Hold on to your hat! British peculiarities – in pictures

Ice-cream Van, Snowdonia, Wales, 1999

‘Shortly after this photo was taken this van was involved in a high-speed chase. He was selling on someone else’s patch in Llandudno and the other ice-cream seller wasn’t having it. The chase ended when Uncle Sam went under a low bridge and lost his hat. Thanks to the north Wales ice-cream sellers’ Facebook group for this wonderful tale’