I will raise with the Texan bar, curly wurly and the infamous filling puller.... McCowans highland toffee
I remember with fondness..... Spangles, Sherbert DibDabs, Marathons.......
I will raise with the Texan bar, curly wurly and the infamous filling puller.... McCowans highland toffee
Aztec bar! Loved them!
black jacks, mojos. cola cube , pineapple chunks etc etc!
The Aztec bar was one of my favourites.
White chocolate mice
nutty logs
space dust? (it used to pop/burst! in your mouth!).
Love hearts
Sherbet dip...with a liquorish stick
Palma violets....
Pineapple cubes.
Spanish gold sweet tobacco. Try and put that back on sale
Knock yourselves out - http://www.aquarterof.co.uk/
Not my website, just a happy customer, other retro sweet shops are available.
Alright, anyone remember those chewit sized chews that were green and white striped (minty I think)?
"Bite my shiny metal ass."
- Bender Bending Rodríguez
Crackerjack popcorn probably early 1970s I think. I am not sure whether it was sold in every part of the UK but we definitely got it in the North East. Then it disappeared back off to America
Ahhh the good ol days,
Mint Cracknell
Ice Breaker
Fruit flavoured Fry's cream
Spangles
Pink Panther
Chocolate cigarettes
Sherbert pips
Rum bar
and everyone's favourite 'the lucky bag'
Texan and banjo bars. Still partial to a double dip and spicy tomato snaps (yes not a sweet, but a pocket money treat)
The corner shop uused to sell ' lucky bags' that had different sweets in them.
One of them and a beano, pocket money gone!
Splicers, Tutti mintys and Nutty bars.
Fusebars by Cadburys, as I am in the electrical business my company sent me 2000 to give out to wholesalers, God I was sick of them after a week!!, McCowans toffee, loved it
Cherry lips
Turkish delight
Toffo's
Koff kops
Scotch kola cubes
Rainbow drops
Old Jamaican chocolate bar
Pear drops, that used to make you cough!
Wham bars and coconut mushrooms
Good old days! God I'm feeling old
Pacers were my favourite!
Texans were definitely a favourite.
I remember buying bags of chewing nuts, which were basically really hard toffee covered in inferior quality chocolate but for some reason were strangely alluring.
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Toffos is a good call - the chocolate ones especially
At our school the currency was coconut rings and toffeepops
American Hard Gums, Acid Drops and anything Swizzels
raspberry ruffle bars,
sherbert pips,
licorice laces,
soft "fried eggs"! (jelly ish mushy crap!)
fruit salad chews
bazooka joe
club
bandit
http://www.aquarterof.co.uk/
might not be doing people any favours with the above link though , most probably have at least type 2 diabetes by now :)
Nice thread
Fruit salads
black Jacks ( not sure you would get away with it now)
Revels
Dolly Mixtures
Pez (cherry)
All washed down with Corona cherryade, Panda Cola or a Tab.
does anyone remember gets a packet of "Bits" from the Chippy on a Friday - 5p and about a billion calories.
Whoever does not know how to hit the nail on the head should be asked not to hit it at all.
Friedrich Nietzsche
Surprised nobody has mentioned gobstoppers, the big variety about 1" diameter that changed colour as you worked your way through the layers, they had a tiny black 'pip' in the centre.
Proper Midget Gems, Poor Bens, Licquorice Tablets, Butterscoth Tablets and Fruit Salad made by Lion in Cleckheaton, not the poor substitute now available.
Cabana's - oh how i miss a cabana.
God knows why they've never brought them back
That and Frys 5 centres, were 2 of the best chocolate bars ever
Last edited by Kiki Picasso; 21st March 2015 at 05:27.
Bar six, Opel Fruits, and Fruit Polos, once a week with the Beano.