General Chat

Viv, I still have my original bottle of Bird of Paradise, from the 70's! Mind you, it's more like Old Hen from Paradise now. Wouldn't usually admit to it, but it's still OK! Do you remember Elegance, too? Bootiful!

I used to use Avons 'Bird of Paradise'. They revived it for a short while about 5 years ago. Viv

Sea Jade pongo from Yard--y, also Av-n Sweet Honesty pongo and talc. Mmm, used to use it when I was a teenager. Those were the days ....... P.S. Elf, just seen your message about Sweet Honesty. Says a lot about our personalities, don't you think?Lol

I'll send you one by email sean lol. jenny x

Hi All, After reading what you all remember,makes me think of opening a small corner shop,,full of all the `old` things,mainly sweets and cosmetics,,I`ll make a fortune.LOL Love you all. xx Baz

ta jenny, cant get them in the depths of kent. sean

our cake shop in totton sells them. jenny x

anybody know where to get lardy cakes from ? sean

What happened to playing with conkers?, our streets are getting littered with them, don't they love being the first one there to 'bags' the biggest! anymore!..

I'd forgotten Green Shield Stamps - loved collecting them! Another thing I've just remembered - hard sugar eggs (looked like white boiled eggs but you had to lick them for ages - try biting them and you would lose your teeth as they were hard as nails). Elfx

I remember those Green shield stamps my Nanna collected those and brooke bond tea stamps!, can still remember her old Co-op divi number!. I too used to collect those Avon scent bottles,I had a pretty peach soap on a rope!..

I used to love football chews, gold nugget bubble gum, london lights (matches that had different colour flames - thanks mum an ideal gift for a child!), lucky bags, bazooka joe bubble gum (save a zillion wrappers and get a pair of x-ray specs), glees, pink and yellow sugar mice on sticks, jubilees, Avon's Sweet Honesty perfume, pretty peach soap on a rope and bubble bath with a bottle top shaped like a poodle's head. Elfx

Can remember Mum's Playtex girdle! it was always advertised as a something hour girdle?, we always wondered what happened after then!, and she used to put baby powder on it to help get it on! ha ha. Can also remember an old tin of polish, that with a duster, used to make the table gleam, Gran used to have a big bar of household soap, and one of Lifeboy, think it was pink, and that smell!.. happy memories..

me and my sister sue found something called a biff support in dads chest of drawers once, it looked like a face mask with two big loops lol, he must have strained himself or something. jenny x ;~)))))))

Hi, I remember buying liquerice wood, not seen any for years until I went to the BCM, there they had some, and I brought some back for the kids who wanted to know what you did with it, they thought I was pulling their leg when I told them to chew it, I had to show them I was being serious, now 2 of themwant more....Ooops, it looks like more visits. Bev

I can remember rushing to the bathroom when I heard my mum screaming 'I've killed it!, I've killed it!' to see her standing there with half of her 'Living Girdle' round her belly and the other half round her knees! lol Magsx

jenny lmao that is so funny, they were bad enough with big knickers, but thongs the mind boggles lol sandra

rubber roll-ons with suspenders (well I had one anyway) and s t belts, can you imagine what that would look like with a thong? ;~)))). jenny

I was born and raised in England but moved to the States in 1981 when I was 18. Reading this site has made me sooooo homesick. All the things I miss are probably still available just not readily accessible.

1737 chocs by Terry's came in a box with a lid and 2 drawers,spangles,mint cracknell bars,There are loads more but will have to think on that..just noticed this thread as I was checking through the pages a few years ago the cabana was made a again for a special limited edition so were aztec bars. Liquorise sticks are on sale in loads of the shops here and the imps. Jan