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over a year ago
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"Bluebird toffee
were pacers mints?!!?"
Pacers were like lightly minted Opal Fruits (or Starburst as they're called today - will always be Opal Fruits to me though!) so I guess the answer is 'yeah, kind of'  |
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over a year ago
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rainbow drops
lanky larrys
rice paper money notes
all the rest that i can think off are still rocking on now i know the rainbow drops are still going out of them 3 like |
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over a year ago
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Can't remember the name, but they were sour balls (Oooer) that came in packs of 3.
Eye poppers?
Me and my mates used to see how many we could do in one go.
My mouth's tingling at the thought.
Hubba Bubba
Those gimmicky ones that were like a metre of bubblegum |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"army and navy
aniseed twists
black jacks
milk chews
sherbet pips"
Bought a quarter (sorry, 100g!) of sherbet pips from a traditional sweet shop in Cornwall a couple of months back. Not had them for YEARS previously. Proper nostalgia |
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By *xpresMan
over a year ago
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"The daddy of them all ......... spangles mmmmmmm  "
When these lists are put up someone always says spangles... Do you actually rember how they tasted.. like plastic dipped in a little bit of very fowel flavouring |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Quarters of cola cubes, pineapple cubes and rhubarb and custards.
Toffos
Wham bars
Choc dips
Fry's chocolate bars - I haven't seen an orange one in an aeon and they were my favourites"
I was in a Cadbury shop the other week. They had the Frys chocolate bars in there. Including the Orange one. I used to love the fruit one myself. Each chunk was a different flavor. Haven't seen that in absolute years  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I loved cadburys mint crisp in the square 20p bars, and blue mouths. Little suckky sweet that turned ur mouth blue. Oh and fairy satin pillows. Little triangle satin coloured hard sweets |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Most of the pic n mix Woolworths used to sell
Mojos and I felt cheated when half pennies were abolished, so the deal was halved 
Beer bottles
Strawberries and Cream (Bond's)
Rhubarb and Custard (Bond's)
Jawbreakers (when they were big)
Sherbet. The one with the licquorice stick in but I always threw or gave that away
Rola Cola. Those silver, really hard balls
Sherbet pips
Strawberry Laces. The huge ones that were 10p
Cola bottles. Fizzy and non fizzy
Bonbons - lemon and strawberry ones (Bond's)
I'm sure I'll think of more later 
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over a year ago
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the flat pink minty chew wrapped in white greaseproof/waxy paper - cant remember the name and something called glees (nearest thing to them now are skittles but not quite the same) |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Long gone are the days when you went to the shop with 20p worth of penny mixed sweets. God you need a £1 now as most sweets are 5p. "
Yeah I used to love going to the shop with my £1 note, coming back with a vast array of sweets AND change! |
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"rainbow drops
lanky larrys
rice paper money notes
all the rest that i can think off are still rocking on now i know the rainbow drops are still going out of them 3 like"
so are the rice paper money notes, I used to love them! Now think they are rubbish and dont taste of anything lol miss jay x |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Lucky bags......full of old favourites, sherbut fountains, space ship thingys...fruit salads, black jacks.....a joke plasticky thingy...oh and white chocolate mice , with string tails |
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over a year ago
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"Anything that used to come out of a jar on a shelf and weighed out in 1/4 lb measures !!
Cinder Toffee mmmm "
Ooh choc lick with chocolate lollypops. Havent seen chocolate lollypops in years! Miss Jay x |
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"...... and something called glees (nearest thing to them now are skittles but not quite the same) "
I remember 'Glees' really well (a purple coloured packet with a clear window on the front) and would beg to differ .... they were exactly like 'Skittles', just without the "S" printed on them!
In a similar fashion, 'M&M's' are just an updated version of chocolate and peanut 'Treets'! |
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"Can't remember the name, but they were sour balls (Oooer) that came in packs of 3.
Eye poppers?
Me and my mates used to see how many we could do in one go.
My mouth's tingling at the thought.
Hubba Bubba
Those gimmicky ones that were like a metre of bubblegum "
Where the balls called climpies? |
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"...... and something called glees (nearest thing to them now are skittles but not quite the same)
I remember 'Glees' really well (a purple coloured packet with a clear window on the front) and would beg to differ .... they were exactly like 'Skittles', just without the "S" printed on them!
In a similar fashion, 'M&M's' are just an updated version of chocolate and peanut 'Treets'!"
woohooo the first person ever to remember glees - i thought i was going daft haha - but the flavours were much better than skittles and not quite the same |
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"...... and something called glees (nearest thing to them now are skittles but not quite the same)
I remember 'Glees' really well (a purple coloured packet with a clear window on the front) and would beg to differ .... they were exactly like 'Skittles', just without the "S" printed on them!
In a similar fashion, 'M&M's' are just an updated version of chocolate and peanut 'Treets'!
woohooo the first person ever to remember glees - i thought i was going daft haha - but the flavours were much better than skittles and not quite the same "
Okay, you win! having thought about it some more, they WERE nicer flavours - more fruity! |
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"...... and something called glees (nearest thing to them now are skittles but not quite the same)
I remember 'Glees' really well (a purple coloured packet with a clear window on the front) and would beg to differ .... they were exactly like 'Skittles', just without the "S" printed on them!
In a similar fashion, 'M&M's' are just an updated version of chocolate and peanut 'Treets'!
woohooo the first person ever to remember glees - i thought i was going daft haha - but the flavours were much better than skittles and not quite the same
Okay, you win! having thought about it some more, they WERE nicer flavours - more fruity! "
we might be the only two people who remember them |
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"...... and something called glees (nearest thing to them now are skittles but not quite the same)
I remember 'Glees' really well (a purple coloured packet with a clear window on the front) and would beg to differ .... they were exactly like 'Skittles', just without the "S" printed on them!
In a similar fashion, 'M&M's' are just an updated version of chocolate and peanut 'Treets'!
woohooo the first person ever to remember glees - i thought i was going daft haha - but the flavours were much better than skittles and not quite the same
Okay, you win! having thought about it some more, they WERE nicer flavours - more fruity!
we might be the only two people who remember them"
I'm unable to message you, but if you type "glees sweets" into Google Images, you'll see the Glees packet! |
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over a year ago
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Milky way.. When the middles were brown.. Not that nasty white stuff.
Oh and big jelly Scotty dogs that were like wine gums... Could only get them in Nottingham. |
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"...... and something called glees (nearest thing to them now are skittles but not quite the same)
I remember 'Glees' really well (a purple coloured packet with a clear window on the front) and would beg to differ .... they were exactly like 'Skittles', just without the "S" printed on them!
In a similar fashion, 'M&M's' are just an updated version of chocolate and peanut 'Treets'!
woohooo the first person ever to remember glees - i thought i was going daft haha - but the flavours were much better than skittles and not quite the same
Okay, you win! having thought about it some more, they WERE nicer flavours - more fruity!
we might be the only two people who remember them
I'm unable to message you, but if you type "glees sweets" into Google Images, you'll see the Glees packet! "
the purple pack was the one i remember - oh ive gone all child like here |
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"...... and something called glees (nearest thing to them now are skittles but not quite the same)
I remember 'Glees' really well (a purple coloured packet with a clear window on the front) and would beg to differ .... they were exactly like 'Skittles', just without the "S" printed on them!
In a similar fashion, 'M&M's' are just an updated version of chocolate and peanut 'Treets'!
woohooo the first person ever to remember glees - i thought i was going daft haha - but the flavours were much better than skittles and not quite the same
Okay, you win! having thought about it some more, they WERE nicer flavours - more fruity!
we might be the only two people who remember them
I'm unable to message you, but if you type "glees sweets" into Google Images, you'll see the Glees packet!
the purple pack was the one i remember - oh ive gone all child like here "
Yes, same here ... I never saw the other one (white) |
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Mojo's now they were the dogs bowlax!!! Im sure you could get them in either a red, yellow or blue wrapper, also those "Blocks" I think they were called where they were like mini bricks in a pack or about 10.. those were the days, and when you got 10 sweets in a 10p mix |
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Do they sell them anymore ?? 
Just don't taste the same anymore 
