u/TheJoninCactuar

Hi all

Given we're in yet another heatwave, I was having the discussion at work about the name of the long freezable ice lollies you get in see through plastic wrapping. To many they are ice poles, to the younger Americanised generation they are popsicles. To me and every one in my family and who I grew up with, they are tip tops. I wondered why this was, so went for a little google.

It turns out Tip Top was the brand name used by the company Crystallised Confections, whose factory was on Tunnel Road, West Bromwich.

The owner was Bert Woolston, who sadly passed away in 1990 aged 74.

I can't find exactly when the business went under sadly, but I thought I'd share what I've found so the info has a better chance of surviving.