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Post by Becky on Apr 8, 2005 2:57:15 GMT -5
...about loads of stupid stuff I remember from when I was younger. I have to ask...can you still buy PK chewinggum in the blue packet back home in England? (I live in Sweden now) Does anyone remember sweets called rainbow drops that were puffed up rice (fluffier than rice crispies) that had couring dye on them in all different colours? Used to cost about 10p a bag. ..or those red jawbreakers that tasted dead good but burnt the inside of your mouth as they were hot! Sorry, these things sometimes just slip into my mind when I´m on my way to work. Hope you´re all ok! Haven´t heard from you for a while Keep in touch! Becky
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Post by mademma on Apr 9, 2005 17:36:53 GMT -5
Not sure about the chewing gum but you can still get rainbow drops ..... I love them. Do you remember cinder toffee and what we called jubblies (triangle of frozen flavoured ice - usually orange..). My all time favorite is still space dust .... that stuff was great.
Those were the days....
mademma ;D
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Post by mademma on Apr 9, 2005 17:44:47 GMT -5
my son thinks the jaw breakers were called red devils - he says he really loved them. I can't remember them. I can remember a wierd sweet thing but not sure what it was - does this sound at all familiar. It came in a packet like rolling tobacco and was a sweet stringing thing - I think it had some kind of pirate or sailor link ..... any ideas?? mademma
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Post by Becky on Apr 12, 2005 2:16:48 GMT -5
Thanks Mademma for your help! Your son was right, those jaw breakers were called "red Devils" I loved them! (even thought they were a little hot!) I think what you call "Space dust" is what we "northerners" called "Rainbow dust" a sort of coloured sugar that had a sort of bitter acidy (sort of like lemon) taste? Came in like a dusty pink colur and blue..is that right? Not sure about the stringy things though...not thinking of those strawberry flavoured shoelaces? I loved those! Do you remember the days when your local corner sweet shop used to have a tray with items you could buy for 1p and 2p, I used to buy jelly sweets that looked like fried eggs, and sherbert sweets that looked like little flying saucers. Hmmmmm! Anyone remember "eating paper"..loved that stuff! What happens to all this stuff? Have they just stopped making it? Becky
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Post by Beck on Apr 12, 2005 2:31:59 GMT -5
That blue PK is still available here in Oz. Not sure about those other lollies though. I used to love (and still do ;D) aniseed balls, musk sticks, mint leaves and sherbert bombs. Beck
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Post by mademma on Apr 13, 2005 12:19:33 GMT -5
Becky rainbow dust is a different thing we had that here too. Space dust used to explode and crackle in your mouth - it got banned.... brilliant stuff. We have a couple of traditional sweet shops near here in the tourist bit that do all the old stuff ... they are great. Beck would be happy cos they do aniseed balls, coltsfoot sticks etc... Can't stop thinking about sweets now .... what have you started. Can you remember flying saucers and twisted barly sticks with chocolate inside ? Now I have to go and get some chocolate........ Mademma ;D
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Post by Beck on Apr 13, 2005 21:19:36 GMT -5
Coltsfoot sticks?
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Post by Becky on Apr 14, 2005 2:32:39 GMT -5
;D Sorry about tempting yo uwith choccies! Now I remember what the Space dust stuff was, my Sister and I loved the stuff, you could feel it "crackling" at the back of your head...why did the Party poopers ban that stuff? I long for some "decent" sweets here in Sweden, Maltesers (my fave) has just arrived (we have the usual Marsbar, Snickers but I´d kill for Cadburys or Galaxy..ho hum!) I am mad on Aniseed balls too, plus pear drops and rhubabrb and custards (Love the rhubarb and custards!!! )...and being the softy I am will often ask my Mum to post me a bag, which I then eat in a moment to myself savouring every mouthful! (there are those who like a fine brandy and cigarr, I like my rhubarbs and custards! ;D) Did you used to buy those white candy sticks that looked like little cigarettes and pretend to take a puff on them when you were little? (I can´t have been the only sad kid around who pretended to smoke the things before gobbing them down!?) Oh well, I´ll go and have a piece of Swedish choccie and imagine it´s a chunky piece of Cadburys... Ciao for now... Becky-who-is-a-chocoholic!
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Post by mademma on Apr 14, 2005 2:49:56 GMT -5
Beck if you like aniseed you will love coltsfoot. They sell it has a little still of compressed powder and you can suck it forever .... bit like seaside rock ---- do you get seaside rock in Australia? Becky ..... I loved them little cigarettes and yes I used to sit and pretend I was smoking. At one point they sold these daft mock childrens cigarettes that you puffed and dust came out the end like smoke but you could not eat them so that was no good. Shall I make you drool ? There are a couple of dreamy chocolates here at the moment. Galaxy do a marble chocolate which just melts and they all do caramel ones now which are delicious. Do you remember caramac bars? Marks and Spensers do Rhubarb and Custard. I mentioned once that I liked them and this lovely woman at work started buying me packets all the time. I eventually had to ask her to stop cos I just could not face another sweet!!! Anyway I am off to work now ..... hope you enjoyed your Swebish chocolate. I am in Denmark in June so I will try their chocolate then - will it be similar to Swedish do you think? Mademma
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Post by Becky on Apr 14, 2005 5:37:42 GMT -5
ooooh! Caramac bars!..good stuff! ;D used to cost only about 10p or 20p! Ok, thank you Mademma for making me dribble at work, Galxay caramel!!!!! I can see here that Mum´s going to get a shopping list!! (heh!!heh! ;D) I don´t remember coltsfoot, but I am rather curious about it! Glad to hear that you were also as silly as me pretending to smoek candy sweets (ahem!) are they still around or has the Government banned thenm for being a bad influence? Fancy coming to Denmark near my part of the world! I love popping over to Copenhagen. (I love in Southern Sweden near Malmö...(Malmoe)) Denmark has pretty much the same chocs as Sweden Marabou. It´s the Cadburys of Scandinavia, it´s ok and comes in many different flavours, orange crisp, coconut plain, milk...blah!blah! In fact my parents like it better than Uk choccies. I suppose you don´t know what you´ve got till it´s gone! Hope you´ll enjoy yourself in Denmark! If you´re staying a while, you could always get the train accross the Öresunds bridge to Sweden (Malmö) ;D where we all speak like the Swedish chef from the muppets (ahem!) My little Niece calls it "Hurdy Gurdy talk" Hope you don´t think me rude in asking Mademma, but where abouts in England are you from? Are you a Northerner ?, like yours truly Toodles, I´d better get on with some work (sigh!) soon Friday though...... :)Becky
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Post by bod on Apr 14, 2005 10:27:33 GMT -5
You can still get flying saucers here too! I loved them!! I thought those jaw breakers were called "Fire Balls".
Is Marabou the company that makes Dime bars?? I love those!!
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Post by mademma on Apr 14, 2005 14:45:56 GMT -5
Becky.... revenge is sweet. glad I made you drool. I am from Yorkshire how about you?
I am staying in Copenhagen for a four day conference - think we have a trip out to see an adventure playground in Sweden. Will def check out the chocs whilst I am there. Coltsfoot are about 5 inch long sticks of compressed coltsfoot that you can suck or gnaw - they are hard like a powdery stick of rock and the taste is a bit aniseedy. I love them and they are good for digestion.
Bod maybe the gobstopper things have regional names. Re the flying saucers - my son still grabs himself some when he sees them. I like to let them melt on my tongue ..... we are sad people!
Mademma ;D
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Post by Becky on Apr 15, 2005 2:58:46 GMT -5
Hello there chick-a-dees! ;D First of all..hi Bod!..yep! Marabou make the "Dime" bars which are called "Daim" bars here (pronounced the exact same) must admit they are good! They are good mashed up and sprinkeled on ice cream! Hi there Mademma! I am (originally) from Blackburn Lancashire..but let´s put the battle of the roses behind us and unite with our love for choccies!(...think I had a little too much caffine today! ) Coltsfoot is starting to ring a few bells with me, did it come in different colours like bright pink, yellow, orangey-browny....? Have you been in Denmark before? Copenhagen is a lovely place lots of shopping can be done there! If you need any tips or anything, just let me know! Well, I´ve now given a list to my Mum of things she has to get me! (Galaxy caramel bars included!) So I´ll probably end up the size of a house! I´d better sign off for now and get some work done (bummer!) at least it´s Friday!!! ;D ;D ;D Catch you later! Becky
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Post by miffy on Apr 16, 2005 6:31:21 GMT -5
I remember those cigarette sweets having a picture of Superman on the packet, which was ironic because there were also anti-smoking adverts on TV featuring Superman! Superman would defeat a nasty character called Nick O'Teen (geddit? ) who had yellow teeth and a top hat resembling a giant cigarette. I think that the manufacterers later omited the orange colour tips on those sweets and any reference to cigarettes on the packaging after critisism. Of course kids still knew what they were meant to look like.
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Post by Beck on Apr 18, 2005 2:53:03 GMT -5
We never had coltsfoot sticks over here, but sounds like I would have liked them. We did have the cigarette lollies though - they were called f*gs (theres an a where the * is - why did that do there??). With the no smoking push they changes the name of them to Fads and took the little bit of red away from one end. I remember play smoking them as a little girl. Its funny, but most of the sweets you talk about I have no idea of - although when you describe them I can think of Aussie equivalents. Beck
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