Members bolton_blondie Posted March 3, 2021 Members Share Posted March 3, 2021 Bought some sarsaparilla tablets yesterday. Not had them for years. Proper took me back to when you'd go to the paper shop and get either a 10p mix or a if your Mam was feeling generous a 1/4 of sweets from a jar. Cola cubes where a close 2nd. Shit I sound old. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DazBob Posted March 3, 2021 Share Posted March 3, 2021 Pineapple chunks? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter Tonge moor green jacket Posted March 3, 2021 Site Supporter Share Posted March 3, 2021 Toffee and mallow eggs. Mackintosh's iirc. Can't get them now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweep Posted March 3, 2021 Share Posted March 3, 2021 14 minutes ago, DazBob said: Pineapple chunks? You could get them free in the Urinals at the Cattle Market, once you'd sucked the piss off them, they tasted OK and lasted ages Anyway, Midget Gems, apart from the black ones which tasted horrible (Liquorice I think, which is a thing nobody likes) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not in Crawley Posted March 3, 2021 Share Posted March 3, 2021 Sweet peanuts. Loved them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Escobarp Posted March 3, 2021 Share Posted March 3, 2021 7 minutes ago, Sweep said: You could get them free in the Urinals at the Cattle Market, once you'd sucked the piss off them, they tasted OK and lasted ages Anyway, Midget Gems, apart from the black ones which tasted horrible (Liquorice I think, which is a thing nobody likes) The original style midget gems you speak of are in home bargains mate 👍🏼If they have shops of that ilk in well heeled areas such as yours 😁 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bolton_blondie Posted March 3, 2021 Author Members Share Posted March 3, 2021 Rainbow crystals. Basically rotted your teeth with pure sugar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Escobarp Posted March 3, 2021 Share Posted March 3, 2021 26 minutes ago, bolton_blondie said: Bought some sarsaparilla tablets yesterday. Not had them for years. Proper took me back to when you'd go to the paper shop and get either a 10p mix or a if your Mam was feeling generous a 1/4 of sweets from a jar. Cola cubes where a close 2nd. Shit I sound old. My missus got me a selection at Xmas as I love them. I got sarsaparilla tablets Kop kops cough candy twist Cola cubes bonfire toffee sherbet lemons acid drops Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DazBob Posted March 3, 2021 Share Posted March 3, 2021 Just now, Escobarp said: The original style midget gems you speak of are in home bargains mate 👍🏼If they have shops of that ilk in well heeled areas such as yours 😁 Aye, the ones made by Lyon's I think. Same with fruit salad too. Midget gems made by anyone but Lyon's are the shit soft ones. if they don't pull your fillings out then they're shit. Little Whitt, who is a midget, once fingered a bird on the back seat of a Little Gem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Sweep Posted March 3, 2021 Share Posted March 3, 2021 2 minutes ago, Escobarp said: The original style midget gems you speak of are in home bargains mate 👍🏼If they have shops of that ilk in well heeled areas such as yours 😁 there is indeed a Home Bargains near to me 🙂 - I'll go in under the cover of darkness though, in case anybody sees me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Escobarp Posted March 3, 2021 Share Posted March 3, 2021 2 minutes ago, Sweep said: there is indeed a Home Bargains near to me 🙂 - I'll go in under the cover of darkness though, in case anybody sees me Wise Move. 69p a bag. Green bag 😁 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Escobarp Posted March 3, 2021 Share Posted March 3, 2021 3 minutes ago, DazBob said: Aye, the ones made by Lyon's I think. Same with fruit salad too. Midget gems made by anyone but Lyon's are the shit soft ones. if they don't pull your fillings out then they're shit. Little Whitt, who is a midget, once fingered a bird on the back seat of a Little Gem. Aye the fruit salads are in as well. Also b and m have them in and that was where I got my last bag from. I forgot all About the existence of little gems. Takes me back that does! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not in Crawley Posted March 3, 2021 Share Posted March 3, 2021 15 minutes ago, Sweep said: there is indeed a Home Bargains near to me 🙂 - I'll go in under the cover of darkness though, in case anybody sees me If you don't fancy that I find sports mixtures are a great alternative. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bolton_blondie Posted March 3, 2021 Author Members Share Posted March 3, 2021 22 minutes ago, Not in Crawley said: If you don't fancy that I find sports mixtures are a great alternative. Oooh sports mixtures Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
athywhite1958 Posted March 3, 2021 Share Posted March 3, 2021 Spangles, sweet peanuts, nut brittle, penny arrows Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CambridgeBWFC Posted March 3, 2021 Share Posted March 3, 2021 We had a ritual whilst at Burden where we would get 1/4 of kop kops from a corner shop on the way to the ground. Would have been from the 92-93 season onwards when my dad started taking me. We didn't do it one week and lost, so had to be done every game afterwards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Youri McAnespie Posted March 3, 2021 Share Posted March 3, 2021 (edited) 1 hour ago, Sweep said: You could get them free in the Urinals at the Cattle Market, once you'd sucked the piss off them, they tasted OK and lasted ages Anyway, Midget Gems, apart from the black ones which tasted horrible (Liquorice I think, which is a thing nobody likes) They were blue iirc - the pisscakes. As for black midget gems, it's because of child-like palates that Maynards and Bassetts have made the black ones some shitty blackcurrant flavour now. Lions (available from Home Bargains) have stuck to traditional liquorice black ones, and for fans of these they also do liquorice gums - bags solely comprising double-sized black liquorice midget gems. The corner shop near me sells those blue and pink hundreds and thousands covered jelly tablets out of liquorice allsorts in dedicated bags - they're called Spogs. When we were kids all my mates used to insist on traipsing to some scuzzy, smelly white-owned cornershop* to buy 'Choc-Limes' - if the lazy fuckers were open, which wasn't often - utter crap and about 30p for around five sweets. * even the lads who frequented this shop referred to it as 'Smelly's'... There used to be a shop on Tonge Moor near the Co-Op, for ages it had a handwritten sign in the window 'Milk Tokens Accepted', anyhow I went in once, it was like the land that time forgot for jars of old school sweets, and not contrived and overpriced like in those shitty 'Ye Olde' hipster shops. I don't eat sweets. Edited March 3, 2021 by Youri McAnespie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Youri McAnespie Posted March 3, 2021 Share Posted March 3, 2021 1 hour ago, Sweep said: there is indeed a Home Bargains near to me 🙂 - I'll go in under the cover of darkness though, in case anybody sees me If you live near one you're obviously a tramp so why the subterfuge? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Escobarp Posted March 3, 2021 Share Posted March 3, 2021 I get mine from a shop on COR when im in the area. They have a decent selection and aren’t overpriced like some if the online shops doing just old fashioned sweets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweep Posted March 3, 2021 Share Posted March 3, 2021 1 minute ago, Youri McAnespie said: If you live near one you're obviously a tramp so why the subterfuge? homeless person is the correct nomenclature these days I think you'll find Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not in Crawley Posted March 3, 2021 Share Posted March 3, 2021 38 minutes ago, bolton_blondie said: Oooh sports mixtures I know - I don't buy them as I can go through a packet without blinking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not in Crawley Posted March 3, 2021 Share Posted March 3, 2021 Just now, Sweep said: homeless person is the correct nomenclature these days I think you'll find One of the kids books.last term had a policeman helping a 'tramp' - was published in the early 80s. I did wonder if any teacher had actually looked at the book since then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweep Posted March 3, 2021 Share Posted March 3, 2021 1 minute ago, Escobarp said: I get mine from a shop on COR when im in the area. They have a decent selection and aren’t overpriced like some if the online shops doing just old fashioned sweets. There's a girl in our village who make makes boxes of "vintage" sweets up for all occasions - she must make a fortune, selling little boxes of them for about £10 each. Fair pley to her, it's a really good idea, and the mark up must be immense. She's already stopped taking orders for Mothers Day, as she has so many to do Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter Tonge moor green jacket Posted March 3, 2021 Site Supporter Share Posted March 3, 2021 Aldi do a great range of sweets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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