[Closed] Childhood sweeties.

Jelly tots! Think you can still get them though. Haribo just don't cut it against the old sweets 🙂

At Primary school, we used to get a paper poke of sherbet, on the way home, really showing my age now.

Texans
Double Deckers - the originals with the raisin/biscuit base
Love Hearts
Refreshers

Texan bars. Jelly Tots. Choc covered toffee logs. Isn't it?

[EDIT - Bah, just beaten to the Texan bar!]

Ooo yes Jelly tots.
Did you used to, stack them up, squeeze them together and eat the lot?

A finger of fudge is just enough to give the kids a treat.

I don't think you hear that little ditty anymore. 😀

And cola bottles covered in something that made us close our eyes, it was that sour...presumably sugar and citric acid. Kola Kubes. Fruit Salad. Black Jacks.

Especially as my mate - who teaches circus skills to kids - is nicknamed fudge...

Back on topic (see what i did there!) how about Nutty Bars? a rod of toffee liberally studded with peanuts - would be an ace trail snack now!

i used to like cola cubes.
also, pineapple chunks.
and sarsparilla tablets.

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what about Refreshers

Space dust - didn't it get banned quite quickly after it was first released?
Could not stand parma violets though, bleurrgh!

deadlydarcy - Member
A finger of fudge is just enough to give the kids a treat.

I don't think you hear that little ditty anymore.

Yes you do in our house but substitute the word kid and replace it with dog

We got a basket of sweeties from my sister and bro in law as part of our Christmas pressie.

highland toffee
fruit salads
black jacks
refreshers
jaw breakers
sherbert dip dab
sherbert fountain
parma violets
sweet cigarettes
rainbow drops
popping candy/space dust
candy necklace
bon bons
cola cubes
bullseyes
pear drops
midget gems
those chocolate things in a foil cup

when we opened it I felt like an 8 year old all over again.

old english spangles

carlosg, was that what you used the last time you felt like an eight year old? I thought they needed something a little more sophisticated to get them into the transit these days 🙂

WTF! most of the sweets you're all posting up about are still available.

I'd love to get my hands on a Cabana or a splicer and some creamola foam to wash it down with

Did you used to, stack them up, squeeze them together and eat the lot?

Yep and it used to give me horrendous tooth ache 🙂

I've been hankering after a trio and purple fanta for some years.

Victory Vs when they had ether and chloroform in them. Proper dangerous sweets they were, I used to buy a quarter of a lb on my way into school in the winter, opened up airways all down to your toes.

Spangles

"Sexy teachers"

That's a whole new thread. Fascinating, but probably a short lived given the current mod regime.

Pacers.

Spangles.

Close the thread.

Even I've had jelly tots. Can you not still get them then?

Old Jamaican - now in Morrisons as Bournville Old Jamaican

Clove Rock

Marathons - who the hell thought to call them Snickers!!

Pyramint.
Highland toffee bar.

Might need some help on this one....Mumbo Gumbos...I think that's what they were called.

Nobody remembers them that I've spoken to...they were orange with green fizzy bits and they were like Wham bars.

space dust/moon dust was created by my father in law !! along with a host of other things including instant granulated coffee,

may sound like BS but as i've seen the patent for instant granulated coffee on his wall and know he had a house on 'the ridge' in HK until the handover,

How can we possibly have reached post 28 without mentioning the marvel that is Curly Wurly???

(and I'm not talking about the wee ones you see these days - when I was a kid, they were as big as your arm!!!)

Rachel

[url= http://www.mrhedges.com/ ]My mates retro sweets site[/url]

Kop Kops

thread closed 🙂

I was a member of the curly wurly club.

Anyone else had that luxury?

What year did pink shrimps taste and feel different and rubbisher?

In the late 80's fine. Late 90's hard and tastless.

Didn't come in quarters, but does anyone remember the name of sweet that came in a pouch? Think it was supposed to be chewing tobacco. It was brown sticky strands of something and was lush.

How can we possibly have reached post 28 without mentioning the marvel that is Curly Wurly???

I love curly wurly's but they are a nightmare to eat, the chocolate always falls off and I end up in a right mess. Is there still a curly wurly club sharki? What did you have to do to get into that???!! Eat loads of them?

Are gummy bears still around too? I LOVE gummy bears

Euro - Member
Didn't come in quarters, but does anyone remember the name of sweet that came in a pouch? Think it was supposed to be chewing tobacco. It was brown sticky strands of something and was lush.

That was in the shop we were in with Sharki earlier. It was called "Old Virginia" in this shop. It was made of strands of candied coconut and we used to call it sweet tobacco. This super sweet shop also had clove rock.

Grapefruit Spangles are the ones I miss. The ones that were the colour of toddler snot....

bassspine - Member
Victory Vs when they had ether and chloroform in them

I remember the Victory V factory was in my home town. I just wiki'd it and apparently they are still available via a different manufacturer but unfortunatly no longer contain chloroform or ether. 🙄

I think i only had to send the wrappers of 20 Curly wurlys.

Still can't remember what i got for it.

Wasn't fat that's for sure.

[url= http://www.aquarterof.co.uk/ ]A Quarter of[/url] retro sweet shop. Got my missus some for chrimbo.

@Sharki - I must have missed that offer - would definitely have joined the curly wurly club!!

"Grapefruit Spangles are the ones I miss."

You are so right.

Modern Victory Vs are rubbish. They're not as strong and they're smaller. 🙁 The local independent chemist sells them. It also sells tooth-powder and plastic rain bonnets for old ladies to protect their shampoo and sets. They come with a free tartan trolley bag 🙂

Wagon wheels, still going strong but simply because, they rock!!!

do you remember the lollies that were whistles ?
edinburgh rock do you still get that /

do you remember the lollies that were whistles ?
edinburgh rock do you still get that /

Yes, you can still get them. And yes, surely not far from where you live Al...

Unless you're the wrong Big Al 🙂

Pacers OMG!!

Damn they were amazin'

coconut boost bars.

+1 on the proper double deckers with the solid base.

Also jelly tots are no longer jelly. They are made from modified starch and no longer have gelatine in them.