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Old 14 September 2007, 05:12 PM
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Default Favourite Sweets from the Olden Days

Well, I've just had my first Walnut Whip for about a hundred years, and it was horrible! Nothing like they used to be!

Anyone have favourites they recall with fondness?
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texan bar
Old 14 September 2007, 05:16 PM
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Midget Gems, the black ones!
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lol remind yourself at

The best sweets ever! from the old-fashioned traditional, sweetshop
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Theres' a a "new" olde world shop(pe) opened up in my town, where they sell proper old school sweets from the big plastic jars

You can have anything - I had some proper lemon bonbons the other dya. They also do cola cubes, milk teeth etc mojos

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When I was about seven, I snuck a small tube of fruit gums up to bed with me, and put the whole lot in my mouth at once.
They got welded to my teeth, and my mum had to pick them out of my mouth!
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Originally Posted by ScoobyDoo555
Theres' a a "new" olde world shop(pe) opened up in my town, where they sell proper old school sweets from the big plastic jars

You can have anything - I had some proper lemon bonbons the other dya. They also do cola cubes, milk teeth etc mojos

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My God....Mojos!....I had forgotten those!
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beer bottles,cherry lips (even though they taste like soap)
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Parma Violets...
yum
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Originally Posted by Snazy
WoooOOOOooHooOOooo!!.....confectionery ****!!

ooh......ooh......Army and Navy Tablets!........and Blackcurrant and Liquorice!
Old 14 September 2007, 05:43 PM
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Curly Wurly ... the ones these days are smaller!



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Originally Posted by hectic
Parma Violets...
yum
Parma violets?????....for a bloke?????? Blimey, Hec. I'm seeing you in a different light!
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oh, and Swizzles..
hey
im a softy, really
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Originally Posted by hectic
oh, and Swizzles..
hey
im a softy, really
Swizzles used to make your tongue really sore!
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rainbow drops.... and rubble gum
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Anyone remember IMPS??

I once ate a whole packet (packets were small) when sitting in church watching my grandad preach ..... on and on and on and on and on he went - God Rest His Soul
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Originally Posted by MrRee007
Anyone remember IMPS??

I once ate a whole packet (packets were small) when sitting in church watching my grandad preach ..... on and on and on and on and on he went - God Rest His Soul
Were they the tiny black things??
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And another .. the Red Shoestrings



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Originally Posted by oldsplice
Swizzles used to make your tongue really sore!
How do you know
do you know me


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spangles
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Originally Posted by oldsplice
Were they the tiny black things??
Thats the ones ........ from the 1940's ...............
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Originally Posted by boxst
And another .. the Red Shoestrings



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The thick ones were firemen's hoses!
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Originally Posted by spireite
spangles
ERRRRRRRRR!!!

HORRIBLE!!!!!

Father Xmas always gave me a pack of those - were still in my bedroom come the summer holidays!!
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Originally Posted by spireite
spangles
With the 'Mystery Flavour' one!
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Originally Posted by MrRee007
ERRRRRRRRR!!!

HORRIBLE!!!!!

Father Xmas always gave me a pack of those - were still in my bedroom come the summer holidays!!
When they'd gone so sticky, you had to suck them with the wrapper on, so you could make it wet enough to peel it off!
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Originally Posted by MrRee007
ERRRRRRRRR!!!

HORRIBLE!!!!!

Father Xmas always gave me a pack of those - were still in my bedroom come the summer holidays!!
all furry and stuck to either the carpet or the cat?
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Originally Posted by oldsplice
When they'd gone so sticky, you had to suck them with the wrapper on, so you could make it wet enough to peel it off!
wouldn't that be like ..

oh, never mind.....
Old 14 September 2007, 05:57 PM
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Originally Posted by hectic
wouldn't that be like ..

oh, never mind.....
I told you....sucking Swizzles too hard makes your tongue sore!
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What was the powder that "crackled" in your mouth. Came in a foil bag and was eventually banned.

Moondust or Stardust or something


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