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Remember your favourite sweets?

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Winlaton1

Winlaton1 Report 9 Apr 2012 20:31

Can you remember all the old sweets you got as a kid like sherbert fountains with stick of liqorice,friut salads/blackjacks?
What others can you remember?? :-D

Bertett

Bertett Report 9 Apr 2012 20:33

my favourites were pineapple chunks

Researching:
Yates,Tonks,Dale,Cranage,Spink

Winlaton1

Winlaton1 Report 9 Apr 2012 20:33

cola cubes

Eeyore13

Eeyore13 Report 9 Apr 2012 20:38

pear drops & aniseed balls :-)

Von

Von Report 9 Apr 2012 20:41

Bullseyes :-) :-)

Carol 430181

Carol 430181 Report 9 Apr 2012 21:24

Cough candy, remember a little shop in Islington, they used to make all the old fashioned sweets and the man had a captain hook hand and used to pull and twist the candy, never tasted any as good since.

Carol

Researching:
Vosper Cornwall /Devon. Courtney Cornwall. Arundel Cornwall. Godolphin Cornwall. Tremethick Cornwall. Langdon Cornwall/Devon. Buley Devon. Parsons Cornwall. Bains(wish I knew) Samuels London.

StrayKitten

StrayKitten Report 9 Apr 2012 21:29

my littleman loves cough candy, mne so does his nan, lol,

ya can still get sherbert fountains, and most other old sweets

Researching:
It wasn't me

Foggy

Foggy Report 9 Apr 2012 21:29

Sharps toffee, Spanish wood, coconut ice sold in slabs, the shop keeper used to break it up and sell it by weight.

Carol 430181

Carol 430181 Report 9 Apr 2012 21:34

Oh I love coconut ice, sherbert fountains, nougart, pinapple cubes, in fact like everything ;-)

Carol

Researching:
Vosper Cornwall /Devon. Courtney Cornwall. Arundel Cornwall. Godolphin Cornwall. Tremethick Cornwall. Langdon Cornwall/Devon. Buley Devon. Parsons Cornwall. Bains(wish I knew) Samuels London.

Foggy

Foggy Report 9 Apr 2012 21:41

You little piggy Carol :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D

supercrutch

supercrutch Report 9 Apr 2012 21:45

As well as the above: flying saucers (my favourite) candy cigarettes and IMPS!!!

Researching:
Jones!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

lorraineakapuss

lorraineakapuss Report 9 Apr 2012 21:55

sasparella, sweets when we moved from durham to shrops they had never heard of them. :-D

Researching:
DONT JUDGE A BOOK BY ITS COVER YOU MAY MISS OUT ON A WONDERFUL FRIENDSHIP

AnninGlos

AnninGlos Report 9 Apr 2012 22:05

I was going to say flying saucers but Sue beat me to it, yes liked imps as well and something that looked like wood but tasted like liquorice. Liked sherbert fountains but also liked the sherbert powder that was yellow and sometimes pink that you ate by dipping in your finger. (Thinking about it hygene wasn't very good was it?)

Researching:
Photo spring Researching Somerset, Dorset, Hampshire, Derbyshire, Staffs, Devon, Glamorganshire. Ingram, Masters, Tamblyn, Knight, Warner, Bate, Allen, Riggs, Dominey, Duffin

Suzanne

Suzanne Report 9 Apr 2012 22:59

sweet peanuts,sherbert pips,cola cubes.nutty bars,pear drops,chocolate logs,spangles, no wonder i had a weight problem during my teens . :-D

Researching:
price,lambert,goodlass,mcdonald

Mersey

Mersey Report 9 Apr 2012 23:21

Mint pacers....like a mint opal fruit but without the fruit LOL

Fizz bombs.....the fizzier and sour the better!!!

Researching:
#Be Kind

Diamonds-R-A-Girls-Best-Friend

Diamonds-R-A-Girls-Best-Friend Report 9 Apr 2012 23:31

Gobstoppers and Toasted Tea Cakes

You can still buy both but I don't think they are the same

Researching:
The Family

GlitterBaby

GlitterBaby Report 9 Apr 2012 23:42

Rhubarb and custard

Sherbert lemons

Milk bottles


Mum still loves the pink shrimps

Researching:
PLEASE DO NOT: send me information concerning your thread on the board as it should be posted on your request where all members can see it. PLEASE DO NOT: ask me for help with lookups as they should be placed on the boards to get the best possible result. PLEASE DO NOT: open your tree just because I have posted information on your thread as I will not be related. THANK YOU. Researching Carter, Cass and Walker in England. Researching Caven, McKill, Sutherland and Will in Scotland.

Haribo

Haribo Report 9 Apr 2012 23:55

'Sherbert Fountains'?.......We called the Sherbert Dips in South London

Vera2010

Vera2010 Report 10 Apr 2012 00:57

Lemonade crystals. Can't remember whether it was liquorice or liquorice root to scoop them out. Lovely.

Vera

Researching:
McIntosh, Bruce, Fraser, Dock, Sifton Scotland & Ireland

LadyScozz

LadyScozz Report 10 Apr 2012 04:15

I loved Rowntrees Fruit Pastilles.......... are they still available?

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