poohbear 1,360 Posted June 16, 2013 Report Share Posted June 16, 2013 Is this the thread for discussing the Titanic? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sheridan 7 Posted June 16, 2013 Report Share Posted June 16, 2013 A bit off topic i know but "Suckers" were frozen fruit juice on a stick? I remember once we went to london and my dad asked for five "suckers", the Cockney in the shop didn't know what they were he replied with a laugh, "Your the Sucker, Mate" Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,457 Posted June 16, 2013 Report Share Posted June 16, 2013 A bit off topic i know but "Suckers" were frozen fruit juice on a stick? I remember once we went to london and my dad asked for five "suckers", the Cockney in the shop didn't know what they were he replied with a laugh, "Your the Sucker, Mate" No...I think you're ON topic. Like poohbear, I'm trying to work out why post #50 is in a thread about Old Fashioned Sweets. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
poohbear 1,360 Posted June 16, 2013 Report Share Posted June 16, 2013 Talking of Titanic...Licorice, any other old gits on here remember those halfpenny sticks? 5 inches long, bit thinner than a pencil and ROCK HARD!! now that was licorice!...Strong,gave you a black tongue,and made you regular for a month. By the way, most in the trade use Licorice,but Liquorice is just as acceptable. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
fch782c 144 Posted June 16, 2013 Report Share Posted June 16, 2013 Anybody know if liquorice wood is still available? I remember years ago my mum would buy it from a herbalist shop on Mansfield Rd in town just up from Vic Centre on the on the left Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Stan 386 Posted June 16, 2013 Report Share Posted June 16, 2013 See #46 fch782c Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beefsteak 305 Posted June 16, 2013 Report Share Posted June 16, 2013 No...I think you're ON topic. Like poohbear, I'm trying to work out why post #50 is in a thread about Old Fashioned Sweets. You're the mod , move it !! Anybody know if liquorice wood is still available? I remember years ago my mum would buy it from a herbalist shop on Mansfield Rd in town just up from Vic Centre on the on the left no2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Paulus 541 Posted June 16, 2013 Report Share Posted June 16, 2013 Used to love Palm Toffee bars, flavoured sandwich layer between two toffee layers.................banana, strawberry, lemon, lime???????????? cost all of 3d, half pocket money.......................gone on the one Palm Toffee binge!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Merthyr Imp 729 Posted June 16, 2013 Report Share Posted June 16, 2013 Fry's Chocolate Sandwich bars - you could get two kinds: either two layers of milk chocolate with a plain chocolate layer between them or the other way around. Then there was Fry's Five Boys as well. Probably all cost 6d - everything did in those days, except Kit-Kat which was 5d. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
barclaycon 569 Posted June 16, 2013 Report Share Posted June 16, 2013 The thing is, all those things used to taste great at the time. Aztec bars, Caramac, Mars, Pink Panther..... Mars used to be a really nice chocolate bar - lovely gooey caramel etc. I tried one recently and it tasted nothing like I remembered. Same is true of Galaxy chocolate. It use to be a really nice creamy taste, now it tastes powdery and clogging. And before anyone suggests that its just my memory playing tricks, it's not. All of these things have been cheapened over the years. If you look in the list of ingredients you will see thinks like 'padding' or caolin. Quite simply (supposedly) inert substances which just add weight. In fact, caolin is actually clay! I recently saw that Kinder bars - which used to be lovely, now say 'More milk Less cocao' on them. In other words, less expensive ingredients, more cheap stuff (i.e. milk powder). Trying to find decent sweets these days is hard work - and I've got a sweet tooth! Your best bet is to go to places like Holland and Barrett - where you can get decent liquorice that doesn't just taste like treacle. One other tip - try cake decorations. Silver Spoon make lovely strawberry buttons. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
piggy and babs 544 Posted June 16, 2013 Report Share Posted June 16, 2013 fry five flavoured chocolate bar different flavoured creams covered in dark chocolate strawberry blackberry lemon lime and coffee if i remmember right used to love them. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
piggy and babs 544 Posted June 16, 2013 Report Share Posted June 16, 2013 think it had special name but not sure what it was licorice root sticks are available in quite a few of the old fashtioned sweet shops all over the place now Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Trevor S 2,003 Posted June 16, 2013 Report Share Posted June 16, 2013 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
barclaycon 569 Posted June 17, 2013 Report Share Posted June 17, 2013 Yeah. They were nice! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
poohbear 1,360 Posted June 17, 2013 Report Share Posted June 17, 2013 Not to forget Frys Peppermint Cream...still available, but not 4d any more...just 25X the price nowadays. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jackson 301 Posted June 17, 2013 Report Share Posted June 17, 2013 'Fry's Five Centre', such a delight back then; pink, orange, green and light brown, all these lovely colours in a chocolate bar - how clever the Confectioners. Saturday morning errands done and with the rewards of my work jangling in my pocket, I'd treat myself to a 'Five Centre' - savouring every bit of it. PS: Thanks Trevor for the beautiful, colourful poster. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
piggy and babs 544 Posted June 17, 2013 Report Share Posted June 17, 2013 yeh thanks trevor was raspberry not lemon as i thought making my moth water nowneed chocolate better go and see if i got any in my fridge know i got a pk chocolate raisins they will do Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Merthyr Imp 729 Posted June 17, 2013 Report Share Posted June 17, 2013 i got a pk chocolate raisins they will do Ah - Sun-Pat chocolate raisins! They used to be in a yellow and red box with a paper packet inside containing the rasins. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
piggy and babs 544 Posted June 17, 2013 Report Share Posted June 17, 2013 went downstairs to chocopan quasants for brunch and my son had brought me a plain chocolate bounty so i have now eaten that too leave my raisins till later. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
piggy and babs 544 Posted June 17, 2013 Report Share Posted June 17, 2013 i buy my chocolate rasins from llidle 200 g for less than 50p and good quality chocolate too Quote Link to post Share on other sites
carni 10,094 Posted June 17, 2013 Report Share Posted June 17, 2013 Can you remember the Fry's Five Boys bar,with the little boy who went from desperation to happy expectation when he gets the chocolate,well the little boy was called Lindsay Poulton,the photo's were taken in 1886 by his father,and Grandfather and uncle,he originally wore a sailor suit but was later change to striped jumper.the way they got little Lindsay to look so desperate in the first picture was to put a cloth soaked in photographers ammonia round his neck,he was 5yrs old and Fry's paid him £200 for exclusive use of the photo's (I bet Elf and Safety would have some thing to say)In 1962 Lindsay was living in East Providence,Rhode Island,The Five Boys Bar was discontinued in 1976. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Michael Booth 7,364 Posted June 17, 2013 Report Share Posted June 17, 2013 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Michael Booth 7,364 Posted June 17, 2013 Report Share Posted June 17, 2013 Are these the chocolate bars, carni? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
carni 10,094 Posted June 17, 2013 Report Share Posted June 17, 2013 That's the one Michael,mmmmmmmmmmmmm Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fynger 841 Posted June 17, 2013 Report Share Posted June 17, 2013 Who else 'cept me remember Topics with Cherries in Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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