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Back in the olden days before electricity and the invention of the wheel user older folks had little to keep us busy,but nothing gave us more pleasure than popping to the local shoppe on a Saturday after our shift working in the mine or mill and with our half a shilling and purchasing a quarter of our favourite sweets.
Mine would be either chocolate raisins or pineapple cubes.
Failing that a lucky bag with an assortment of bit.
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"Percy Pigs. Or more often, the Aldi Leo Lions or Lidl Henry Hippos  "
Yes to the 1st two but not the Henry hippos they just don't make the cut, but dinky dogs they come close to the top spot!
And this is why I can't loose weight  |
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By (user no longer on site) 32 weeks ago
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Cola cubes
Aniseed balls
Rhubarb and custard
Sherbert lemons
Lemon bonbons
I used to love going to the sweet shop with my pocket money on the way to the Saturday matinee at the Odeon
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Maynards Wine Gums, dispensed by a little old lady who used to go up a short set of steps to get the big ole jar down, and then weigh them out and put the quarter ( or if I was flush, half) into a paper bag. Out the back room through a sliding door her husband ran a gentleman’s barbers. I think he learnt his trade in the military because it didn’t matter what haircut you asked for they were all short back and sides |
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"Cola cubes
Aniseed balls
Rhubarb and custard
Sherbert lemons
Lemon bonbons
I used to love going to the sweet shop with my pocket money on the way to the Saturday matinee at the Odeon
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Minus the aniseed balls
Nowadays I am all in for sour patch kids or any sour sweets... And chocolate oranges. |
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By (user no longer on site) 32 weeks ago
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"Chocolate Limes "
Two things that should never have been thrown together  I love the lime flavoured sweets in wine gums, fruit pastilles etc but these are a huge no no. |
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"Jelly beans"
Ah, a person after my own heart
When I was younger, I'm pretty sure most people used to buy ‘choc malt’ (or ‘choc lick’ as I think some call it) from the local sweet shop on the way to secondary school.
Apart from jelly beans, I always enjoyed getting Fireball Jawbreakers, mainly because my mum was paranoid about me having sweets you could gag on and I was trying to be a bit of a rebel  |
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"Anyone remember the fireball jaw breakers? I went through a period of being addicted to them, they were very fiery even for a Pakistani like me.
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Oh yes! I remember Fireball Jawbreakers, as I mentioned earlier in this thread. It was like a challenge having them as a kid because of how hot and fiery they were, but I've bought some in recent years and they were nowhere near as spicy. Either they've dialled down the recipe or I've become more tolerant of them in my older age, but I'm not sure which |
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By *nnCeeWoman 32 weeks ago
East of Eden, West of Hell |
Awww, I miss Jimmy's, the proper newsagent/sweet shop in my old town.
My favourites were:
Haribo Jelly Teddy Bears (Gold Bears)
Haribo Mini Jelly Babies
Sherbet pips
Fruit pips
Fruit Salad gums
Midget Gems
American Hard Gums
Lemon Sherbet powder
Or the penny sweets.
A little later, I liked Aniseed Twists, Chewing Nuts, Sherbet Lemons.
Oh sweets!! |
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By *ddie1966Man 32 weeks ago
Paper Town Central, Essex. |
"Can't seem to get them any more, but I used to love a tin of Imps..
That's a real blast from the past. Blimey!"
What can I say.... I'm an old git.
Something else I remember too was being able to buy were liquorice roots to chew on.
By jove, they were the days. |
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