Vinny Schiavo wasn't just 'the world's greatest ice cream man'. He changed lives

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Generations of kids growing up in Salford will have begged their parents for money before racing into the street after hearing the chimes of Vincent's ice cream van.

Known as 'Vinny', Peter Schiavo (senior) spent over 60-years selling ice lollies, 99s, and screwballs on Salford's streets. Born into an ice cream family in Ancoats, his own father Vincenzo Schiavo was the original Vincent whose name emblazoned the family's vans. "It's most people's childhood in Salford.

Anybody who has been a kid in Salford will have got an ice cream from my dad," said Peter, 'Vinny's' son. READ MORE: There were no speed cameras, no CCTV, they all knew the risks but some didn't make it READ MORE: The 'rite of passage' school trip to a little piece of Salford in North Wales Sadly 'Vinny' passed away earlier this year on May 25, aged 88.

More than a familiar face around Salford, he became something of a local legend thanks to his cheerful personality beaming from the hatch of his ice cream van, and a reputation built of years of kindness.