Sweets

[Chippy_Tea]

 

[Clint]

Used to get 1p chewing gum from Mrs Chan who had the shop next door to my mams house...she charged 2p for them!
Fake fags,coconut tobacco, fruit salads,toffee log,blackjacks,sherbet dip (dog didn't care much for it!)those chocolate buttons with 100s and 1000s stuck to them,flying saucers. Me and my mate used to wait for Mrs Chan to go out then nip into the shop and sit on the floor until Wendy the shop assistant,who was a pushover, gave us sweets to clear off!
Who went looking for pop bottles to get the 2p return money?

 

[Chippy_Tea]

Chocolate limes (still buy them regularly today)

White mice, pink mice, strawberry bonbons, white chocolate buttons with 100s and 1000s stuck to them, aniseed balls, coconut mushrooms, sour dummies.

Who went looking for pop bottles to get the 2p return money?

We did that

 

[Clint]

Mrs Chan started stamping a purple symbol on the bottle labels as we were taking all sorts of stuff found in hedges and filthy.
I soon sorted that with a purple felt tip pen.

 

[Sneedhearn]

1/4lb of midget gems, brandy balls or clove rock would have been my confection of choice back in the day. I was partial also to a lucky mine because you had the chance of finding a 1p coin embedded in it! A health and safety nightmare.

 

[Chippy_Tea]

All the older members will remember these -

 

[grooves]

Cola cubes 100%

 

[Leon103]

Sour Apples. For a treat I take the kids into the newer 'traditional' sweet shops. Jesus, usually costs me over £20

 

[Twostage]

Anaseed balls with the seed in the middle.

 

[jof]

For those who were kids in the 70's, space dust

 

[Chippy_Tea]

For those who were kids in the 70's, space dust

Did you buy that off a bloke in the bogs in the local pub

 

[phildo79]

Banana Splits. Hard boiled, not the lollies or chews. Haven't been able to get them in years.

 

[Rodcx500z]

Coltsfoot rock, spanish gold, and a foot long mars bar