A blast from the past. (Favourite sweets when you were a kid)

geetee · Jan 15, 2017

Anyone remember Airfix Betta Builder an English version of Lego, much smaller bricks and all the rage in the 60s.

(however If you remember the 60s you were never there, apparently!)

Chippy_Tea · Jan 15, 2017

Bigcol49 said:
Hi!
Where's the Spangles? Penny Arrow bars? Aztec bar? etc. etc.

Sorted -

geetee · Jan 15, 2017

I even remember milk motoring chocolate from Rowntrees when their chocolate was nice. probably the precursor for the later Yorkie with a much changed chocolate recipe.

My dad worked for Rowntree's and brought home great big bags of reject sweets such as smarties, kit kats, lion bars and Texans ( Remember the ad on telly, "Stranger we are Texans") probably accounts for all the fillings in the teeth I have left!

Razor · Jan 15, 2017

Chippy_Tea said:

What is (was) a Cadbury Aztec bar?

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Chippy_Tea · Jan 15, 2017

I remember the bar but not how it tasted, this is its description.

The Aztec Chocolate Bar was very similar to the Mars Bar and was made by Cadbury in the 1970s. There used to be about a five minute advert for them at the cinema. They were quite scrummy and half a penny cheaper than Mars Bars.

Chippy_Tea · Jan 15, 2017

"Favourite sweets when you were a kid" added to title.

(my lad has just told me you can still get them)

Chippy_Tea · Jan 15, 2017

Razor · Jan 15, 2017

Chippy_Tea said:

My kids have taken a strange likening to PEZ recently I seem to remember them not tasting of anything.

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Razor · Jan 15, 2017

Chippy_Tea said:
"Favourite sweets when you were a kid" added to title.

(my lad has just told me you can still get them)

I think that should be your next thread Chippy.
You can still get curly wurlys we've got a few round the house from selection boxes. Not as good as the deep fried one I got in Scotland though.

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geetee · Jan 15, 2017

Chippy_Tea said:
"Favourite sweets when you were a kid" added to title.

(my lad has just told me you can still get them)

They are not as curly and definitely not as wurly as they used to be just like most sweets. When I was about 10 I remember one big lad at school who could fit a whole mars bar in his mouth sideways. Now I reckon most kids could get two in side by side, they are so small!

Bigcol49 · Jan 15, 2017

Razor said:
What is (was) a Cadbury Aztec bar?

Hi!
It had nougat and cherries, if I recall correctly. It was released regionally to "test the waters" but must have been deemed unsuccessful as it was withdrawn. On school days I used to walk down to the local shop at lunchtime for an Aztec bar.

Gunge · Jan 15, 2017

Space Dust, from the mid seventies?

Chippy_Tea · Jan 15, 2017

Chippy_Tea · Jan 15, 2017

Fuse bars, if its possible to become addicted to a chocolate bar it came close with this one for me.

Gunge · Jan 15, 2017

Never heard of Fuse bars, chippy. Looks like a prototype for Wispa going by the design.

Chippy_Tea · Jan 15, 2017

Dentists made a killing back then. :lol:

[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bn-0w604dEs[/ame]

[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KonahYsx8O4[/ame]

BREWERS DROOP · Jan 15, 2017

Try these old school treats

Chippy_Tea · Jan 15, 2017

BREWERS DROOP · Jan 15, 2017

Chippy_Tea said:

Got some of them buggers for xmas

Chippy_Tea · Jan 15, 2017

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