Classic Sweets.....

Do you remember Space Dust.......used to pour it in your mouth and let it crackle...

Any of you got memories of some of the classic sweeties of yesteryear?

You can still get space dust mate, my kids love it!

Do you remember spangles?

Chris

Remember spangles...

Still ask for marathons at the shops as well

It was the nippy gob stoppers that were red and then a white cooling bit that I remember... ate a load of them but can't remember the name now.

djsteady wrote:

Do you remember Space Dust.......used to pour it in your mouth and let it crackle...

Any of you got memories of some of the classic sweeties of yesteryear?

Yeah loved space dust we used to give it to the dog

Ooooh wickedy Pict lol!

Chris

Chris wrote:

You can still get space dust mate, my kids love it!

Do you remember spangles?

Chris

Yes i remember Spangles.......

And Pacers.........is it just me or did the sweets seem much bigger back in the day?

I dont recall pacers but do you remember the Texan bars? And yes they were definately bigger back in the day!

Chris

Smaller hands and mouth Steady

Space dust to a dog....

61p for a wispa eek... they have went up in price!!!

61p!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Jesus they were only about 25p the last time I bought one!

Chris

Must remember pacers with the green and white stripes......Spearmint Chew

wot about cherry lips can ya still get them

Black Jacks......

Mojo's... when they were a 1/4p each!

A little market stall in Halesowen has just opened and all they sell is sweets from jars and all the old favourites are there, cola cubes, pineapple chunks, strawberries and custard, midget gems, wine gums, chocolate covered peanuts and raisens and much much more!

Chris

Yeah had a shop just down from Love Street err guys kicking a ball around park that my Dad took me to as a kid to try and put me off football that sold all the sweets in jars.

Sweet peanuts... hmmmmm

Mintolas, flumps, chomps, wham bars, caramacs........there will be more think we had too many sweets

Curley wurleys when they were a good 12" long :)

Also the long plastic tubes that were filled with sherbet.

Dippers... where you had a lolly and two flavours of sherbet dips, the lolly never lasted long enough to finish all the sherbet

bigjohnl wrote:

Curley wurleys when they were a good 12" long :)

Also the long plastic tubes that were filled with sherbet.

Dippers... where you had a lolly and two flavours of sherbet dips, the lolly never lasted long enough to finish all the sherbet

are you on about the Sherbet fountain with the liquerce in it? or the Sherbet Dib Dab?


and what about White chocolate Mice.....

The dib dab.. remember the fountain as well..

White choc mice yuck!!

The skulls with the red stuff inside them as well for bad chocolate!!

Hated white chocolate mice

also who remembers the pink ones ..... also shrimps pink with a white bit in the middle

Don't remember those hunny! Sherbet filled flying saucers, I still love them! You stick them to the roof of your mouth then when you close your mouth you press them with your tongue and they dissolve! Bazooka Joe bubblegum?

Chris

Chris

anyone remember those lollies with bubblegum in the middle also hubba bubba

I found Star bars again last year and then made myself sick of them by eating at least 2 a day!!

I remember them all so far..........must av bin a right sweet munchkin........

used to love liquerice cartwheels with the couloured specled jelly in the middle.

Jelly tots and tiger tots, bon bons, creme eggs when they were the proper size, Frys turkish delight and chocolate limes!

Chris