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On 23/06/2017 at 1:03 AM, Oztalgian said:

Fry's Tiffin was one of my favourites, the biscuits made it much better than the Cadbury fruit and nut

 

 

 

Found this in the same museum as the previous post.  Reproducing it especially for Oztalgian:

 

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...and this:

 

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If I had any spare money I would occasionally invest in one of these:

Re# 130. Maybe the decrease in size of various chocolate bars, snacks and biscuits is due to the enforced introduction of metrication. Also on some I notice, the type of chocolate has altered. Perhaps

I think it was Berridge Rd. Central near to Stanley Rd. Jill although I'm sure lots of sweet shops sold them. I lived on Russell Rd. and loved the shops nearby. Such a choice of newsagents, chippies,

Good one Compo, Thanks.

Some chocolate wrappers on there that I have never seen and brands that I have not heard of.

I really liked Fry's Milk Sandwich Chocolate when I was a little-un.

Weren't Duncans the first company to make the Walnut Whip?

I remember Kunzle cakes but have never seen their chocolate.

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Compo, Your post got me thinking about some of my all time favourites, whilst not strictly sweets or chocolate what about Tunnock's?

Their teacakes, Snowballs and Caramel Wafers were Yummo.

 

On a slightly weird chocolate? treat, I can remember going to a BBQ whilst working in the USA in the 80's and having crispy bacon dipped in chocolate. Two of the essential food groups in one treat. What a great idea!

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Oztalgian: I always have Tunnocks wafer biscuits in stock at home.  It is customary, here in Scotland, to offer a Tunnocks wafer biscuit to visitors with a cup of tea or coffee.  I remember when working on a council project in the Orkney Isles many years ago - almost every householder offered tea and Tunnocks.  Gained several pounds in weight during that contract!

 

....and yes, Duncan's were the original walnut whip manufacturers; this from Wiki: "Launched in 1910 by Duncan's of Edinburgh...."

 

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Compo, I'll have to come for a cup of tea if Tunnock's wafers are on offer.

 

I have just found out that you can get Tunnock's Tea Cakes and Snowballs in the major supermarkets here. Teacakes come in a pack of 6, 126 grams at the equivalent of 3 pounds 66p How does that compare to the UK? I have just added them to the shopping list, never thought of looking before. I cannot find the wafers except from specialist imported sweet shops.

 

The Walnut Whips I remember had a walnut on top as well as inside. So disappointed a few weeks ago when I tried one from the local British sweet shop, No walnut inside?


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Tunnock's Tea Cakes (pack of 6) are £1 in Tesco.  Personally, I prefer the plain chocolate variety which I have to go to Poundland for.

 

The Nestle's Walnut Whips have not had a nut inside for many years.

 

Re Duncan's, I remember in our pub in the mid-1950s we sold bars of nut chocolate made by Duncan's rather than the usual Cadbury version.

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On 20/06/2017 at 6:43 PM, LizzieM said:

I used to love Wagon Wheels, haven't bought any for a long time but have noticed they're a lot smaller. As are another favourite, Mars Bars! 

Metricated :)

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We'll soon be able to devour them in one go at this rate...... Oops, I already can !

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On 04/07/2017 at 0:40 PM, Oztalgian said:

    The Walnut Whips I remember had a walnut on top as well as inside. So disappointed a few weeks ago when I tried one from the local British sweet shop, No walnut inside?
 

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The brazil nut in the purple foil in Q Street was replaced by a hazlenut 50 years ago.....they kept the brazil shape though...and failed to advertise the fact. :rolleyes:

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On 04/07/2017 at 3:35 PM, MelissaJKelly said:

Wagon Wheels are still one of my all time favourites too! Absolutely delicious. Getting smaller and smaller though!

 

According the the Robert Opie Museum of packaging, the original Weston's Waggon Wheel was 3¼ inches in diameter. I do't know what the original thickness was but you can bet it was similarly larger than that of today.  Today's Waggon Wheel is a tad under 21% smaller in surface area but take into account the thickness and it is more likely to be 30-40% smaller in volume, at a guess.  There are many sites on the web that discuss the size of this biscuit but they all refer to Burton's claiming not to have reduced the size.  They seem to fail to grasp that Weston's were the original producers and that the size may have shrunk over the transfer of the business to Burton's.

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5 hours ago, Oztalgian said:

Merthyr Imp #181 A quid! they are over three and a half times that in Oz. Are we being ripped off or what?

 

I suppose they add in shipping costs.  Is there no Australian-manufactured equivalent, e.g. like Marmite and Vegemite?

 

I must say I wouldn't pay £3.50 even for the plain chocolate variety!

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Nibbits, Loved them. Memories...Sunday lunch time, behind the Chesterfield Arms, Mam and her Shandy, Dad popping out every so often, to top us all up and keep us quiet for a bit longer, while he played cards with his pals inside.

 

The nearest I get these days to Nibbits are called Teddies, nothing like them really, but with a lot of imagination I can get that old childhood feeling back.:)

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On 10/09/2017 at 8:28 AM, Jill Sparrow said:

What about Potato Puffs? They were on sale at playtime when I was at Berridge!

 

I loved these as a kid.  It was only on rare occasions that I had enough money to buy a packet but I savoured every moment of their eating...droool.

 

Found Lemon Puff biscuits in Tescos the other week but they were nothing at all like the original ones.  Wrong texture and hardly any lemon flavour.

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