| Still a sucker for sweets....excuse the pun. 22:39 - May 24 with 3052 views | qpr_1968 |
as a kid used to love em, as one does.
but having kids and grandkids the old sweet tooth comes back.
cola cubes and bon bons years ago, but now seem to be addicted to m'm's.
anyone else got a sweet tooth. |  |
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| Still a sucker for sweets....excuse the pun. on 22:56 - May 24 with 2560 views | colinallcars |
So many....pear drops, milk bottles, liquorice allsorts especially the ones with the little beads on. Oh and marzipan fruits. |  | | |
| Still a sucker for sweets....excuse the pun. on 23:15 - May 24 with 2543 views | LythamR |
| Still a sucker for sweets....excuse the pun. on 22:56 - May 24 by colinallcars |
So many....pear drops, milk bottles, liquorice allsorts especially the ones with the little beads on. Oh and marzipan fruits. |
recently rediscovered
Pear Drops
Sherbert Lemons
Gummy Bears
almost orders Fruit Salads and Black Jacks but the Tooth Fairy said NO! |  | | |
| Still a sucker for sweets....excuse the pun. on 23:17 - May 24 with 2537 views | qpr_1968 |
liked pear drops, always used to cut the roof of my mouth. | |
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| Still a sucker for sweets....excuse the pun. on 23:21 - May 24 with 2532 views | itsbiga |
As a kid it was sherbert lemons, cola cubes and lemon bon bons. I did like those powdery milk bottles too.
Now i munch Skittles sours until i have no skin left in my mouth. [Post edited 24 May 2020 23:23]
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| Still a sucker for sweets....excuse the pun. on 23:37 - May 24 with 2516 views | ted_hendrix |
As a nipper sherbert dabs and pineapple chunks also multi coloured liquorice comfits.
Nowadays I could eat raspberry ruffles till I exploded, I love em. |  |
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| Still a sucker for sweets....excuse the pun. on 09:54 - May 25 with 2418 views | QPRSteve |
One of my favourites as a kid were raspberry eclairs. They were like Cadburys Eclair toffees but had a raspberry centre instead of chocolate.
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| Still a sucker for sweets....excuse the pun. on 10:10 - May 25 with 2407 views | Stanisgod |
Curly whirlies, although now only half the size.
Randoms juicers.
Milky Bar. |  |
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| Still a sucker for sweets....excuse the pun. on 10:48 - May 25 with 2399 views | loftboy |
The peanut Yorkie, why oh why did they stop making that.
As a kid growing up in the late 60’s early 70’s my mum worked in a news agents near my school,every day a huge bag of sweets was ready for me on the way home,was meant to be 10 pence worth but had loads more, I now have more fillings than the M1 |  |
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| Still a sucker for sweets....excuse the pun. on 10:57 - May 25 with 2396 views | qpr_1968 |
does anyone remember toffee glees and fruit glees.
same size as the skittles of today and the fruit ones tasted just the same.
the toffee ones were a mixture of dark brown and light brown in the same packet, but were the best.
cant even find them on the internet...... | |
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| Still a sucker for sweets....excuse the pun. on 11:00 - May 25 with 2394 views | Mick_S |
| Still a sucker for sweets....excuse the pun. on 10:57 - May 25 by qpr_1968 |
does anyone remember toffee glees and fruit glees.
same size as the skittles of today and the fruit ones tasted just the same.
the toffee ones were a mixture of dark brown and light brown in the same packet, but were the best.
cant even find them on the internet...... |
Rare groove. |  |
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| Still a sucker for sweets....excuse the pun. on 11:01 - May 25 with 2393 views | qpr_1968 |
| Still a sucker for sweets....excuse the pun. on 11:00 - May 25 by Mick_S |
Rare groove. |
well done mick, shows how old they are 3p, jesus. | |
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| Still a sucker for sweets....excuse the pun. on 11:15 - May 25 with 2381 views | Mick_S |
The biggest anti-climax sweet collection out there.
The little green soldiers that had parachutes attached were ok for a while. | |
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| Still a sucker for sweets....excuse the pun. on 11:21 - May 25 with 2378 views | qpr_1968 |
| Still a sucker for sweets....excuse the pun. on 11:15 - May 25 by Mick_S |
The biggest anti-climax sweet collection out there.
The little green soldiers that had parachutes attached were ok for a while. |
we had them but were called lucky bags.
the galaxy chocolate back then was a completely different taste, for the better, and more expensive than the other chocolate, today they all taste the same. | |
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| Still a sucker for sweets....excuse the pun. on 11:24 - May 25 with 2372 views | Mick_S |
Phwoar...
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| Still a sucker for sweets....excuse the pun. on 15:42 - May 25 with 2316 views | Lblock |
Flying saucers
Basically just a lump of sherbert in a thin wafer outer layer.
It’s the simple things.....
I also miss a good old fashioned slush puppy. The modern day equivalents just don’t cut it |  |
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| Still a sucker for sweets....excuse the pun. on 18:38 - May 25 with 2273 views | QPRSteve |
| Still a sucker for sweets....excuse the pun. on 15:42 - May 25 by Lblock |
Flying saucers
Basically just a lump of sherbert in a thin wafer outer layer.
It’s the simple things.....
I also miss a good old fashioned slush puppy. The modern day equivalents just don’t cut it |
Slush Puppies are for wimps.
Break your teeth on one of these:
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| Still a sucker for sweets....excuse the pun. on 23:18 - May 25 with 2216 views | DWQPR |
Given that Dad has a newsagents and general store at the bottom end of Thorpebank Road I should be an officianado in all things sweets. And certainly the state of my teeth nowadays confirms my early investigations into all things sugary. Gone are the days that I can now safely eat toffee or strawberry Bon bons, cola cubes, pineapple chunks, pear drops or even sherbet pips. Cough candy was a no no back then along with rhubarb and custard. For ten pence you could certainly fill up a bag with sweets, four fruit salads or black jacks for a penny, shrimps, bananas, chocolate bananas, jelly dummies, flying saucers, chocolate tools, sherbet dibdabs, the list is endless but for me the best packet of sweets was Cola Spangles. Loved them. | |
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| Still a sucker for sweets....excuse the pun. on 23:20 - May 25 with 2215 views | Metallica_Hoop |
Mint imperials, Aniseed twists and Sour fizzy stuff are my favourites. |  |
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| Still a sucker for sweets....excuse the pun. on 23:25 - May 25 with 2208 views | CliveWilsonSaid |
| Still a sucker for sweets....excuse the pun. on 15:42 - May 25 by Lblock |
Flying saucers
Basically just a lump of sherbert in a thin wafer outer layer.
It’s the simple things.....
I also miss a good old fashioned slush puppy. The modern day equivalents just don’t cut it |
I've never seen blue like Slush Puppy blue.
Wasn't it Raspberry flavour or something?
*Edit - Yep just checked. Blue Raspberry obviously. [Post edited 25 May 2020 23:26]
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| Still a sucker for sweets....excuse the pun. on 18:11 - May 26 with 2118 views | Toast_R |
| Still a sucker for sweets....excuse the pun. on 23:25 - May 25 by CliveWilsonSaid |
I've never seen blue like Slush Puppy blue.
Wasn't it Raspberry flavour or something?
*Edit - Yep just checked. Blue Raspberry obviously. [Post edited 25 May 2020 23:26]
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Raspberry, Cherry, Grape, Orange, Lime. If you bought a large one you could mix 2 up.
As for sweets, Spirmint Pacers. |  | | |
| Still a sucker for sweets....excuse the pun. on 20:53 - May 26 with 2074 views | Guppy |
| Still a sucker for sweets....excuse the pun. on 11:00 - May 25 by Mick_S |
Rare groove. |
Reminds me of the song we used to sing as kids playing tag "cant catch me cant catch me for a toffee glee" | | | |
| Still a sucker for sweets....excuse the pun. on 22:08 - May 26 with 2046 views | Lblock |
| Still a sucker for sweets....excuse the pun. on 18:38 - May 25 by QPRSteve |
Slush Puppies are for wimps.
Break your teeth on one of these:
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My days
I remember buying those from the newsagents on Northfields Avenue as a "mob", walking to Lammas park, playing football for 2 hours and that thing would STILL be a lump of solid orange ice!
Memories | |
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| Still a sucker for sweets....excuse the pun. on 22:12 - May 26 with 2044 views | qpr_1968 |
| Still a sucker for sweets....excuse the pun. on 22:08 - May 26 by Lblock |
My days
I remember buying those from the newsagents on Northfields Avenue as a "mob", walking to Lammas park, playing football for 2 hours and that thing would STILL be a lump of solid orange ice!
Memories |
those and the super sized gob stoppers, the size of a ping pong ball, that would probably be banned for health and safety reasons now. | |
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| Still a sucker for sweets....excuse the pun. on 22:17 - May 26 with 2041 views | Lblock |
| Still a sucker for sweets....excuse the pun. on 22:12 - May 26 by qpr_1968 |
those and the super sized gob stoppers, the size of a ping pong ball, that would probably be banned for health and safety reasons now. |
Am I imagining it or did they do a gob stopper decorated to look like an eyeball? | |
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| Still a sucker for sweets....excuse the pun. on 22:21 - May 26 with 2038 views | qpr_1968 |
| Still a sucker for sweets....excuse the pun. on 22:17 - May 26 by Lblock |
Am I imagining it or did they do a gob stopper decorated to look like an eyeball? |
you could be right, just before they died out they started to decorate them, I think they even had a peanut in the middle. | |
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