Childhood sweeties

[Barton Bounty]

That other thread made me think of all the yummy stuff we used to have a kids.
My faves were….

pacers
Cabana
Chelsea whoppers
Frying pans
And a lucky bag ?

whats yours? ?

 

[Quigleyandme]

I grew up in Hong Kong and the sweets I remember were sent at Christmas from my grandparents in New Zealand. Gobstoppers - I loved the way they changed colour, jaffas and a always a selection box of licorice with the pipe being the best and last to be eaten.

 

[Highmileagecob]

Spangles.

 

[blitznbobs]

Proper curly wurlies that could double up as a ladder

 

[Birker2020]

Black Jacks and Fruit salads were lovely and I also like Aniseed Balls.
We had a tuck shop at school so we could buy whatever we wanted from there with pocket money but I had to be careful not to spend too much as it was also my dinner money.

I can remember vividly going into a corner shop and the bloke behind the counter was a heavy pipe smoker and of course in the 70's you could smoke in shops. I wanted a Dib Dab so Dad bought one for me but when I got home and opened it I complained to Dad that it tasted 'really funny' so Dad had a taste and said it was tainted by the pipe tobacco.

Mum and Dad also gave me pocket money for the ice cream van, I used to think I was really 'hard' in my early teens having Cider or Brandy flavoured ice lollies. We heard the chimes some time after dinner and all the kids would run over shouting "Mr Whippy, Mr Whippy". I used to mainly buy Tudor Crisps as they used to have a 'medal' in them and I used to try and collect the set. Spicy sausage and Hedgehog flavour were my favourites (no hedgehogs harmed in the making of this fabby flavour a cross between beef and pepper)

Our Ice Cream Van Man (Mr Whippy) would tear off cardboard from the crisp packet boxes and skim them along the top of the ice cream dispenser giving us a real hit of vanilla creamy foam.

"Mr Whippy please may we have some fluff" was a popular request! Poor bloke spent more time dishing out freebies of 'fluff' than he did ice creams and actually making any money!!

Sorry I seem to have gone off on another tangent. Happy memories.

 

[ycbm]

That other thread made me think of all the yummy stuff we used to have a kids.
My faves were….

pacers
Cabana
Chelsea whoppers
Frying pans
And a lucky bag ?

whats yours? ?

Pacers?

PACERS?

You mean Opal Mints, youngster!
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[Barton Bounty]

Pacers?

PACERS?

You mean Opal Mints!
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??noooo pacers

 

[ycbm]

Frys chocolate bars with five different flavours in them.



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[ycbm]

??noooo pacers

You'll be talking about Snickers Bars next. It's a MARATHON!
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[Barton Bounty]

You'll be talking about Snickers Bars next. It's a MARATHON!
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????

 

[paisley]

Frys chocolate bars with five different flavours in them. What were they called?
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Frys Five Centres, apparently. I thought it was more fancy than that

 

[ycbm]

Buttersnap bar, I really miss those but Daim are nearly as good, only a lot smaller!
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[tda]

Pacers?

PACERS?

You mean Opal Mints, youngster!
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Oooh I used to love Pacers

 

[Barton Bounty]

Frys Five Centres, apparently. I thought it was more fancy than that

I loved them!!!

 

[asmp]

As a special treat my grandad used to buy me Callard & Bowser Nougat. I remember nibbling off the rice paper they were wrapped in.

 

[Ratface]

Frys Five Centres, apparently. I thought it was more fancy than that

Never had any of them. Only Frys Five Boys Chocolate Bars.

 

[Highmileagecob]

Frys Five Centres, apparently. I thought it was more fancy than that

Five Boys? Think there were five boy's faces each with a different expression.
Bags of cream soda and kayli, with a stick of liquorish to dip in.
Flying saucers, Black Jacks, Bazooka Joe bubble gum with the paper insert detailing all sorts of weird and wonderful stuff you could buy if you saved enough tokens. The penny counter where various items all costing 1d could go in the pick and mix bag.

 

[asmp]

 

[Ratface]

My favourites were licorice Curly Whirley sweets. Flat narrow licorice shoe strings in a big circle, wound round another circle of licorice with tiny coloured beads on it. They left one with a delightful black tongue to stick out at other unpleasant children . . .

 

[meleeka]

Chocolate Bonbons. You can still buy strawberry ones and very occasionally chocolate, but they don’t taste the same as they used to.

 

[Peregrine Falcon]

Spira, Secret and Texan bars. Terry's pyramint.

Cola cubes, sherbert pips, aniseed balls.

 

[timefort]

Frys chocolate bars with five different flavours in them.


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Thank you for posting this!! I was trying to tell my OH about 5 variety Fry's the other day and I think he thought I was losing my mind.

My favourite sweets were the penny and ha'penny sweets behind the counter at local post office - couldn't even tell you what they were now but I looked forward to shopping day

 

[Barton Bounty]

You can get dib dab ice lollies now, i got a pack and there is wee separate sachets of sherbet ?

 

[Barton Bounty]

Thank you for posting this!! I was trying to tell my OH about 5 variety Fry's the other day and I think he thought I was losing my mind.

My favourite sweets were the penny and ha'penny sweets behind the counter at local post office - couldn't even tell you what they were now but I looked forward to shopping day

Shrimps, flying saucers, chelsea whoppers, jelly rings, the wee bit of chocolate in a foil that u peel back and ate ?

 

[LeneHorse]

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That was only for special occasions in our house ?

 

[Birker2020]

Ooh Bourneville Selection. Not sure if this was sold throughout the country or only in the Midlands conurbations because Bourneville is an area in Birmingham where the Cadbury's factory is. It was a selection box in a bright red box and I used to love the bitter lemon, it was a stick shape.

 

[Birker2020]

You can get dib dab ice lollies now, i got a pack and there is wee separate sachets of sherbet ?

Ooh sounds good and not tainted by tobacco, another plus!

 

[meggymoo]

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Wow now that's a blast from my past! There was a little sweet shop on holiday and Dad treated me to those every year!

 

[meggymoo]

Ooh Bourneville Selection. Not sure if this was sold throughout the country or only in the Midlands conurbations because Bourneville is an area in Birmingham where the Cadbury's factory is. It was a selection box in a bright red box and I used to love the bitter lemon, it was a stick shape.

Where I lived as a child you could smell the chocolate from Bourneville, depending on which way the wind was blowing.

 

[paisley]

Spira, Secret and Texan bars. Terry's pyramint.

Cola cubes, sherbert pips, aniseed balls.

I see your Pyramint and raise you the Sahara version- it was apricot inside, and I think I must have been the only person to like it as it was discontinued very quickly!