Sweets from our childhood

[lizzylard]

Can you remember the sweets we had as children, I will always remember the 1d luckly dip bags what great joy when you open them,woolworths pick and mix,oh happy dayd and me being a type 1 diabetic as well.

[MuddyWitch]

*Gives away age*

Spangles!

MW

[oldfella]

Sherbet with a liquorice stick.

[growingthings]

Blackjacks, Fruit salads and

mojos *dreamy smile*

[becks77]

Rainbow crystals in a pointed paper bag

[lsm1066]

Rhubarb and custard, sherbet fountains, sherbet paper twists, tom thumb pips...............

And if you're anywhere near Kings Lynn, there's a shop that sells them all. And yes, you can ask for a quarter of bullseyes! And they do mail order too! Have a look at http://www.queeniessweetshop.co.uk/

Lynne

[circlecross]

flying saucers with sherbert inside.

[StripyPixieSocks]

Texans were always my favourite...

[Millymollymandy]

Edible necklaces.

[Loobyloo]

Soor Plooms



mmmmm, impossible to get down here. I miss them.

[Thurston Garden]

Soor Plooms



mmmmm, impossible to get down here. I miss them.

Mmmmm. Problem solved

[Milims]

Satin cushions and cabanas - mmmmmm!

[Shabba]

Parma violets, candy cigarettes and cola bottles were my faves.

Does anyone remember spacedust, that stuff that used to crackle on your tongue and bounce about in your mouth!?

Also, I lived in a seaside town full of tacky gift shops and they always used to sell sweets that looked like pebbles off the beach. The problem was they actually tasted like pebbles aswell until you got through the hard shell to the soft bit in the middle, so they weren't very popular!

And those cheap imitation smarties made of inferior chocolate, but we'd buy them anyway as they came in such excellent packaging, like a little plastic toadstool that you could use as a moneybox afterwards once you'd wretched your way through the revolting contents!

[Rosendula]

teddy bears - little jelly bears 1/2p each

Shabba, I preferred the chocolate cigarettes because they came wrapped in an edible paper. I thought it was great that you could eat paper and I was more bothered about that than the chocolate.

[Odsox]

Gobstoppers.
Winter mixture .. especially the red & white striped clove flavoured ones.
Old English Spangles.
Liquorice bootlaces.
Victory V lozenges (although I think you can still get those)