... 1,411 Posted December 5, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 5, 2013 spangles Quote Link to post Share on other sites
... 1,411 Posted December 5, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 5, 2013 everlasting stick Quote Link to post Share on other sites
loppylugs 8,429 Posted December 6, 2013 Report Share Posted December 6, 2013 Murray mints. The too good to 'Urry mints. Sort of competition for Nuttals Mintos Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TGC 216 Posted December 6, 2013 Report Share Posted December 6, 2013 Yes, liquorice wood, or Spanish root we called it. I tasted some a while back and it was rotten. Did anyone else eat pitch? I seem to remember eating the chips of it from large blocks used for road mending. I hope to be resurfaced soon. Got me memory stimulted with this post. I still chew on liquorice roots nowadays. I get em from Holland and Barret, or even cheaper from the toffee shop on Carrington Street near the new Sainsburys shop. I think someone once told me they were good for me? Dad used to scrounge pitch (tar he called it) when we passed any roadworks, with the watchman sat in his little box with his brazier burning away, and keeping an eye on the level of fuel in his lamps. He's get out his trusty penknife and cut a few blocks for me chew and suck on. I wonder if it is made of the same stuff nowadays? Cheers. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TGC 216 Posted December 6, 2013 Report Share Posted December 6, 2013 Fry's Five Boys chocolate bar, Spangles and Treets were amongst my favourites - although mostly only viewed on the counter or in the windows. I recall trying some Horlicks tablets one... ergh! TTFN Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Merthyr Imp 729 Posted December 6, 2013 Report Share Posted December 6, 2013 Tizer i think they still make that i think it now comes under the Barrs label with Iron bru Yes, it's made by Barrs now - you can buy multipacks of the cans in Tesco. It's not as red as it used to be - more like the colour of Lucozade. If I remember right, Tizer used to be made by whichever company it was who made a brand of orangeade called Jusoda. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Commo 1,292 Posted December 6, 2013 Report Share Posted December 6, 2013 Re #23, still buy both makes of potted dog, and I loved Horlicks tablets !! (Sorry TGC!) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
... 1,411 Posted December 6, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 6, 2013 Commo did you like marmite or school milk in summer or semalina these were horrible i dont know about horlicks tablets i never tasted em Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bubblewrap 3,815 Posted December 6, 2013 Report Share Posted December 6, 2013 Never drank VIMTO after I discovered it is an anagram of VOMIT! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TGC 216 Posted December 6, 2013 Report Share Posted December 6, 2013 Re #23, still buy both makes of potted dog, and I loved Horlicks tablets !! (Sorry TGC!) I think it was psychosomatic my not liking Horlicks tablets. When I had double pneumonia, I remember Dad thinking they would be good for me? Cheers. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
katyjay 5,091 Posted December 6, 2013 Report Share Posted December 6, 2013 cake shop in worthing called julie scrumptious, and in lancing, a carpet shop called walter wall. [sorry can't do capitals, pecking away with 1 finger] Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bubblewrap 3,815 Posted December 6, 2013 Report Share Posted December 6, 2013 You can always use the caps lock key katyjay Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bubblewrap 3,815 Posted December 6, 2013 Report Share Posted December 6, 2013 There was a hair dressers called Curl up and dye. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
katyjay 5,091 Posted December 6, 2013 Report Share Posted December 6, 2013 LOOKS LIKE I'M SHOUTING, THEN. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
fch782c 144 Posted December 6, 2013 Report Share Posted December 6, 2013 Liquorice imps loved em but not seen em in years Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fynger 841 Posted December 7, 2013 Report Share Posted December 7, 2013 Bought some not long ago in out local chemist. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Paulus 541 Posted December 7, 2013 Report Share Posted December 7, 2013 LOOKS LIKE I'M SHOUTING, THEN. SHUSHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bubblewrap 3,815 Posted December 7, 2013 Report Share Posted December 7, 2013 LOOKS LIKE I'M SHOUTING, THEN. But only for one letter Quote Link to post Share on other sites
fch782c 144 Posted December 7, 2013 Report Share Posted December 7, 2013 Bought some not long ago in out local chemist. Thanks Fynger I'll get Helen to try the chemists next time she's in town, I've already tried Boots in Bulwell but the sales assistant had never heard of them Quote Link to post Share on other sites
... 1,411 Posted December 7, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 7, 2013 Olde English spangles Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TGC 216 Posted December 8, 2013 Report Share Posted December 8, 2013 Olde English spangles They were the ones in the black wrapper weren't they? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
... 1,411 Posted December 8, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 8, 2013 yeah i think so they were fhe nicer ones Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TGC 216 Posted December 8, 2013 Report Share Posted December 8, 2013 Me too Sir. Just remembered the 'Chocolate logs' with nuts in? I liked them too. Used to get them from the toffee shop just up from Heason's store on Kirkewhite Street. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
... 1,411 Posted December 8, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 8, 2013 That shop was bettys later to becme Roy and Arches they also had the shop on the corner of bathley st and arkwright st cafe and shop they formed SandA Removals when the meadows was demolished them chocolate logs were lovely i think you can still get them Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Commo 1,292 Posted December 8, 2013 Report Share Posted December 8, 2013 Andy, re #33, I can give lie to the fact that with Marmite you either love it or hate it 'cos I can take it or leave it. School milk was OK as long as it was cold, but usually it was warm in Summer, and in winter for some sadistic reason the crates were stacked in front of the hot water pipes, so the main reason for having to drink it was to be able to flick the bottle tops as flying saucers. Have to say I liked semolina milk pudding, as long as there was a good dollop of jam or golden syrup in it. If you've never had Horlicks tablets you've never lived ! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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