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Old 10-06-2011, 20:06
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Same, I used to have them at least twice a week... now I've not had them for nearly two years... .
Your post has made me feel so sad. Where abouts do you live? Surely there must be somewhere where you can get them?
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Old 10-06-2011, 20:18
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Your post has made me feel so sad. Where abouts do you live? Surely there must be somewhere where you can get them?
I live in a place called Bredbury, it's in the Stockport/Manchester region... I checked all the sweet shops around including Asda/Morrisons etc and nowhere sell them ... so I think I'l have to get some of the Internet if I ever want some but that is extremely expensive to do...
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Old 10-06-2011, 20:18
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Can I just say.... Strawberry bonbons.

Oh, and the white ones!

ETA: When I used to visit my grandmother when I was young for a couple of weeks each summer, I used to go to the local newsagent and buy a quarter of chewing nuts. Strange name as no nuts were included!

I also discovered double-lollies at Toogoods, the local sweet shop.

Happy days.
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Old 10-06-2011, 20:19
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Can I just say.... Strawberry bonbons.

Oh, and the white ones!
Ah yes, I love them... the vimto ones are my absolute favourite though .
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Old 10-06-2011, 20:20
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Ah yes, I love them... the vimto ones are my absolute favourite though .
Ooer - I never knew there was such a thing!
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Old 10-06-2011, 20:22
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Ooer - I never knew there was such a thing!
Ah yes, I usually get them now as well as small pieces of rock from my local sweet shop now I don't get Cola Cubes... they are amazing... you should look out for them .
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Old 10-06-2011, 20:22
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Ah yes, I usually get them now as well as small pieces of rock from my local sweet shop now I don't get Cola Cubes... they are amazing... you should look out for them .
Ah Kola Kubes (and pineapple cubes) - they were nice but if you ate too many it made your mouth sore!
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Old 10-06-2011, 20:24
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P.S. Last time I was at Stansted, I noticed a new shop selling sweeties by the quarter. I went in full of excitement but soon did an about turn when I saw their prices! Jeez, I'd have needed to remortgage my house.
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Old 10-06-2011, 20:26
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Spogs, those pink and blue sweets from liquorice allsorts, though you can buy them separately, thank goodness.
I haven't seen them for a long time. Bought some in a shop in Whitby once.
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Old 10-06-2011, 20:32
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I haven't seen them for a long time. Bought some in a shop in Whitby once.
Eww, they were always the ones I ate first to kind of get rid of them before I continued with the nice liquorice allsorts!
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Old 10-06-2011, 20:38
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I remember buying kali from a glass jar. It looked lovely in the glass jar as it was in layers of different colours. When it was mixed in your tiny triangular paper bag it became pinky brown colour. I got such a sore finger and tongue!

Also remember spanish gold and paper covered choc cigarettes. I got four black jacks for a penny or one for a farthing!
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Old 10-06-2011, 21:14
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Ah yes, I love them... the vimto ones are my absolute favourite though .
I do like Bon Bons, although out of all the flavours that I sell I think I like the Apple ones the most. Yummy! I think I eat about half a jar a week.
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Old 10-06-2011, 21:16
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I live in a place called Bredbury, it's in the Stockport/Manchester region... I checked all the sweet shops around including Asda/Morrisons etc and nowhere sell them ... so I think I'l have to get some of the Internet if I ever want some but that is extremely expensive to do...
Have a day trip to Birmingham. Lots of good sweets shops here! Although if you need sweets in a quicker way, the internet is quite good. Buy in bulk and save them for a rainy day
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Old 10-06-2011, 21:18
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I remember buying kali from a glass jar. It looked lovely in the glass jar as it was in layers of different colours. When it was mixed in your tiny triangular paper bag it became pinky brown colour. I got such a sore finger and tongue!

Also remember spanish gold and paper covered choc cigarettes. I got four black jacks for a penny or one for a farthing!
Ah Rainbow Kali! it is so beautiful when it is in layers. I always feel slightly ripped off when all the colours have merged together. And the way to avoid a sore tongue and finger is to eat the kali with a lolly pop
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Old 10-06-2011, 21:43
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Cola Cubes... nowhere around my area seem to do them now-adays though .
You can get from this site 'A quarter of'. I buy a lot from there, (Christmas and Birthday presents) it's a safe site. Happy shopping!

http://www.aquarterof.co.uk/kola-kub...bes-p-509.html
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Old 10-06-2011, 22:31
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You can get from this site 'A quarter of'. I buy a lot from there, (Christmas and Birthday presents) it's a safe site. Happy shopping!

http://www.aquarterof.co.uk/kola-kub...bes-p-509.html
Thanks for that website... when some money goes into my paypal account I'l order some .
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Old 10-06-2011, 23:05
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As a kid, I used to pop to our local sweet shop twice a week for 22oz or 1/4 (if it were pocket money day) for a bag of sweets. I miss the real old fashioned sweet shops. The closest I came to one was by chance 10 years ago when visiting Wallace & Grommit country - Wensleydale and was served by a litle old lady in her 80s. It was so nostalgic, I felt very moved.

Anyway, my faves were:

rhubarb & custard
sherbert lemons
lemon and strawberry bonbons
fruit thins
blackberries & raspberries
satin cushions
cola cubes
cherry cubes
jelly teddies (NOT gummybears!!!)
milk bottles and teeth!
flying saucers
banana toffos
sherbert pips


Use to buy them when I popped in for my comics - Beano, Whizzer & Chips, Beryl The Peril - my fave!!!, Jackie and Smash Hits!

So very long ago

In packets, sweets I miss are Toffos and pacers.

This is very nostalgic but when we went on holiday to Cornwall, we would have a giant (I was tiny) bag of Opal Fruits and Pacers. Only at Christmas we would have Cola, during the rest of the year we would have orange juice. We didn't even have the fluorescent bottles that used to come round on the lorry (yes a lorry for soft drinks). Funny, lovely memories are coming flooding back.

..oh and iced gems from the new fangled dispenser at the swimming balths and hundreds and thousands sprinkled on a spray-cream cone from the bakers-come-post office on Family Allowance day. LOL!!
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Old 10-06-2011, 23:17
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As a kid, I used to pop to our local sweet shop twice a week for 22oz or 1/4 (if it were pocket money day) for a bag of sweets. I miss the real old fashioned sweet shops. The closest I came to one was by chance 10 years ago when visiting Wallace & Grommit country - Wensleydale and was served by a litle old lady in her 80s. It was so nostalgic, I felt very moved.

Anyway, my faves were:

rhubarb & custard
sherbert lemons
lemon and strawberry bonbons
fruit thins
blackberries & raspberries
satin cushions
cola cubes
cherry cubes
jelly teddies (NOT gummybears!!!)
milk bottles and teeth!
flying saucers
banana toffos
sherbert pips


Use to buy them when I popped in for my comics - Beano, Whizzer & Chips, Beryl The Peril - my fave!!!, Jackie and Smash Hits!

So very long ago

In packets, sweets I miss are Toffos and pacers.

This is very nostalgic but when we went on holiday to Cornwall, we would have a giant (I was tiny) bag of Opal Fruits and Pacers. Only at Christmas we would have Cola, during the rest of the year we would have orange juice. We didn't even have the fluorescent bottles that used to come round on the lorry (yes a lorry for soft drinks). Funny, lovely memories are coming flooding back.

..oh and iced gems from the new fangled dispenser at the swimming balths and hundreds and thousands sprinkled on a spray-cream cone from the bakers-come-post office on Family Allowance day. LOL!!
In Birmingham we still have a "pop man" who brings pop ona lorry, a bit like a milk float.
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Old 10-06-2011, 23:22
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In Birmingham we still have a "pop man" who brings pop ona lorry, a bit like a milk float.
Really?!! Are they in glass bottles? I remember watching the kids along the street run out with their empty bottles and take away illuminous green and orange bottles - mid 70s / pre sodastream craze.
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Old 10-06-2011, 23:24
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Some photos of my favourite sweets, they are scrumdiddlyumptious!

http://flic.kr/p/9ScXLK
http://flic.kr/p/9SfQhd
http://flic.kr/p/9ScWmD
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Old 11-06-2011, 02:28
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In Birmingham we still have a "pop man" who brings pop ona lorry, a bit like a milk float.
My god the popman those were the days. Missed that milk float with all the coloured bottles!
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Old 11-06-2011, 16:15
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My faves are rhubarb and custard, cola cubes, and milk bottles.

Also, did anyone actually like the pint pots? I thought they were disgusting! http://www.aquarterof.co.uk/pint-pots-p-100.html
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Old 11-06-2011, 16:41
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Those sherbit dips,made your tongue go all red..nice and sheberty with a red lolly
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Old 11-06-2011, 17:12
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You seem to know a lot about sweets. I envy your knowledge!
Just old and nostalgic.
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Old 11-06-2011, 17:15
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Also remember spanish gold and paper covered choc cigarettes.
Ah chocolate cigarettes! And indeed the white candy cigarettes! We can confidently say that these are two products we will never see again.
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