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Title: Traditional, old-fashioned sweets
Post by: poliss on June 26, 2011, 03:05:32 PM
Thought they'd stopped making your favourite sweeties from your schooldays? Maybe you can still get them.
Take a look at 'A quarter of'. Sadly it's quarter of a kilo and not a quarter of a pound, but never mind.
Soor Plum anyone?
http://www.aquarterof.co.uk/
Title: Re: Traditional, old-fashioned sweets
Post by: OwL on June 26, 2011, 03:12:34 PM
Yum Yum,

Believe it or not Woolworths still exist on line. They still do pick and mix Sweets aswell:


http://www.woolworths.co.uk/picknmix/en/Pic-n-Mix.page
Title: Re: Traditional, old-fashioned sweets
Post by: poliss on June 26, 2011, 03:19:30 PM
I think Australia still has the real Woolworth shops. It's just here that they closed down.
Title: Re: Traditional, old-fashioned sweets
Post by: OwL on June 26, 2011, 03:24:17 PM
Its such a shame they closed down in the UK, I used to enjoy shopping there. I feel sorry for all those people who lost their jobs as well :thumbsdown:
Title: Re: Traditional, old-fashioned sweets
Post by: Newportnobby on June 26, 2011, 03:25:31 PM
When I was aged 7-10 my parents ran a corner shop in Wolverton, Bucks and, of course, we had access to the Sweet Corner so Black Jacks, Salad Chews, Shrimps, Flying Saucers etc appeared in the 1d tray. There were many different flavoured Spangles, Fruit Polos, Pineapple Chunks etc.
Nowadays, the only place to find Pineapple Chunks is in the gents toilets at Service stations - but they don't taste so good!
Title: Re: Traditional, old-fashioned sweets
Post by: poliss on June 26, 2011, 03:27:33 PM
Pineapple chunks hmm. How about these on the site.
http://www.aquarterof.co.uk/best-pineapple-chunks-youve-ever-tasted-p-98.html
Title: Re: Traditional, old-fashioned sweets
Post by: moogle on June 26, 2011, 04:22:00 PM
Back in the early 1980's Mojo's were one of my fav's.
3 for 1p. Those were the days!  :)
Title: Re: Traditional, old-fashioned sweets
Post by: jonclox on June 26, 2011, 04:33:34 PM
Quote from: poliss on June 26, 2011, 03:05:32 PM
Thought they'd stopped making your favourite sweeties from your schooldays? Maybe you can still get them.
Take a look at 'A quarter of'. Sadly it's quarter of a kilo and not a quarter of a pound, but never mind.
Soor Plum anyone?
http://www.aquarterof.co.uk/

That is an evil link to put up. You should feel ashamed of posting it.
ok I`m away to order something(s) from it  :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Traditional, old-fashioned sweets
Post by: lesmond on June 26, 2011, 06:09:38 PM
A friend of ours has recently opened a retro sweet shop (complete with glass jars, counter & scales) not too far from me, but thankfully just too far to walk to.

The only thing she can't get are Riley's Chocolate Toffee Rolls, which apparently are no longer made.

Does anyone else remember being able to buy a single cigarette?

Title: Re: Traditional, old-fashioned sweets
Post by: poliss on June 26, 2011, 07:00:18 PM
Facebook does have it's uses.
Riley's chocolate toffee rolls are back!
From their wall post. "If you want your local sweet shop to stock them ask them to contact us and we will arrange to supply them."

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=90998183831#!/group.php?gid=90998183831

Yes, my mother used to buy single cigs. Also very long ones called joysticks.
Title: Re: Traditional, old-fashioned sweets
Post by: Lawrence on June 26, 2011, 07:02:42 PM
Olde English Spangles - now you're talking a proper sweetie  ;)
Title: Re: Traditional, old-fashioned sweets
Post by: jonclox on June 26, 2011, 07:17:56 PM
Quote from: lesmond on June 26, 2011, 06:09:38 PM

Does anyone else remember being able to buy a single cigarette?
The head cook at our school used to sell us kids single cigrettes at breaks and lunch time. You just leant across his serving counter  ( >:( >:( not like your thinking you dirty minded member  ::) ),reached underneath, drop a threepenny bit into his pot and take a ciggie. He would just nod to you and carry on cooking


Title: Re: Traditional, old-fashioned sweets
Post by: SymonC on June 26, 2011, 08:17:47 PM
Quote from: Lawrence on June 26, 2011, 07:02:42 PM
Olde English Spangles - now you're talking a proper sweetie  ;)

Agreed 100%!
Title: Re: Traditional, old-fashioned sweets
Post by: port perran on June 26, 2011, 08:48:22 PM
I used to love sweet tobacco. Not sure if you can still get it but it was common in the 1960s ! Yum
Title: Re: Traditional, old-fashioned sweets
Post by: Bikeracer on June 26, 2011, 08:49:32 PM
I'd like to get Maltona Drops again.

Allan
Title: Re: Traditional, old-fashioned sweets
Post by: poliss on June 26, 2011, 09:12:08 PM
Sweet tobacco is there. No Maltona Drops or Spangles.
Title: Re: Traditional, old-fashioned sweets
Post by: lesmond on June 27, 2011, 01:43:03 PM
Poliss, thank you for the tip off about the toffee rolls. That's all hope of losing weight out of the window  :smiley-laughing:
Title: Re: Traditional, old-fashioned sweets
Post by: grumbeast on June 27, 2011, 07:30:14 PM
Oh No!! why did you post this Poliss!!!  :)

I remember going down to Maudy's our local sweet shop for 2Oz of sweets every Sunday afternoon... and now I'm going to have to introduce my 4yr old daughter to the joys of pear drops and the like :)  .. my wife is going to kill me! :) :) .. I'll get her some licorice to placate her I think  ;D

Graham
Title: Re: Traditional, old-fashioned sweets
Post by: upnick on June 27, 2011, 10:26:21 PM
When  i  stopped smoking they said i'd save money not with a site like this   ;D ;D ;D

:o I  just found another site who do sweets from the past   :thumbsup:

http://www.treasureislandsweets.co.uk/acatalog/index.html
Title: Re: Traditional, old-fashioned sweets
Post by: upnick on June 27, 2011, 10:46:25 PM
Quote from: Bikeracer on June 26, 2011, 08:49:32 PM
I'd like to get Maltona Drops again.

Allan

Hi Alan, 

After a search i  found a place who  stock  confectionary  with a mention   of Maltona drops  in the google result have mailed them to see if they stock  them   fingers crossed  :thumbsup:

Let you know the  reply  :)

http://www.filshill.co.uk/default.asp

Title: Re: Traditional, old-fashioned sweets
Post by: LMScat on June 27, 2011, 11:16:24 PM
Retro sweet shop opened up here not too long ago with the big glass jars etc...great stuff.
And don't get me started about shrimps  ;D
Title: Re: Traditional, old-fashioned sweets
Post by: R31 Mark on June 27, 2011, 11:22:04 PM
Here in Australia Woolworth's is one of our major food stores. And there's lots of em O.T. worthers original :)   
Title: Re: Traditional, old-fashioned sweets
Post by: upnick on October 18, 2011, 03:12:54 PM
Not old sweets but  highly reccomended  from Robinsons  >>>>>>>>>>>   off to  Tesco for a few packets   ;D

http://www.tesco.com/groceries/Product/Details/?id=268549482
Title: Re: Traditional, old-fashioned sweets
Post by: MinZaPint on October 18, 2011, 04:23:14 PM
Hope you lot have got a good dentist, I'll stick to the cask conditioned mouthwash!
Title: Re: Traditional, old-fashioned sweets
Post by: thos on October 18, 2011, 06:41:48 PM
What a useless site.  They stock neither Uncle Luke's nor Uncle Joe's!
Title: Re: Traditional, old-fashioned sweets
Post by: upnick on October 18, 2011, 06:47:19 PM
Quote from: thos on October 18, 2011, 06:41:48 PM
What a useless site.  They stock neither Uncle Luke's nor Uncle Joe's!


Excuse me which  site are you  relating your comments  to  with  an  exclamation  mark   ?  >:(  a google search found at least two sites with both  of them.  ::) ::)
Title: Re: Traditional, old-fashioned sweets
Post by: longbridge on October 18, 2011, 09:21:32 PM
Grrr wish I could eat sweets but my Cardiologist restricts ne to two squares of dark chocolate a day, yuk
Title: Re: Traditional, old-fashioned sweets
Post by: upnick on October 18, 2011, 09:31:06 PM
Quote from: oldrailbug on October 18, 2011, 09:21:32 PM
Grrr wish I could eat sweets but my Cardiologist restricts ne to two squares of dark chocolate a day, yuk


Hi  Dave,     

Welll i had open heart surgery last year &  nobodies  mentioned not eating sweets to me   ::) i   dont mind  dark   chocolate prefer to milk    ;)
Title: Re: Traditional, old-fashioned sweets
Post by: jonclox on October 19, 2011, 10:57:32 AM
Quote from: upnick on June 27, 2011, 10:26:21 PM
When  i  stopped smoking they said i'd save money not with a site like this   ;D ;D ;D

:o I  just found another site who do sweets from the past   :thumbsup:

http://www.treasureislandsweets.co.uk/acatalog/index.html
>:( Grrrrrrrrr that links just cost me £20 of my railway budget  >:(
Title: Re: Traditional, old-fashioned sweets
Post by: longbridge on October 19, 2011, 11:11:28 AM
Quote from: upnick on October 18, 2011, 09:31:06 PM
Quote from: oldrailbug on October 18, 2011, 09:21:32 PM
Grrr wish I could eat sweets but my Cardiologist restricts ne to two squares of dark chocolate a day, yuk


Hi  Dave,     

Welll i had open heart surgery last year &  nobodies  mentioned not eating sweets to me   ::) i   dont mind  dark   chocolate prefer to milk    ;)

So many of us with heart problems Nick, I had a 3.5cm hole repaired and later 2 stents fitted and SWMBO had a heart attack six weeks ago and is now like me on a cocktail of pills to keep her going.

What I miss most of all is Licorice Allsorts and Jelly Beans.
Title: Re: Traditional, old-fashioned sweets
Post by: Newportnobby on October 19, 2011, 11:28:24 AM
OK - who starts at which end with Jelly Babies - legs or head??
No psychoanalysis please ;D
Title: Re: Traditional, old-fashioned sweets
Post by: upnick on October 19, 2011, 11:58:55 AM
Quote from: oldrailbug on October 19, 2011, 11:11:28 AM
Quote from: upnick on October 18, 2011, 09:31:06 PM
Quote from: oldrailbug on October 18, 2011, 09:21:32 PM
Grrr wish I could eat sweets but my Cardiologist restricts ne to two squares of dark chocolate a day, yuk


Hi  Dave,    

Welll i had open heart surgery last year &  nobodies  mentioned not eating sweets to me   ::) i   dont mind  dark   chocolate prefer to milk    ;)

So many of us with heart problems Nick, I had a 3.5cm hole repaired and later 2 stents fitted and SWMBO had a heart attack six weeks ago and is now like me on a cocktail of pills to keep her going.

What I miss most of all is Licorice Allsorts and Jelly Beans.

Hi  Dave,  

Yes there are a lot more  people  out there with heart problems than you'd think,   i  had  a new aortic root   valve fitted  the mechanical type which   means  i'm  on Warfarin  for the rest of my life along with the  cocktail  of drugs as you say which  make me rattle  :smiley-laughing:

Send my  best to your wife for a speedy  recovery  :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Traditional, old-fashioned sweets
Post by: scotsoft on October 19, 2011, 12:03:12 PM
Quote from: newportnobby on October 19, 2011, 11:28:24 AM
OK - who starts at which end with Jelly Babies - legs or head??
No psychoanalysis please ;D

I don't mind which end as long as you get all boys, that way you get more jelly  :evil:  :smiley-laughing:  :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Traditional, old-fashioned sweets
Post by: thos on October 19, 2011, 03:18:16 PM
Quote from: upnick on October 18, 2011, 06:47:19 PM

Excuse me which  site are you  relating your comments  to  with  an  exclamation  mark   ?  >:(  a google search found at least two sites with both  of them.  ::) ::)

Good grief, Uncle Joes even have their own website and are still being produced in Wigan!  Uncle Lukes are also still around.  The wonders of the interweb - loads of online sweetshops.
Title: Re: Traditional, old-fashioned sweets
Post by: Newportnobby on October 19, 2011, 03:44:42 PM
Quote from: scotsoft on October 19, 2011, 12:03:12 PM

I don't mind which end as long as you get all boys, that way you get more jelly  :evil:  :smiley-laughing:  :thumbsup:

:smiley-laughing:I've never found a Jake the Peg version :o
Title: Re: Traditional, old-fashioned sweets
Post by: poliss on October 19, 2011, 05:06:23 PM
"I don't mind which end as long as you get all boys, that way you get more jelly"
Unless of course you go for Dolly Parton jelly babies.  :evil:
Title: Re: Traditional, old-fashioned sweets
Post by: upnick on October 19, 2011, 05:17:51 PM
Quote from: poliss on October 19, 2011, 05:06:23 PM
"I don't mind which end as long as you get all boys, that way you get more jelly"
Unless of course you go for Dolly Parton jelly babies.  :evil:


Dolly parton  jelly babies  :smiley-laughing: :smiley-laughing: 
Title: Re: Traditional, old-fashioned sweets
Post by: GB No.9 on October 19, 2011, 05:29:23 PM


Dolly parton  jelly babies  :smiley-laughing: :smiley-laughing: 

They're my favourite!!
Trouble is.................... you dont get many to the pound!!   :o ;)
Title: Re: Traditional, old-fashioned sweets
Post by: jonclox on October 20, 2011, 03:48:08 PM
Quote from: upnick on June 27, 2011, 10:26:21 PM
When  i  stopped smoking they said i'd save money not with a site like this   ;D ;D ;D

:o I  just found another site who do sweets from the past   :thumbsup:

http://www.treasureislandsweets.co.uk/acatalog/index.html
Put a trial experimmental order in on Tuesday with cheap delivery option 7+ days.
Delivery between 15-40 and 16-40 today...Thursday
Thats what I call brilliant service  :thumbsup: