EXCLUSIVE: Ian Smith has been serving up swirls of ice cream and scoops of the nostalgia to the nation for 50 years and he's the very best at it. Let's take a look at the story of Britain's Best Ice Cream Man Let's meet Britain's Best Ice Cream Man... (Image: Ian Smith)

The soundtrack of a British summer often combines paddling pool splashes, UB40 on full blast and the pattering of feet following the chime of an ice cream van . ‌

And one bloke knows the latter all too well. Ian Smith,57, lives and breathes soft serves - he is Britain's official Best Ice Cream Man after all. ‌

The Leeds-native was essentially 'born' into the business of ice cream after his dad, also called Ian,76,started serving scoops from a van at the age of 14. ‌

Ice cream aptly trickled down to I

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