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Post by mademma on Apr 18, 2005 14:18:24 GMT -5
probably got a * in word cos it is derogative term for a homosexual here.
If you ever visit England come stay with me and I will take you to out magic sweet shop and get you some coltsfoot rock...
mademma
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Post by mademma on Apr 21, 2005 17:55:28 GMT -5
whoops did my last message upset you all. I seem to have put a stop to the choccy discussions. Sorry Mademma  |
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Post by bod on Apr 22, 2005 7:40:51 GMT -5
I am pregnant and seem to be eating more sweets than ever before!! Had a milky bar yesterday for the first time in years!!! Am going back to scotland for a week (live in Northern Ireland just now) and I am going to go get a quarter of something maybe rhubarbs and custards!! And also want to see if anyone still does penny sweets!!!
Remember dib dabs?? Loved the lemonade one!! and Wham bars!!!
And ice lollys - used to be one called a Pizazz was ice cream type in an ice lolly shape and had all different colour splodges on it!
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Post by mademma on Apr 22, 2005 8:18:47 GMT -5
Hiya Bod I loved dib dabs. Ice lolly wise I always liked fabs and cider lollies. Not sure what wham bars are and I can't remember the icecream you mentioned. Still get lots of penny sweets here (not that they cost a penny anymore!!!) I like cola bottles and jelly cherries and fruit salad (do they still do them?) Hmmmmmm Off to eat some bananas or I will go buy chocs... Mademma  |
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Post by bod on Apr 22, 2005 9:45:42 GMT -5
Wham bars were chews they were either mint or cola flavour and came in 2 sizes either for 5p or 10p! they might have just been a scottish thing maybe made by the people who do Highland Toffee (sure you can get them all over uk) you could also get Irn Bru bars that tasted nowt like Irn Bru!!!  Hated those chocolate disks with the hundreds and thousands on YUK! |
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Post by Becky on Apr 25, 2005 1:53:59 GMT -5
Hi there! Sorry I haven´t been on line..have been a little poorly recently  ..but I´m all better now ;D I remember those chocolagte disk things Bod. They were awful! Tasted like plastic..really "cheap" chocolate  Does anyone remember "Black Jacks" they were usually in the 1p trays..I loved them!!! made your mouth all nice and black to (which never impressed my Mum so much!)  Somethings were just so "special" back then..like how the man in the sweet shop were I lived would weigh out the sweets and put them in a good old paper bag...back in the time when Cadburys Mini eggs were sold loose in a big box with like a white powder on them (anyone else remember them like that..or am I just nuts!?) ..speaking of which , I´m a sucker for chocolate peanuts! Congratulations Bod! When is your baby Bod due? Mademma reminded me of those sweets that looked like bananas and had a banana flavour, they were great! I am on a strict diet at the moment...need to lose a few kilos (ahem!) I´d kill for some chocs! Dieting sucks big time!  Well I´ll toodle off for now....take care! Becky |
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Post by Danforth on Apr 25, 2005 6:55:58 GMT -5
Hey all, this is the busiest thread in a while UK-based boarders should head over to www.aquarterof.co.uk for their nostalgic, tooth-decaying jollies! They're sort of the polar opposite of the Cybercandy sweet store - rather than searching out bizarre new snacks from around the world, AQuarterOf seeks out the sweets that time forgot. Like proper pink foam shrimps... |
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Post by Becky on Apr 25, 2005 8:39:17 GMT -5
Hi Danforth! Welcome on board! ;D I checked out the link you sent. It was brilliant! I had completely forgotten about Frys cream chocolate! I loved those!! When I was younger though they did a Frys "fruit" cream and the different pieces had different coloured centres that was the best one! Don´t know why they stopped making that one. I´ll tell you though I am extremely stoooopid for looking on that site..what with me dieting and all! Thank God the computer that allows you to smell hasn´t been fully developed otherwise I´d probably be sat here at work eating post -its imagining it´s chocs!  Does anyone remember that really cheap pink chewing gum that had little tatoos in? They were smiley face tatoos that you could lick then press on your arm and voilá! You got yourself a wash off tatoo...the envy of all your mates! ;D Thank goodness my working day is nearly over (an hour ahead here in Sweden)...yipee! Hope to hear from someone. somtime... Becky |
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Post by mademma on Apr 25, 2005 17:59:39 GMT -5
Hello there Loved black jacks always bought them with the fruit salad chews. I am sure that I have seen the fruit frys chocs around..... Becky good luck with the diet - not a good thread for you at the moment. I never liked the choc discs with hundred and thousands and I hated the milk bottle sweets. So many memories - I could never get those bubble gum tatoos to work. Just remember cinder toffee and peanut crackle.... yummy Danforth thanks for link - gonna check it out in a min Hello to Bod and bump - wonder how shmoo and baby are doing. You must def let us know when you have your baby Bod - when are you due??? Byeeeeeee Mademma |
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Post by Becky on Apr 28, 2005 2:21:13 GMT -5
Hi there pals! I could never get those tatoos right either reallyu, used to end up like one big smudge on my arm...you could sort of see the smiley´s face.... (ahem!) Does anyone remember those wight chocolate milk bottles that were always on the penny trays..they were really sickly? Hope you´re all ok! Love Becky |
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Post by carron on Apr 28, 2005 9:17:51 GMT -5
Remember Spangles, don't see them now,
proper Fruit Gums that stuck in your teeth, Bazooka Joe chewing gums, Sherbert fountains with white powder and a stick of liquorice that you dipped in, real creamy Galaxy chocolate that tasted totally different to today's, Milk Tray bars with different sections of flavours (mine was the barrel shaped with a green centre, don't known what the flavour was).
Ah those were the days. I wonder why it's hard to get registered with an NHS dentist now!
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Post by mademma on Apr 28, 2005 16:46:04 GMT -5
still get the sherbert fountains. yummy. I used to love bazooka joe gum - can you still get that.
Becky I always hated the milk bottle sweets too... yuk.
That link was brilliant - I was asking earlier in this thread about a sweet I used to eat that was stringy and linked to pirates - there it was on the link 'Spanish Gold' yeah the magic of forums.
Other stuff I have not seen for a while is toffos and little packets of fruit hard boiled sweets used to get about 5 or 6 little balls in a packet
too much........ my teeth are aching thinking about all this sugar.
mademma ;D
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Post by Beck on Apr 28, 2005 23:44:59 GMT -5
My mouth is watering with all the descriptions of chocolate and sweets! I think I know Australian types of most of what you are talking about. Did you guys have Minties, clinkers, bullets, and Redskins? Beck |
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Post by mademma on Apr 29, 2005 18:50:10 GMT -5
maybe minties but the rest do not sound familiar to me. mademma |
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Post by Beck on May 1, 2005 20:00:16 GMT -5
Bullets are chocolate covered liquorish in the shape of a bullet; Redskins are red strips of chewy sweet; and Clinkers are chocolate covered oval shaped lollies which have different colloured thingys inside (how to describe them  they are hard but easy to bite through and tend to kind of shatter in your mouth). Beck |
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..but I´m all better now ;D
they are hard but easy to bite through and tend to kind of shatter in your mouth). Beck