I remember going to the corner shop and buying a bag full of penny sweets. I would take ages picking individual sweets, driving the shopkeeper mad in the process.

I was allowed tuppence worth a day, even after I got pocket money [sixpence, aged 6] there was no buying a Mars Bar and eating it all. It would have to be cut in three, as they cost sixpence back then. It made sense to have penny sweets instead, four Black Jacks for a penny or four fruit salads, two pink prawns for a penny, etc!!

I do remember Orange Maid.....a rather large orange water ice which was very tasty!

that was the posh one!!! i'vebeen searching and i've found it

Lemonade Sparkle also came in orangeade sparkle form!

Did anyone ever have an ice pop but squeezed the wrapper too hard and the ice pop flew out onto the dirty floor. Gutted.

it's a right bugger when that happens

I remember those!


That might be the poshest popsicle on the planet, planets!!

who knew you could even get champagne popsicles?? i know i didn't i feel ever so deprived i wasn't provided with them during my childhood

Evening all, flying through ...wobbly wobbly wonders! They were my favourite lolly but HB got taken over by someone a few years ago, and they don't make them any more. Choosing penny sweets - the agony of the decision! But it was always four sports mixture for a penny.

And champagne popsicles!!! Feeling very deprived! Now must get dinner on, later.

I wonder if the champers popsicles are alcowolic. Imagine how wasted planets would be

i bet they are lovely
half an ice lolly and i'd be off my face....a whole ice lolly and i'd be comatose

Champers goes straight to my head. It's worse than Buckfast

My brother likes to remind me of the year i had a quarter of a glass of champagne with christmas dinner and was so pissed i had to crawl upstairs to lie down and i slept for five hours

it wasn't that long ago

This reminds me of the New Year family party we once had. Mini twass was 4 at the time. My mother thought bottled Bucks fizz was orange pop and gave her several glasses. The poor child slept for nearly 20 hours

hahahahahha that's brilliant!
has she ever had it since or did it put her off?

She likes a drink these days. It didn't put her off at all! At our millennium party when she was about 13 she sneaked several alcoholic drinks and got woozled again I had to educate Mum in reading the labels of drink bottles!!!

Not ignoring you lot, on calf watch and ran up to house to get ropes for calving jack

is it labour o'clock?

Yes and a new calf!! Collapses into bed x

Is that the last of the new arrivals tk?

Here the bottle reared lambs are coming on a treat....I am sure they will be off the bottle soon. They certainly kick off a chorus of baaaas every time they spy a human. Humans mean milk

I've had the opposite experience. A friend was drinking J2O all night when it fist came out and she was wondering why she wasn't getting drunk when all around her were imbued with the characteristics of alcohol.

Hi twass, we have one more who is always a late (I suspect she isn't even in calf, she's a rather old lady, but we're giving her the chance).

Pet lambs are relentless! When we had sheep they couldn't be contained and would show up at the kitchen door if they thought it was feed time!

i miss the coos. Is Giles looking proud of his brood?
my brother has had 7 cygnets

Well that's remarkable on several fronts

Aw! Giles is more concerned with ensuring next year's crop