Retro Sweets-the ones you remember from your past - Page 2

**Mal Hombre** · November 9th, 2012, 08:51 PM

Foam Shrimps..

Foam Bananas...

Sometimes with Chocolate..

Chocolate Tools...

**billybunter** · November 9th, 2012, 09:46 PM

Refreshers in my day were a big chew. In the middle was sherbet or something like it. And drum sticks, remember those?

**Greenman** · November 9th, 2012, 10:22 PM

I was given a huge box of Drumsticks two christmases ago but I never got round to opening them-it came from a warehouse, via a friend of ours. I wasn't really keen on the flavours. Refreshers were all fizzy, no middle to them and they were hard, not sure you could chew them mate.

**victor meldrew** · November 9th, 2012, 11:05 PM

Fying saucers

Fruit Salads- Gobstoppers-Parisian Creams- Fruit Flavour Polos

Spangles

The weekly trip to the sweet shop and a large hole in one's pocket money.

**rustler** · November 9th, 2012, 11:22 PM

I seem to remember Parma Violets being rectangular in shape when I was a kid?

Monday evenings dad used to come home with my brothers and my comics and some sweets for us. I had the Eagle, and my brother had the Victor, I had parma Violets usually, but I can't remember what sweets my 'big brother'.

Amongst my favourites were / are......

Floral Gums, perfume type of taste, but yummy. Problem was that if you didn't eat them quite quickly they used to form a solid clump that made them slightly difficult to prise apart later.

American Hard Gums, still favourites of mine! The school tuck shop used to sell these, 3 for 1p if I remember correctly.

These too were favourites of mine...

Hmmmmm, I must raid the cupboard now and see what I have laying around, I've got the munchies! Hey do you remember those too??

Whoops, I forgot another monday favourite of mine....... Cola Cubes! I liked the pineapple cubes too, but cola were always my first choice out of the two.

**exfarmer** · November 9th, 2012, 11:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Mal Hombre

Sometimes with Chocolate..

Those just look wrong, they look like the cats bone a big jobby on the carpet.

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Originally Posted by Mal Hombre

Chocolate Tools...

I remember those from when I was little, I must have eaten tons of them.

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Originally Posted by billybunter

Refreshers in my day were a big chew. In the middle was sherbet or something like it. And drum sticks, remember those?

These were the ones they were 2p each

You can actually still buy them. I got a big bag of them from my local 99p store a few weeks ago. They also sell them in flat bar as well now.

I remember Cola Cubes I think they also did a pineapple flavour.

The shops used to have loads of sweets in big jars and they would weigh out what you wanted. Don't see that anymore.

Edit: rustler beat me to the cola cubes by making his post while I was still searching for pics.

**Mal Hombre** · November 9th, 2012, 11:45 PM

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Originally Posted by rustler

Hmmmmm, I must raid the cupboard now and see what I have laying around, I've got the munchies! Hey do you remember those too??

I remember Munchies

I used to prefer Mintola (They changed the name,First to "Mint Munchies" Now apparently They're "After Eight Bitesize"

**billybunter** · November 9th, 2012, 11:46 PM

They look like midget gems? Or jube jubes as they were called in the 50s.

**rustler** · November 9th, 2012, 11:49 PM

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Originally Posted by exfarmer

The shops used to have loads of sweets in big jars and they would weigh out what you wanted. Don't see that anymore.

Edit: rustler beat me to the cola cubes by making his post while I was still searching for pics.

Sorry mate!

When I was a kid, and believe it or not, I was once!

, many of the sweet shops still had the old glass jars that they used to keep the sweets in, at that time, they still had glass lids too.

Another one that I liked, especially when they were a bit warm.....

BTW. if any of you have the chance and haven't already been there, then a trip to the Cadbury factory at Bourneville is a great day out! And oh, the shop................. It's well worth the trip, and they give everybody a huge bar of chocolat too!!

**Mal Hombre** · November 9th, 2012, 11:50 PM

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Originally Posted by billybunter

They look like midget gems? Or jube jubes as they were called in the 50s.

They looked much the same but Floral Gums had a more "Perfumey" flavour...

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rustler Veteran Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: South of the North Pole Posts: 4,977 Thanks: 47,583 Thanked 84,530 Times in 4,955 Posts	I seem to remember Parma Violets being rectangular in shape when I was a kid? Monday evenings dad used to come home with my brothers and my comics and some sweets for us. I had the Eagle, and my brother had the Victor, I had parma Violets usually, but I can't remember what sweets my 'big brother'. Amongst my favourites were / are...... Floral Gums, perfume type of taste, but yummy. Problem was that if you didn't eat them quite quickly they used to form a solid clump that made them slightly difficult to prise apart later. American Hard Gums, still favourites of mine! The school tuck shop used to sell these, 3 for 1p if I remember correctly. These too were favourites of mine... Hmmmmm, I must raid the cupboard now and see what I have laying around, I've got the munchies! Hey do you remember those too?? Whoops, I forgot another monday favourite of mine....... Cola Cubes! I liked the pineapple cubes too, but cola were always my first choice out of the two. __________________ "I think on-stage nudity is disgusting, shameful and damaging to all things American. But if I were 22 with a great body, it would be artistic, tasteful, patriotic and a progressive religious experience." - Shelley Winters Please read and follow To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. Last edited by rustler; November 9th, 2012 at 11:31 PM.. Reason: Forgot the cola cubes!!

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