General Chat

zoobs in a little round tin. jenny

Angela, I think the packet of sherbert with the lollipop in was a 'Sherbert Dib". Goodness, this thread brings back memories!@

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And I remember the sweet tobacco, sweet cigarettes, lemonade sherbert with lollipops in (can't remember the name but it came in a small square pack), plus sherbert fountains with the liquorice sticks in, liquorice root (can still get it and I have some now to gnaw on when I get the muchies), chocolate shapes - cars, saws, hammers etc, white sugar mice, sherbert lemons, sherbert bon bons in various flavours, sherbert pips (pink and white) that we used to send one small kid out to buy by the quarter in primary school lunchbreaks, jubblies, space rocket ice creams, fabs (still around but not the same), haunted house ice lollies, funny feet ice creams, Smiths savoury vinegar crisps, and "bones" - also savoury vinegar bone shaped crisps but can't remember the make, pineapple chunks - took the roof of your mouth off if you ate too many, cola chunks (ditto)...... Angela

Spangles, space dust, mojos, 1/2p sherbet flying saucers, jars of jam with free golliwog badges to save up for (I had no idea of the connotations then), cereal boxes with poppit toys/plastic racing car kits inside, tins of sweetheart dessert which had strawberries in and you had to add milk to dilute it - our Sunday treat when we were kids, jamboree bags, Misty and Jackie magazines...... Angela

ruffles bar (I think it was called that) ,it was pink coconut inside covered in chocolate and ginormous wagon wheels, not tiny like they are now

Cabana bars, lovely!!! Julie

Manda, We used to be able to buy 5 Park Drive for a shilling, can't remember the equivalent is it 5p? Another senior moment I'm having!! lol

Barry, You still buy boxes of broken biscuits sometimes in 'Iceland'. Christina, I'm sure I've seen the sugar mice not so long ago. It was one of the things always found at the bottom of our childrens' Christmas stockings. What about Tiger Nuts are they still about? I haven't seen any in years. What was their real name. We bought them in a sweet shop but they were shrivelled up nuts of some sort.

Woolworths when nothing cost more than 6d. It used to be called the 3d and 6d store!! Sylvia

'paper nylon' petticoats - rinsed in sugar so they really stuck out - I used to nick my sisters! Jubblies - pyramid shaped orange lollies with no stick - if that makes sense lol golly badges Nu skin - stuff like nail varnish that you put on cuts - ouch! Magsx

how about sweet tobacco! was made from thin strips of coconut and covered in brown sugar, used to be sold in waxed packets. lovely!

As some of you know, I am a Wasps Rugby Club fan and they have an unofficial fan site called [can't think why!!] Drunken Wasps. As the season has ended, there isn't much rugby to chat about, so the message board has been full of reminiscences and AQUA MANDA got all the female contingent going - it must have sold in gallons. There was also AQUA CITRA. Owbridges cough mixture. Bazooka bubble gum with free Beatles photos! Princess Diana magazine with Marina on the back cover!

My Nan had a mangle to squeeze the water out of the washing. It was a big cast iron thing that stood out in the yard. I used to love turning the big wheel. Jo.

Who remembers dried apple rings ? in the early 40s my Mum used them (soaked ) to make apple pies. Household dried milk, tasty when it went hard and you could chew the lumps ! We used to buy "Fennings teething powders for babies (in folded papers ) and eat them like sherbet (our mothers didn't know ). also a ha'penny oxo from the bottom shop and lick them , yuk !!! Sweet ration was 2ozs per week at one time then increased to 4ozs .......bad enough but if you didn't have the money it was tooooo bad !!!! United in memories..........see ya Joyce

What about Bri-nylon shirts, or nighties and sheets. Used to be terrified of turning in bed at night, the sparks would fly! Crimpelene is another material you don't see now. Of course they'd all be washed in OMO soap powder, after being scrubbed on the wash board and put through the mangle. Gawd I sound ancient, only 42..honest. Christine

just spotted this..trust lynda,although after reading the posts,i should say trussed lynda lol. wot about smiths crisps..they were awesome,bought out by golden wonder,who were bought out by you know who...where has the taste gone? i see mentioned a few times..aqua manda..i loved the after shave,but it was suddenly taken off the market,no reason given. also liquorish sticks..PLEASE WHERE CAN I BUY THEM,i loved them,and always had one in my mouth..doing my impression of ..the good,bad,and ugly ..lol. bryan.

Shopping all week for mum on Saturday the reward 3d yes old money. Schoolboys dream; 1/2d bus fare to pics 2 1/2 miles away. 1/2d of gobstoppers (2) 1/2d For a mixed 1/4 lb of kiddies mixture,or Popcorn. 1d into pics to see Buck Jones or Flash Gordon and 1/2d home again. Try to do that today. 2Bus rides and a whole afternoons entertainment for the princely sum of 2 1/2 p in todays money. I wonder if we are better off today? . Ernest

Rice Cremola it was a yellow rice havnt seen it for years, and Lemonade dippers I have searched every shop I have been to but no luck. I am sre you can still buy Spangles I bought some a little while back but they just didnt taste the same.