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Mr. Thompson was born in 1881 at Herrington, Suffolk, England, and owned an ice cream store on Thirteenth Street and College Avenue.  
 
His ice cream cones were unforgettable: he had an uncanny ability to dip into his large containers to scoop out his delectable portions, and sold his frozen delights by the thousand.  
 
He of course sold ordinary cones, but also there were his special ‘Double Decker’s,’ cones that overflowed with generous scoops of assorted flavours.  
 
If a young boy had a gleaming light in his eyes as the cone was being filled Mr. Thompson might add another topping for good measure.  
 
His customers were made up of the very young, the very old, and every one in-between as they patronised his humble store in uncountable numbers. His cones were only five cents, and they were filled with his loving care.  
 
During WWII he was a favourite of the Air Boys attending the Commonwealth Air Training Plan. The Flight Sergeant was known to be a tough character, but he never passed the Thompson ice cream store with out “breaking off” for five minutes.  
 
The fact that this entrepreneur of frozen products could keep up with the orders with great speed amazed the Airmen. They liked to taunt him, and one day they offered to pay double for every cone over five, which he held in one while filling them with ice cream. The airmen paid extra on seventeen.  
 
Mr. Arthur Thompson died the way he had wished, while at work. He is buried in the Brandon Municipal Cemetery.  
 
Source: Brandon, a City. G. F. Barker.