DO YOU REMEMBER WHEN ....... THINGS YOU USED TO LOVE BUT CANT BUY NOW!!!

**rickysmiths** · 25-04-2012, 08:05 PM

Originally Posted by Bridey

Abbey Crunch biscuits. They were round and crunch and oaty and syrupy and the best dunking biscuit ever. I even rang McVities to find out where I could get some but they had been discontinued

Oh now I'm showing my age

I remember those they were yummy and yes super for dunking.

**MAWI** · 25-04-2012, 08:11 PM

Pacers(sweets).
And going to the local sweet shop to buy half penny sweets. Two sweets for a penny. My ten pence used to go far, lol.

**Playmate** · 25-04-2012, 08:27 PM

blackjacks and fruit salads 8 for a penny

**kindredspirits** · 25-04-2012, 08:31 PM

Originally Posted by tinksplace

I used to get a sugar mouse as a treat for Christmas off my old Nan, I saw them in the shop this year but they were half the size and about £1! I also remember my great aunt giving me 3p and I would go to the shop and buy a curly wurly! 3p for a curly wurly!

me too - (the sugar mouse that is) you can still buy original ones in Harrogate!!

It used to take me a week to eat one and you'd end up with just a bum and some string!!

**kindredspirits** · 25-04-2012, 08:32 PM

Originally Posted by Playmate

blackjacks and fruit salads 8 for a penny

How old are you?!!?

**PixiePetal** · 25-04-2012, 08:41 PM

Originally Posted by Playmate

blackjacks and fruit salads 8 for a penny

shame we didn't have even a penny to spend on sweets most of the time - or I had to share them.

Still buy fruit salads and drumstick lollies. Dip dabs are a fave too - glad you can still get them. Disappointed that sherbet fountains are now in plastic tubes

**rickysmiths** · 25-04-2012, 09:02 PM

Originally Posted by kindredspirits

How old are you?!!?

She isn't as old as me and I don't remember how much they cost.!!!

I do remember when petrol cost 4/6d a gallon (22.5p)

Those were the days. When I started driving in 1973 I used to put £2 of petrol in my mums car.

I first had my own car (1983), a Sunbeam Sport twin carb Imp in bright yellow, never lost it in a car park!

It cost £6 to fill the tank and I could get from London to Bath and back and do a week of driving on a tank!

**loocyloo** · 25-04-2012, 09:11 PM

Originally Posted by cs01

If they are what I think they are then they are called Goldfish ( I lived in USA for 5 years

)

I used to love Pacers - those green and white stripey chewy sweets.

i saw some goldfish the other week

and nearly bought them! i used to love them! it would have been asda/tesco or morrisons !!!

just found them on amazon http://www.amazon.co.uk/Pepperidge-F....5388464&sr=1-1

i loved pacers

and i remember those piglet crisps & the fish & chips !!!

awww dinosaur eggs

& nerds (although i found nerds somewhere a while back

)

i love sweeties!

& chocolate

& crisps

my nanna used to buy a box of iced cupcakes - either all chocolate or lemon & orange. they were in silver cases & the icing was soft, but hard & went all the way to the side & if you wre really careful you could peel it off & eat it seperately

**helengreen13** · 25-04-2012, 09:19 PM

I used to love mojo,s, 4 for half pence. Strawberry pips too and sweet peanuts x

**angeldelight** · 25-04-2012, 09:28 PM

Originally Posted by Rubybubbles

Not sweet savoury for me

Cheetos, really cheesy crisps bit like niknaks but so strong!

also remember buying a rubix for £1

I saw cheetos on Amazon the other day ha

Angel xx

**Twinkles** · 25-04-2012, 10:43 PM

I can't get into size 8 leather trousers anymore - really not the same smexiness level at size 20 !!

**EmmaReed84** · 26-04-2012, 05:22 AM

Oh I remember when Starbusrts used to be opal fruits!

I was in bed last night and it popped in my head.... Vice Versa's the chocolate sweets with a milk chocolate shell and white chocolate inside, and a white chcolate shell with milk chocolate inside.... YUMMY!

Black jack and fruit salads... that takes me back to when I was really little and living in Germany, each morning me and my Mum were walking (can't remember where or why) but we always saw this lady delievering stuff and she always without fail gave me a handful of black jacks and fruit salads... I think I was about 4 at the time, but I still remember it!

**angeldelight** · 26-04-2012, 06:13 AM

Originally Posted by EmmaReed84

Oh I remember when Starbusrts used to be opal fruits!

I was in bed last night and it popped in my head.... Vice Versa's the chocolate sweets with a milk chocolate shell and white chocolate inside, and a white chcolate shell with milk chocolate inside.... YUMMY!

Black jack and fruit salads... that takes me back to when I was really little and living in Germany, each morning me and my Mum were walking (can't remember where or why) but we always saw this lady delievering stuff and she always without fail gave me a handful of black jacks and fruit salads... I think I was about 4 at the time, but I still remember it!

Vise Versas I remember them yum

Funny how we all remember food and sweets

Angel xx

**Toothfairy** · 26-04-2012, 06:38 AM

Originally Posted by Playmate

blackjacks and fruit salads 8 for a penny

I remember that

**gegele** · 26-04-2012, 06:48 AM

I miss the real coca cola bottle sweets. they taste nothing like they use to.

we also had sweet called "tongue" in france. they were so acidic that you couldn't help but make a face at first and if you ate a few your tongue would split!!!

they changed them gradually and made them sweeter and less "strong"

**desiderata** · 26-04-2012, 06:58 AM

been reading this with interest and remembering all the sweets you mention and theres one I wanted to add but I cant remember the name of it now. It was like a bounty but it had cherries in too. It was yummy xx Brains working overtime trying to remember name x

**Playmate** · 26-04-2012, 07:24 AM

Originally Posted by kindredspirits

How old are you?!!?

You can go off some people you know

In our local shop they would let us have 4 for 1/2p if the the nice lady was serving. Someone else mentioned finger of fudge being 10p, I can remember it at 2p!

**Stormy** · 26-04-2012, 08:00 AM

Originally Posted by desiderata

been reading this with interest and remembering all the sweets you mention and theres one I wanted to add but I cant remember the name of it now. It was like a bounty but it had cherries in too. It was yummy xx Brains working overtime trying to remember name x

I think it was cabana I remember those.

I loved a chewy kind of tube shaped bar covered in peanuts i think it was called nutty.
Also in the local market the lady on the sweet stall used to sell mint liquorice allsorts all white black and green

**loocyloo** · 26-04-2012, 08:24 AM

ooo, i loves cabanaz, sisn't they have a sort of caramel bit too? or am i imagining my dream chocolate ? !!!

i used to love tiger tots in a green bag ... when you got jelly tots in a yellow bag and the dolly mixture one in a pick bag ...

every time i look at this thread, i am reminded of more sweets i used to love!

**angeldelight** · 26-04-2012, 08:37 AM

Originally Posted by loocyloo

ooo, i loves cabanaz, sisn't they have a sort of caramel bit too? or am i imagining my dream chocolate ? !!!

i used to love tiger tots in a green bag ... when you got jelly tots in a yellow bag and the dolly mixture one in a pick bag ...

every time i look at this thread, i am reminded of more sweets i used to love!

Yes same here

I am not sure I remember cabanaz though so I am going to search see if I can find it

Angel xx