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Old 22-09-2008, 11:30
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For me it would have to be salt & vinegar Bones. A black packet with a skull & crossbones on it and some dodgy pirate skullduggery. I ate a bag a day as a lad in the 70s

Also, anyone remember the beef flavoured crisps that had a monk on the bag? Oh man I loved them. Wish I had a Tardis so I could go back to 70s crisp heaven.
There was Bones, Fangs, Ribs and one other.

Anyone remember Rancheros? They had a pork and bean flavour.
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Old 22-09-2008, 11:30
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Space Raiders is still on the go as I just had them, as is Highlander Crisps. Fish 'n' Chips were but this was several years ago now.

For me, I'd like Piglets. They were little hollow pig shapes. My mum bought me an entire box of Bacon & Bean flavour one time. Sky Divers too, I think they were called, they were good.
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Old 22-09-2008, 12:07
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There was Bones, Fangs, Ribs and one other.
They were from Smiths and it was the Horror Bag range.

They were..Fangs, Bones, Claws, Bats and Ribs!

Some great info here including all the special offers the Horror Bags had like collect packets and send off for spooky toys.
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Old 22-09-2008, 12:22
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Cheetos.
Cheese and Chives flavor Walkers.
And Smiths crisps, they were lovely.
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Old 22-09-2008, 16:36
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Space Raiders is still on the go as I just had them
Aye, I usually wait for Morrisons to have them on 2-4-1. I think it works out at 30 packs for £1.10
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Old 22-09-2008, 18:29
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I remember the monk crisps AND the ads.... it used to be cartoons of monks stirring the big vats ... and I think the selling point they were trying to make is that they were made by hand ! They were yummy .
Wow, your memory is better than mine. I'm glad someone else remembers the Monk crisps, I thought I must have imagined them And you are spot on - they were incredibly yummy!
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Old 22-09-2008, 18:57
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Brannigans beef and mustard!
You can still buy them

For me it was Smiths Bovril flavour crisps - and bacon 'n bean piglets
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Old 22-09-2008, 22:23
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i vaugely remember having pig shaped crisps when i was younger - not sure what they were called tho
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Old 22-09-2008, 22:48
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Going way back - XL Beef Barbecue crisps. I used to have them every day in a baguette with a bit of spam amd marge in from the local corner shop. We were so diet conscious then!

Don't know about the crisps with the monk on the packet.

I worked at the Tudor crisp factory one summer when I was a student. I used to spend 8 hours counting 48 bags of crisps into a box!

I remember Tudor crisps, liked their Steak and Onion, nice flavour, not too oniony.

Could never recall who made those crisps, thanks for the reminder.
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Old 23-09-2008, 00:52
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Slightly off topic but can you still get Brannigan's Beer Nuts?
I loved them. I remember doing a search about a year back and the most relevant site I could find was a US company selling Beer Nuts but I wasn't sure if they were the same type.
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Old 23-09-2008, 10:11
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Phileas Fogg Californian Corn Chips.

Lush.
100% with you on that one bowland, the very best and I miss them terribly!
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Old 23-09-2008, 10:20
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Does anyone remember Tudor crisps?
I think you could only get them up North (and in Scotland apparently)

I grew up in the North-east and moved to Coventry to go to Uni in 1977. I never saw them down here.

Either that or they went bust/got taken over at the same time.
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Old 23-09-2008, 10:30
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They were nice!
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Old 23-09-2008, 11:23
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Old 23-09-2008, 12:43
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Remember Tudor used to do a curry flavour crisp? I used to crush them up into little bits

They were 7p a packet
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Old 23-09-2008, 14:27
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Remember Tudor used to do a curry flavour crisp? I used to crush them up into little bits

They were 7p a packet
when I was wee, Tudor crisps were 2p

Golden Wonder were 2 1/2p


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Old 23-09-2008, 15:42
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No ring goes like a Ringo goes!
You can still get Ringos. They're not up to much these days, sadly, but 20p for a bag of nostalgia is a pretty good deal.
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Old 23-09-2008, 15:47
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Sorry if these have already been mentioned. I have no idea what they're called though. they were REALLY thin tubes from what I remember, pretty sure I loved their salt and vinegar flavour the most.

I may be imagining them though.
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Old 23-09-2008, 16:14
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I remember the monk crisps AND the ads.... it used to be cartoons of monks stirring the big vats ... and I think the selling point they were trying to make is that they were made by hand ! They were yummy .
I found one of the ads on youtube, with the cartoon Monks making the crisps, amazing! Arthur Mullard is doing the voiceover They were KP crisps. Here's the ad -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HEzNyhlD5_4

Sorry if these have already been mentioned. I have no idea what they're called though. they were REALLY thin tubes from what I remember, pretty sure I loved their salt and vinegar flavour the most.

I may be imagining them though.
Wheat Crunchies maybe? They were tubular. Still available I think.
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Old 23-09-2008, 16:17
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Wheat Crunchies maybe? They were tubular. Still available I think.
Nah, although they are nice too, these were really really thin, about the diameter of a cigarette, quite messy from what I remember (aaargh! I can't describe these properly!). Pretty sure the packet was either white or translucent.

I'm probably going back around 15-20 years here.
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Old 23-09-2008, 17:27
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Tubes?

I remember them. They were one of the only salted crisps I liked. The other was Squares. Tubes & Squares are basically the same execpt the Tubes are rolled up.
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Old 23-09-2008, 17:34
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Tubes?

I remember them. They were one of the only salted crisps I liked. The other was Squares. Tubes & Squares are basically the same execpt the Tubes are rolled up.
Still not what I am thinking of, but I remember them, they were bloody lovely.
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Old 23-09-2008, 17:54
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100% with you on that one bowland, the very best and I miss them terribly!
Guess what I've just found!

http://www.phileasfogg.com/

No sign of Californian Corn Chips though as yet.

These look pretty nice though:

http://www.phileasfogg.com/cool.asp
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Old 23-09-2008, 17:57
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Amazing that so many people remember the Tudor crisps, and in particular the curry ones. They bloody stank!! but tasted wonderful. I too used to crush them up.

So were they actually a North-East company then? I remember they were the crisps that every shop had growing up in Sunderland. Them and Benson's XL, which weren't as good but a bit cheaper.

Does anyone remember Richmond crisps as well? They were the mega-budget ones, about 2 or 3 pence cheaper than the Bensons and cheaper still than Tudor, but they did a good range of Worcester sauce crisps (and later on Tomato Ketchup).

The only crisp company I like these days are Seabrooks.
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Old 23-09-2008, 18:03
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Like many others, I too wish that the little Fish N' Chips could make a comeback.

I can still recall the smell, taste and texture of them!
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