.W. Common flavours being Lemonade or Rasberry (NW Victoria). ![]() Contributor's comments: Usually cheapest frozen confection (held by the integral "icy pole stick") in the corner store/shop. Contributor's comments: In Victoria in the 1950s, an "ice block" was a homemade square version of the commercial "icy pole". When living in Melbourne, I was advised that a request for an "ice block" might get you exactly that - a block of frozen water. These confections are called "ice blocks" in Sydney. Contributor's comments: I disagree that "icy pole" is commonly used in Sydney to describe a water-based frozen confection on a stick (your map indicates usage across NSW). Icy pole noun a frozen flavoured confection on a stick.
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