Welcome to Crewe - Home of Ice Cream Vans - Crewe, Cheshire East, UK - Welcome Signs on Waymarking.com

The sign is situated on the left hand side of the road when travelling from the roundabout towards Crewe. It is close to the Skoda car sales garage.

The sign has two parts, a white background with a logo of Crewe Town Council outlined in brown at the top with the words 'Welcome to CREWE', beneath this is a rectangular shape edged in white with a blue background with the logo for Whitby Morrison EST. 1962 with an ice-cream cone in the centre to the left hand side and the words 'HOME OF ICE CREAM VANS' to the right.

Whitby Morrison
Whitby Morrison are world leading manufacturers of ice-cream vans. The factory located on Fourth Avenue on the Crewe Gates Industrial Estate in Crewe is not far from the location of the Welcome to Crewe sign.

Whitby Morrison is a family-run British engineering company that was founded by Bryan Whitby in 1962. The purpose built factory produces bespoke ice cream vans and associated vehicles for the global market.

Today’s business is driven forward under the stewardship of Managing Director Stuart Whitby with the support his two sons (Operations Manager) Edward and (Production Manager) Kristopher.
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Whitby Morrison organised an event at Wychwood Park Crewe to attempt to set the world record for the longest convoy of moving ice cream vans. 84 vans drove in unison under the supervision of Guinness judges and achieved the world record in October 2017. A YOUTUBE video of the attempt can be seen at the following link: (visit link)

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Crewe
Crewe (/kru?/) is a town and civil parish within the borough of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of Cheshire.
The name derives from an Old Welsh word criu, meaning 'weir' or 'crossing'. The earliest record is in the Domesday Book, where it is written as Creu.
Crewe was a "tiny township with a few farms" until the Grand Junction Railway established a railway station there in 1837.

"Crewe is perhaps best known as a large railway junction and home to Crewe Works; for many years, it was a major railway engineering facility for manufacturing and overhauling locomotives, but now much reduced in size.
From 1946 until 2002, it was also the home of Rolls-Royce motor car production. The Pyms Lane factory on the west of the town now exclusively produces Bentley motor cars."

Crewe has a thriving live music scene, as well as a range of shops, bars, pubs and restaurants and the award winning Crewe Lyceum theatre.
Queen’s Park, is a traditional Victorian park that is being restored to her former glory.
Crewe is also home to the famous Crewe Alexandra Football Club, that is aptly nicknamed the Railwaymen!
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Type of community: Town

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