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. 

 

1 hour ago, Escobarp said:

Did you finger a bird on the back of a little gem this is all I want to know??

i think you know the answer 🖕

4 hours ago, Tonge moor green jacket said:

Aldi do a great range of sweets.

I get the jelly babies. 45p I think. For old skool sweets I like chocolate cinder toffee. 

Edited March 3, 20215 yr by Mounts Kipper

7 hours ago, DazBob said:

Little Whitt, who is a midget, once fingered a bird on the back seat of a Little Gem.

And that's how Lyons came up with the name.

All very simple really.

3 hours ago, Youri McAnespie said:

Yes.

I saw a bonny looking female tramp t'other week.

She was a pretty vagrant.

Nice Sex Pistols reference?

Not all modern stuff is inferior.

Used to enjoy a quarter of Merrie Maid caramels.

Reisen is as nice, if not nicer.

 

1 hour ago, Mounts Kipper said:

I get the jelly babies. 45p I think. For old skool sweets I like chocolate cinder toffee. 

AKA a Crunchie.

14 minutes ago, DazBob said:

AKA a Crunchie.

Similar but there’s a subtle difference the cinder toffee is chewier. 

9 minutes ago, Mounts Kipper said:

Similar but there’s a subtle difference the cinder toffee is chewier. 

And rips your teeth out

Coltsfoot rock,Black Jacks, Penny Hobo's,Flying Saucers,Liquorice Allsorts,Love Hearts,Refreshers,Parma Violets,Swizzles,Fruit Gums,Fruit Pastilles,Bon Bons, Drumsticks,Opal Fruits,Pear Drops,Rhubarb & Custards.

Oh and Gobstoppers, how could i forget them?

A constant in the drivers door pocket are Sports Mixtures (or Aldi’s decent version), sherbet lemons and pear drops

Managed to get some ‘Army and Navy Tablets’ a few years ago from a retro sweet shop somewhere on my travels. Oh my!!!!!!

Mrs Manc goes mental if we have a day out in places like Llandudno, Howarth, Keswick, etc. I load up the car with retro sweets and local cheese

Old School?  Really Old School, never to reappear? Well there's only one answer

There used to be some sweets called Tics, they came in a tin, tiny black liquorice things - fuckin horrible they were.

14 minutes ago, SatanGreavsie said:

Old School?  Really Old School, never to reappear? Well there's only one answer

He had some nerve pedalling those sweets, given his hatred of Nick O'Teen.

39 minutes ago, Burndens Bogs said:

Coltsfoot rock,Black Jacks, Penny Hobo's,Flying Saucers,Liquorice Allsorts,Love Hearts,Refreshers,Parma Violets,Swizzles,Fruit Gums,Fruit Pastilles,Bon Bons, Drumsticks,Opal Fruits,Pear Drops,Rhubarb & Custards.

Parma violets are rank. Like sucking on airfreshener

I’m showing my age here, but anyone remember those things that looked like a twig? Tasted okish when you first started chewing ,it was liquorice  flavoured and after about an hour of chewing it became soggy and tasteless. Fuckin rank.

Just now, Burndens Bogs said:

I’m showing my age here, but anyone remember those things that looked like a twig? Tasted okish when you first started chewing ,it was liquorice  flavoured and after about an hour of chewing it became soggy and tasteless. Fuckin rank.

Yeah they sold them in the chemist? I stole a whistle lolly from the chemist once. Was only about 4. My mum marched me back to pay 😂😂😂

2 minutes ago, Burndens Bogs said:

I’m showing my age here, but anyone remember those things that looked like a twig? Tasted okish when you first started chewing ,it was liquorice  flavoured and after about an hour of chewing it became soggy and tasteless. Fuckin rank.

Liquorish root

7 minutes ago, SatanGreavsie said:

Liquorish root

Lad I went to school with used to sneak into swan lane mill and rob bags of it 20p for a handful

53 minutes ago, Burndens Bogs said:

There used to be some sweets called Tics, they came in a tin, tiny black liquorice things - fuckin horrible they were.

Bought a tin from the chemist last week.

They now have a plastic internal cover with a tic tac style flap in one corner 

Memories of the middle kiosk on Moor Lane back in the early 70's.

Used to get the 61 into town from County Grammar.

Whilst waiting for 15 up to the posh side of town.

Always bought a 1/4 of midget gems or winegums. 

Loved em .

1 hour ago, Burndens Bogs said:

There used to be some sweets called Tics, they came in a tin, tiny black liquorice things - fuckin horrible they were.

Imps

What were the round pink bubblys called ?

2 hours ago, boltondiver said:

Reisen is as nice, if not nicer.

Fantastic they are, our corner shop has em in but not really seen them sold in other small outlets.

1 minute ago, ErnestTurnip said:

Fantastic they are, our corner shop has em in but not really seen them sold in other small outlets.

BM