Author Topic: Ye olde sweet shop (Read 14840 times)

ACE · « **on:** July 12, 2007, 22:38:35 »

Spangles,

palm toffee,

tiger nuts, (What were they made from?)

sherbet dab.

anymore favorites out there.

wilko · « **Reply #1 on:** July 12, 2007, 22:42:52 »

black jacks

tuity fruity

gob stoppers ;D

Mrs Ava · « **Reply #2 on:** July 12, 2007, 22:49:47 »

Sweet Peanuts

coconut mushrooms

toasted teacakes

caramac

rosebud · « **Reply #3 on:** July 12, 2007, 22:51:47 »

Flying saucers & Liqerice dips. Yum yum.

Hyacinth · « **Reply #4 on:** July 12, 2007, 22:54:40 »

troach drops

aniseed balls (@ 10 for 1d)

8)

Deb P · « **Reply #5 on:** July 12, 2007, 23:16:31 »

Magic wands, red liquorice, pear drops, cola cubes, fruit salad chews.... ;D ;D ;D
Flying saucers always gave me mouth ulcers!
2d bars of Cadburys chocolate wrapped in purple foil....... :P

mc55 · « **Reply #6 on:** July 12, 2007, 23:25:44 »

curley wurleys :P

pye · « **Reply #7 on:** July 12, 2007, 23:33:55 »

Texan bars

sweet tobacco - made from coconut

mmmmmmmm :P

Jeannine · « **Reply #8 on:** July 12, 2007, 23:38:10 »

I have two huge bags of tiger nuts they are actually rhizomes from an invasive palnt.

katynewbie · « **Reply #9 on:** July 13, 2007, 00:15:19 »

Sugar mice and sweet cigarettes!

:-\

ACE · « **Reply #10 on:** July 13, 2007, 08:50:41 »

Quote from: Jeannine on July 12, 2007, 23:38:10

I have two huge bags of tiger nuts they are actually rhizomes from an invasive palnt.

Can you grow them then? A few of them in your mouth and you were chewing all day.

Quote from: mc55 on July 12, 2007, 23:25:44

curley wurleys :P

Sweet shop, not sex shop ;)

Love hearts,
They still sell them but the messages are a lot different today, hand them around and you would get done for sexual harrassment.

Grandma · « **Reply #11 on:** July 13, 2007, 09:23:48 »

Winter mixture; big, (not wrapped, of course) sherbet lemons and pear drops.

Best of all - penny (old penny, of course!) bags of 'dusties'. These were big paper bags of all the broken/sticky bits of sweets scraped and scooped out from the bottoms of all the jars! Bliss!

ACE · « **Reply #12 on:** July 13, 2007, 10:54:12 »

I think I was about 8 when we could get sweets, as mother used to trade her sugar coupons for something more useful. But the memory of a parcel from my father who was still fighting in Malaya came one xmas is still there. There was a tin of toffees, and some tins of pears in syrup, when I smell tinned pears I am always reminded of xmas, so we still only eat them over the festive season.

Back to sweeties

Black jacks, licorish bootlaces, pineapple cubes (lost a few teeth to those)

emmy1978 · « **Reply #13 on:** July 13, 2007, 11:00:29 »

Sherbet dib dab, rhubarb and custards, cola mojos, Opal Fruits (now, sadly Starburst) pineapple & cola cubes, pear drops, strawberry laces. ;D ;D ;D

Bags of imperfect chocs from the cadbury factory. ;D

manicscousers · « **Reply #14 on:** July 13, 2007, 13:02:33 »

sticky lice? spelling..spearmint chews, remember, honeycombed, cinder toffee, ;D
just remembered, cherry lips and those horrible smelling chewy sweets different colours and can't think of the nams, sweet ciggies, licquorice pipes, god, no wonder our teeth weren't very good, chocolate ciggies ;D ;D
loose sherbet, we used to make into drinks :o ??? ;D
and, don't start on savoury, picallilli butties !! ;D

Brogusblue · « **Reply #15 on:** July 13, 2007, 13:11:48 »

Hello

I have just done a order of some sweets i remember as a child

I use these 3 sites

http://www.retrosweets.co.uk/

http://www.britishcandy.com/nostalgic_sweets_retro_candy1990.htm

http://www.aquarterof.co.uk/

Or for bulk sweets

http://www.sweetsncandy.co.uk/index.asp

Cheers
Brogusblue

ps

my favorite was chocolate tools & the white chocolate fish & chips

Doris_Pinks · « **Reply #16 on:** July 13, 2007, 13:23:14 »

Pink puffy candy "prawns"

Chocolate covered Bananas

Flourey Chewey Milk bottles

Icing Covered individually wrapped square caramels.............Pink and white!

Mrs Ava · « **Reply #17 on:** July 13, 2007, 13:38:51 »

ooo you can still get milk bottles, we loves them and buy them in Morrisons. mmmmmm.

We have brought sweets from www.aquarterof.co.uk before, but it is just awful for me as I start scoffing and can't stop! No good for my curvaceous waistline!

ACE · « **Reply #18 on:** July 13, 2007, 13:42:06 »

Quote from: manicscousers on July 13, 2007, 13:02:33

picallilli butties !! ;D

I made some for my son's lunchbox at school, he would not eat them as he thought the cauliflower bits were brains, but then I don't blame him, horrible stuff, only beaten by green tomato chutney.

Brogusblue · « **Reply #19 on:** July 13, 2007, 13:50:39 »

Hello

I know the feeling once you start theres not stopping that's my weakness, I have been trying to find some sweets i used to buy them in a chemist they where called devon florals and i have just found a site that sell's them and purchased 10 packets ??? ::)

http://www.multipharmacy.com/shop/customer/product.php?productid=8973&cat=0&page=1

i love scented sweets like parma voilets and cherry lips and floral gums.

Cheers
Brogusblue

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