I must sound like Methuselah, but I remember an Italian gentleman who rode a special bicycle/cart thing, decorated in pink, yellow and white. He wore a long white apron and shouted "Okey pokey pokey!" (No idea what this meant) He sold cornets which he filled from a metal tub on the front of his vehicle. He even had a curled moustache like someone from an opera! He rang a handbell to announce his arrival.