... 1,411 Posted December 8, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 8, 2013 Yuk your a braver man that i am frog spawn in a bowl .Rice pudd luberly Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Commo 1,292 Posted December 8, 2013 Report Share Posted December 8, 2013 Andy, that was probably tapioca, and there I agree with you wholeheartedly !! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TGC 216 Posted December 8, 2013 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 Well I never knew that! I'll keep me eyes out for any choccy logs next time I'm in town. Ta. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bilbraborn 1,594 Posted December 8, 2013 Report Share Posted December 8, 2013 When I was very young, I used to buy sweets from Haywoods Newsagent on Graylands Road. There were some like cough sweets called Horehound. I have never seen them anywhere else. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
... 1,411 Posted December 9, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 9, 2013 A new one on me what colour were they Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mattsdigs 104 Posted December 9, 2013 Report Share Posted December 9, 2013 Sticks of Coltsfoot from the sweetly shop beside the Regal Cinema Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bilbraborn 1,594 Posted December 9, 2013 Report Share Posted December 9, 2013 They were a pale transparent orangy colour with a cough sweet sort of flavour. I loved them. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TGC 216 Posted December 9, 2013 Report Share Posted December 9, 2013 Cough Candy Twists were like that - I think? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
carni 10,094 Posted December 9, 2013 Report Share Posted December 9, 2013 You reminded me we used to have Barley Sugar twists as well, I remember having contests to see who could suck them in to the sharpest point. Oh Happy Days 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
katyjay 5,091 Posted December 9, 2013 Report Share Posted December 9, 2013 if you google horehound, you'll find all the places that still sell the cough sweets. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
... 1,411 Posted December 10, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 10, 2013 Walkers slab toffee on a metal tray hammer provided needlers fruit drops hardboiled with a dimple spearmint chews russian caramels Quote Link to post Share on other sites
... 1,411 Posted December 17, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 17, 2013 sugar almonds Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TGC 216 Posted December 17, 2013 Report Share Posted December 17, 2013 I liked the sweet cigarettes too - made me feel grown up pretending they were real. I'm still waiting to grow up mind! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
... 1,411 Posted December 17, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 17, 2013 You have to be pc 'now called candy sticks. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TGC 216 Posted December 17, 2013 Report Share Posted December 17, 2013 Schucks - nobody tells me anything until it's too late! My PC is playing up all the time! Hehe! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
... 1,411 Posted December 30, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 30, 2013 Polony dew drops,. sweet ones.haselet not haslet blomonge Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bilbraborn 1,594 Posted December 30, 2013 Report Share Posted December 30, 2013 Palm toffee bars. 3d in the 1950s. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TGC 216 Posted December 31, 2013 Report Share Posted December 31, 2013 Lucky bags? I once got one from the model shop on Arkwright Street, he had them in a big basket - and got a model soldier build in the bag, but it didn't have a head! Tsk! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
... 1,411 Posted January 9, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 9, 2014 coconut mushrooms lemon sherberts white yellow red bon bons roast beef crisps merry maids Quote Link to post Share on other sites
... 1,411 Posted January 25, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 25, 2014 Midland Counties ice cream ,cough candy ,jublees ,cowans toffee .needlers glazed fruit drops, Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TGC 216 Posted February 4, 2014 Report Share Posted February 4, 2014 I remember buyin' some liquorice root sticks, and a horse in 'Georges field' (Ironmongers pond) eating the lot of em from me fishing box when I went into the trees for a wee-wee. Just thought I'd mention it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,328 Posted February 4, 2014 Report Share Posted February 4, 2014 Reading this topic brings to mind a pack of toffee, each piece indicidually wrapped in foil, packaged in a cigarette type cardboard pack. Available in a few different flavours. For example butterscotch - rats c*cks, I've forgotten the other flavours! Anyone know what they were called. Aha! wait a second..... Callard and Bowsers something or other. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,328 Posted February 4, 2014 Report Share Posted February 4, 2014 Here's a few household items from the past [Credit: The Robert Opie collection] 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,328 Posted February 4, 2014 Report Share Posted February 4, 2014 Spot the Fynnon Salts (Whatever they were used for)! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MELTONSTILTON 452 Posted February 4, 2014 Report Share Posted February 4, 2014 Follow the link Compo and your question will be answered http://www.historyworld.co.uk/advert.php?id=1338&offset=0&sort=0&l1=medicines+%26+health&l2=Cure+All 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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