Compo 10,328 Posted May 14, 2017 Report Share Posted May 14, 2017 I was thinking about chocolate the other day and I had a flash of memory about a chocolate bar that was a similar size in length and width to a 'Picnic' but with about four or five blisters on the chocolate containing mallow. I can't for the life of me recall the name of this bar but can say that it was around in the early 1960s and cost, I think, 6d. Anyway, I thought I'd post a couple of pictures of bygone snacks to see if anyone else has fond memories of such things: As a child I used to scrape off parts of the images on these biscuits to make comic alternatives before eating them Anyone else do the same? Sports biscuits: As far as my living memory goes back, this is the original Smiths crisp packet: 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,305 Posted May 14, 2017 Report Share Posted May 14, 2017 I was fond of Bar Six and Cadburys Snack. I remember those sports biscuits which are similar in appearance to malted milk biscuits which I also liked. They had a picture of a cow on them. Nothing, however, beats the caramel-coated shortbread from Woolworths biscuit counter! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Oztalgian 3,285 Posted May 14, 2017 Report Share Posted May 14, 2017 Some old favourites on here Or these slightly more modern versions Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,328 Posted May 14, 2017 Author Report Share Posted May 14, 2017 The top picture is on a 1000 piece jigsaw puzzle I have 1950s. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Brew 5,414 Posted May 14, 2017 Report Share Posted May 14, 2017 Wot no Spangels! or was it Spangles Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,108 Posted May 14, 2017 Report Share Posted May 14, 2017 It was the latter. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Merthyr Imp 729 Posted May 14, 2017 Report Share Posted May 14, 2017 No Fry's Five Boys either! Re #1 - 2d for a packet of crisps must be going back a bit. Earliest I remember is of them being 4d. Then Golden Wonder came along in the 1960s and not only undercut them by selling at 3d but were ready-salted as well! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Gem 1,430 Posted May 14, 2017 Report Share Posted May 14, 2017 6 hours ago, Brew said: Wot no Spangels! or was it Spangles However you spell it, remember Acid Drop Spangles very yummy. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Oztalgian 3,285 Posted May 14, 2017 Report Share Posted May 14, 2017 Old English flavoured Spangles. Yummo Did you know that the man who founded Walkers was a pork butcher originally from Mansfield? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MelissaJKelly 2,121 Posted May 14, 2017 Report Share Posted May 14, 2017 I still love Fry's! Especially the Peppermint Cream and Orange Cream! Don't seem them around as much as I did a couple years back though and the packaging has certainly changed since the above image! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Oztalgian 3,285 Posted May 14, 2017 Report Share Posted May 14, 2017 Brew, Spangles are in the top picture, to the upper left of the Fry's chocolate creams, roughly in the middle of the picture. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Brew 5,414 Posted May 15, 2017 Report Share Posted May 15, 2017 So they are... damn, the senior moments are getting closer together. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DJ360 6,728 Posted May 15, 2017 Report Share Posted May 15, 2017 I've looked very hard in the pics above for a NUX Bar.. which was a sort of precursor to the Lion Bar.. I loved 'em,, but not seen for years. Edit. A bit of Googling found this: Even got old Jim Dale in it. Actor,, Pop star.. etc.... He's 81 you know... Some people are getting really old.. Col Quote Link to post Share on other sites
loppylugs 8,429 Posted May 15, 2017 Report Share Posted May 15, 2017 I love 'Crunchy" bars. Still do. I have not seen any here but Mrs. Loppy bought me a dozen via Amazon. She's afraid to order any more now as the hot season is upon us and she is afraid they would melt in transit. So looks like my Crunch days are over until next winter. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DJ360 6,728 Posted May 15, 2017 Report Share Posted May 15, 2017 Golly Gosh Loppy!! The one thing I would give away or swap from my Christmas 'Selection Box' was the Crunchie. Just shows how tastes vary. I used to love Peppermint Creams and Bluebird Toffees. The ones which were covered in chocolate.. No wonder my teeth are shot... Oops. All this talk of sweets got me rumagging.. Just found a bag of Jelly Babies.. I'm afraid they are not long for this World.. Col 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,328 Posted May 15, 2017 Author Report Share Posted May 15, 2017 #14: Whilst living in Ethiopia I got a friend to send me a bar of Cadbury's milk chocolate. I took 9 months to arrive (Presumably stuck in the post office in Addis Ababa for much of that time) so when it did finally arrive the heat had turned much of the chocolate white and crystalised. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,328 Posted May 22, 2017 Author Report Share Posted May 22, 2017 Does anyone remember "Potato Puffs"? I used to love them as a kid. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
plantfit 7,593 Posted May 22, 2017 Report Share Posted May 22, 2017 Very salty if I remember correct,very nice though Rog Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Annesleyred1865 137 Posted May 22, 2017 Report Share Posted May 22, 2017 Bread and drippin seems a long way into the past, plenty of salt on........may have been outlawed by NHS 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
plantfit 7,593 Posted May 22, 2017 Report Share Posted May 22, 2017 Drippin',salt on toast,you can still get drippin' out here Rog 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Oztalgian 3,285 Posted May 22, 2017 Report Share Posted May 22, 2017 My dad always used to take bread and dripping and bread and jam sandwiches in his snap tin for work at the local pit he always said it did not sweat and never went soggy. I liked cheese and tomato and ham and pickle in my sandwiches and one day mum mixed them up UGH! said me and me dad. That reminds me of a guy that I did my apprenticeship with who always complained that he got beetroot on his sandwiches every day. When the rest of the guys said why don't you get your mum to pack you something else, his reply had us peeing ourselves laughing, "I pack them myself" 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,328 Posted May 22, 2017 Author Report Share Posted May 22, 2017 I love bread and pork dripping. I can take it as bread or toast - I don't care which. As an young apprentice dahn't pit, wi a kid an' wife at home, I couldn't afford proper sandwiches so bread and dripping was a regular with me. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted May 22, 2017 Report Share Posted May 22, 2017 Not forgetting a sprinkling of salt Compo ! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,328 Posted May 22, 2017 Author Report Share Posted May 22, 2017 More than just a sprinkling! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,328 Posted May 23, 2017 Author Report Share Posted May 23, 2017 Right - I've decided to have a piece of pork for dinner on Sunday. That means bread and dripping for next week - yummy, scrummy! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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