SWEETS - A QUARTER OF ........... PLEASE

[angeldelight]

What was your favourite sweets ( or still are if you can get them ) from your childhood

Do you remember .......

Black Jacks
Parma Violets
Dip Dabs
Sugar Mice
Sherbet Lemons

Etc etc etc


Great website here with all your favs

http://www.aquarterof.co.uk/

What did you like or still like?

Angel xxx

[LOOPYLISA]

Parma violets, i still buy them today

Black jacks and fruit salads

We have a new sweetie shop just opened here with ALL the old sweets in

Sherbet flying saucers- yuk

[Mouse]

DH & I were talking about this yesterday when we saw Galaxy Counters in Asda - a real blast from the past, even if they are in a grown up packet now!

I still love Parma Violets, so does my daughter. There's a shop in town that sells old fashioned sweets, though they cost a fortune compared with what we used to pay.

Does anyone remember Horlicks Tablets that you could buy from chemists? They were sweets made of Horlicks. I loved them, but no one else ever seems to remember them!

Another favourite was Spangles!

[babs]

blackjacks
cough candy( but always cut my tongue on these)

little white choclate mice but they just dont taste same now..


we cud buy blackjacks for 1/2 penny from local shop omg im showing my age now

[Toothfairy]

Black Jacks
Cough Candy
Rhubarb & Custard
Space Dust

YUM!!

[Mouse]

we cud buy blackjacks for 1/2 penny from local shop omg im showing my age now

lol! I used to go to dance lessons on a Saturday & take 5p for break - 2.5p for a bag of crisps & the other 2.5p for sweets!

[LOOPYLISA]

blackjacks
cough candy( but always cut my tongue on these)

little white choclate mice but they just dont taste same now..


we cud buy blackjacks for 1/2 penny from local shop omg im showing my age now

Why did cough candy always cut your tounge

[sarah707]

We have a sweety shop just opened in town.

I bought some cola cubes and they were just like I remembered

[Graham]

Slightly off topic, when I was at secondary school the local sweet shop used to sell kids a cigarette and a match for a penny.

They would lock him up and throw away the key these days.

Favourite sweets Midget Gems, I used to ask for lots of black ones.

[babs]

Why did cough candy always cut your tounge

cause i use to suck it and sharp edge cut my tongue... they were like hard boiled sweets called cough candy twists....

[mamasheshe]

pear drops
and rhubarb and custard mmmmmmmmmmm

[babs]

ooo pear drops use to cut myself on theses too... omg my mouth is watering ....shhhh

[Toothfairy]

I love pear drops, the white ones used to make me cough!

Do you remember a 'Finger of Fudge', I think they came back a while ago.
Curly Wurly's were longer back in my day and crisps came plain with a little blue packet of salt in them.

Gosh I'm feeling realy old now

[Hebs]

candy sticks (the white ones) used to twirl the end in my mouth until the end went pointy


i actually bought some from a sweet stall today at the fair

[LOOPYLISA]

cause i use to suck it and sharp edge cut my tongue... they were like hard boiled sweets called cough candy twists....

No sorry i ment it as it always did me too

[mama2three]

mmm cough candy
aniseed twists
milk bottles
chewing nuts
spangles
and texan bars!

[LisaH]

Rosy apples and pineapple cubes!! Yummy

[tashaleee]

I always liked sweet tobacco - we have an old fashioned style sweet shop in a nearby town so I have paid it a few visits since it opened

[atmkids]

Does anyone remember Horlicks Tablets that you could buy from chemists? They were sweets made of Horlicks. I loved them, but no one else ever seems to remember them!

I remember these, I used to love them but I think they were an acquired taste.

I've always wanted to own my own sweet shop with all the jars. Do you think there'd be much call for one in a large village that already has a co-op, newsagents etc?

[Toothfairy]

Yuk, didn't like Horlicks sweets or Fishermans friends .