FORM 3

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0104 Expires: January 31, 2005 Estimated average burden hours per response... 0.5

(Print or Type Responses)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *   BLAKE S PRESTLEY 2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year) 12/08/2006 3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol FRIENDLY ICE CREAM CORP [FRN] (Last) (First) (Middle) 6799 S.E. SOUTH MARINA WAY,  4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) _____ Director __X__ 10% Owner _____ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) 5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year) (Street) STUART, FL 34996 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line) ___ Form filed by One Reporting Person _X_ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person (City) (State) (Zip) Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 4) 2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4) 3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5) Common Stock $0.01 par value 919,800 I By SPB Family Limited Partnership (1) Common Stock $0.01 par value 919,800 D (1)   Common Stock $0.01 par value 10,000 I By The Helen D. Blake 1993 Trust (2)

Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly.			SEC 1473 (7-02)
	Persons who respond to the collection of information contained in this form are not required to respond unless the form displays a currently valid OMB control number.

Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)		4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
BLAKE S PRESTLEY 6799 S.E. SOUTH MARINA WAY STUART, FL 34996	Â	  X	Â	Â
SPB Family Limited Partnership C/O S. PRESTLEY BLAKE 6799 S.E. SOUTH MARINA WAY STUART, FL 34996	Â	  X	Â	Â

Signatures

/s/ S. Prestley Blake, Individually and as general partner of the SPB Family Limited Partnership		12/13/2006
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	These shares are owned directly by the SPB Family Limited Partnership, a greater than ten percent owner of the issuer and a member of a "group" with S. Prestly Blake for purposes of Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act, and indirectly by S. Prestley Blake, as general partner of the SPB Family Limited Partnership.
(2)	These shares are owned by The Helen D. Blake 1993 Trust, of which S. Prestley Blake's spouse, Helen D. Blake, is the trustee. S. Prestley Blake disclaims beneficial ownership of the issuer's common stock held by the Helen D. Blake 1993 Trust except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein.

Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed. If space is insufficient, See Instruction 6 for procedure.

Potential persons who are to respond to the collection of information contained in this form are not required to respond unless the form displays a currently valid OMB number.