I have very fond memories of Caddies. As a child my grandmother would take me and my siblings into town and treat us to that gorgeous ice cream. I think my first visit there would be roughly 1974. A scoop of ice cream in a tall glass of fizzy "pop", unforgettable!
I remember Caddy's very well as a child, never tasted ice Cream as good as Caddy's. I can still remember where it was and what it looked like inside and this is after over 50 years ago.It was a very lasting impression.
The reason the street was so busy is because of the bus station just beyond the parlour and the ginnel joining the bus station to the bottom of Daisy Hill and the centre of town. I remember my granny taking me to Caddys in the early 60s. It was a truly remarkable ice cream and such a shame he took the recipe to the grave. A lovely video, well done.
every Saturday we would go to caddy's , first my mum would take us shopping or for a hair cut then into caddy's... they used to sell a scoop in orange juice , it was heaven as a kid.. the ice cream was the best - they later had a van that would go around the local estates ..
Very good indeed and like yourself , I have fond memories of my mum taking me in there after ABC Minors on a Saturday morning. Wonderful...Thanks for posting, Fond regards...Alan
My own memory of Caddy's goes back over 60 years. A shopping trip into town was never complete without a visit. I often wonder today why I don't really like Ice Cream any more - Caddy's could never be equalled, let alone surpassed is the answer.❣
Yes, I will always remember that beautiful taste. Unique and wonderful. I remember reading somewhere John Caddy saying there was no secret ingredient, but just prime quality ingredients making up the recipe.
Around there in Robinson street you had the Sunday school, greenwoods, worfolks, and Cockcrofts chip shop (and pubic toilets) there was a ginnel through to the long causeway. The recipe is now unknown but a few years ago there was discussions about reviving caddy’s ice cream. Never say never. The area you filmed also has a sad story of a lady being found murdered. I covered Caddy’s in memory Lane Dewsbury. Sadly I don’t personally remember it but like you said people have fond memories
@@Bhh2 Sorry Bhh2 I put some ramblings down under another comment and I thought it was to you, after all I'm an old geezer now loosing my marbles 😎😉 but yuppers I remember Caddy's in fact I could walk you to where it was. At the bottom of Daisy Hill was a small Supermarket (name escapes me) with a small cafe on first floor where me and a few lads from College used to buy pie and beans for lunch instead of in College canteen. That would have been in the later 1960's Cheers DougT
Grew up in Dewsbury Caddy’s was lovely ice cream there was also Crossleys in Ravensthorpe who had an ice cream van that came round the streets and who remembers Cider Lolly’s
Those long spoons in the ice cream floats - Legendary... Dropped off at the cinema on a Saturday morning for kids film club then onto Caddies in the afternoon. Perfect Saturday in the early 70's.
so i was born in 88 and know of mr caddys, he had a baby blue vw bug and lives in mirfield retired now. did he not carry on the ice cream and is he related the the family? its crazy to think he was the first... what about dixons in huddersfield? not sure on the history but if i had to choose between dixons and mr caddys its dixons, allthough i loved his crush tubs ha. Im from ravensthorpe and remember the teddy bear lollys from the ice cream factory on sackville street if you remember. i loved them ha.
I do have a vague recollection of going with my grandparents when I was a kid . Closed with the redevelopment of the princess of Wales shopping centre then ?
No it's not.... its pronounced Tie-th as in a neck tie with th at the end. Referring to the one tenth of all goods that were taken by the church and stored in the Tithe Barn.
At the top of Daisy Hill was a model railway shop it was more railway than Airfix type model shop. I'm sure it was a husband and wife team who ran it. When Commercial St in Batley wasn't just a Tesco site there were independent shops lining both sides of Commercial St and again there was a toy/model shop there too. These shops to a young lad in the1950's were so important 😎 The Co-op store in Commercial St was the first time a 'Supermarket' type shop appeared in Batley. I can still remember my mum's Co-op divi number as mum had a Russian divi number with the divi going to aid the Russians after WW11 (showing my age now) There was also a Milk Bar Cafe just after the Market Square there was a bus stop outside it. I think that all went when the Central Estate was built and a new parade of shops was built. Sorry, it's turned out more Batley than Dewsbury memories 😎 Cheers ex-pat over in Mancs now 😉
@@leannecadamarteribeauty oh that's fantastic. If you could get together some family history too would be awesome. Would you like to contact me on my email?
