'Turnback Tuesday' features Vonetes Palace of Sweets in Derby

'Turnback Tuesday' remembers Vonetes Palace of Sweets on Main Street in Derby, which opened in 1905, about a year after its sister shop had opened in Ansonia. 

From 1955 to 1961 Vonetes had a tradition of giving a free banana split to every Derby High School football player who scored a touchdown. In fact, Derby local Bill Pucci received 11 of those free banana splits. 

Bill, who relayed this about Vonetes, was a freelance sports writer for the Evening Sentinel, Valley Drummer and Valley Times.

Thanks as always to the Derby Public Library for sharing this interesting local history.