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Quote from: Borlotti on August 12, 2009, 21:28:08
Cup of bovril or was it Oxo after swimming in the outdoor pool near the rubbish dump in Barrowell Green.  Sherbert dips.  Showing my age now.  ??? ???

Don't mention bovril!! I used to love the stuff as a kid until I had a cup followed by a cup of limeade. The combination was not good!!!!

someone made me a Bovril and cheese sandwich once, it was wonderful (at the time, so i thought)

What happened to Trebor mints? used to eat them by the barrow load.

We used to sing a rude song about trebor mints at school - well, not that rude by todays standards  ;D ;D

Lushy x

I remember that song too, Lushy!

  ;D  ;D ;D

proper pork scratchings fro the pub whatever happened to them? hate those crappy things they tend to sell now >:(

I guess they went the way of golden wonder crisps

I was having this conversation with my OH the other day; growing up in London, on the tube platforms there were always chocolate machines with strangely sized chocolate bars in them, Dairy Crunch was always one type and some Nestle bars that I can't remember the name of. We used to play a game that we had to run off the train at some point of the journey, get a choc bar from the machine and get back in before the train went, often with your mates holding the doors open for you if you left it a bit late! Can't do it now of course with the modern trains.....sigh!

Also, does anyone remember Mint Cracknell? It splintered and shattered in your mouth and used to cut your tongue and lips if you weren't careful! :o

Used to love Mint Cracknell  ;D What about Pacers, green and white striped chewy sweets, similar to opal fruits (if I remember rightly) or Bar Six - similar to a kit kat, but had 6 shorter, chunkier fingers and made by cadbury.

I remember pacers... I loved those as well as spangles.

Do they still do those sweets in the shape of prawns? didn't know they were called but thought the choice of shape was very random.

I remember the chocolate machines on the tube stations Deb. I used to like the neapolitan one with the 3 different layers of chocolate. I would die for a palm toffee bar, 3d they were

Dairy crunch and bar six two of my favourites(really) that I'd forgotten.
On the subject of Bovril,when I've got the kettle on down the lottie many people decline the offer of tea, coffee, hot chocolate but when I mention Bovril they're queing up. :)

Tin Shed, Dad's Cookies were our favourite, :P  I often tell the other half about them but she says she's never heard of them, sent a tingle down my neck that did.
Fry's chocolate cream
Black jacks & Fruit salads
Sherbot lemons
Army & navy
Bomboms
Cola cubes
Pear drops
Chocolate bananas
Nut crunch
Sweet peanuts
Butterkisk
Toffee strip
What about the broken biscuits, was they in woolies. :-\
And did anyone used to have the Alpine lorry and come round with about ten different flavoured drinks.
;D ;D ;D

no wonder we have so few teeth  ;D
we had the alpine lorries, used to buy it for my kids  :o

OH is from York...

QuoteWhat about the broken biscuits,

there's omly so many Rowntree mis-shapes and broken biscuits you can take...  :-X

   Spanish wood  [ liquorice root ] ' black stick but yellow inside,     :o

I know a place you can still get that Flossy...  :)

   Noooooo, where,  where saddad,?      ;D

I also like the flying saucers but you can still get them ;D