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Posted: **Fri Jul 18, 2008 9:10 am**

Was it on a stick.

Posted: **Sun Jul 27, 2008 1:05 pm**

marrasis wrote.
what

Why?

Posted: **Fri Mar 27, 2009 9:30 pm**

We have just had a new sweet shop open in the town of ashby -de-la-zouch ALLthe old victorian type,i was in today and could not work out which types to have so i bought a pick-mix it cost £6

Posted: **Mon Mar 30, 2009 3:56 am**

What about "Love Hearts"

Currly Whirly

Maynards Wine Gums

Barley sugar sticks

Them little white milk bottles

20 Candy Tabs

Posted: **Mon Mar 30, 2009 4:40 pm**

Couldn't quite get them candy tabs to stay alight. And that chewy tobacco tasted too sweet for me, couldn't keep pipe alight. Them smokers kits were a waste of time.
comeonthen

Posted: **Fri Apr 03, 2009 3:06 am**

we should all get together and sue them companys that made Candy Tabs

they have a lot to answer for

i was on 40 candy tabs a day before i even started school man, and them chocolate lighters were crap, wern't they

Posted: **Thu Apr 16, 2009 7:46 pm**

Bandana Dave wrote:we should all get together and sue them companys that made Candy Tabs they have a lot to answer for i was on 40 candy tabs a day before i even started school man,

Posted: **Thu May 21, 2009 5:08 pm**

THE TOFFEE CAKE WOMAN LIVED IN MARSDEN LANE ABOUT 4 HOUSES FROM THE WATER BOARD SUB STATION WAS HER NAME WAS MRS OLIVER SHE WAS ALSO THE MAN OF THE SCOTIA BAR IN KING STREET

Posted: **Thu May 21, 2009 5:18 pm**

We had a woman in Grotto Road who made toffee cakes once in a while, I think she sold them for a penny each.

Posted: **Sat May 23, 2009 6:28 pm**

linda wrote:hi cisco I lived at Horsley hil do you remember the toffee cake woman who lived on the way to Redwell school they used to cost 1 penny or tuppence depeding on the size. It was a treat to get a penny for school for one

the toffee cake woman lived in marsden lane 4 doars from the water boared sub station her name was mrs oliver who also ran the scotia public house, i lived across the road from her.

Posted: **Mon Aug 17, 2009 10:14 am**

How about Wagon wheels ?

Posted: **Mon Aug 17, 2009 12:45 pm**

rusty wrote:How about Wagon wheels ?

I'm sure they are not as big as they used to be .??

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Posted: **Wed Aug 19, 2009 9:51 am**

Axeman wrote:
rusty wrote:How about Wagon wheels ?
I'm sure they are not as big as they used to be .??

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I said this the other day and its not to keep the price down either. Much prefer twix these days

Time for a coffee i think.
My love for sweets used to be fairy(maybe scented) cushions and floral gums.

Posted: **Wed Aug 19, 2009 10:13 am**

rowntrees ; fruit pastiles:

Posted: **Sat Nov 28, 2009 10:46 pm**

Ooooooh! I loved Imps, real black midget gems, spanish, (you can see the theme here

) & also the little liquorice pipes with red hundreds & thousands on the end to look like it was lit!
Remember that Fry's chocolate with the boys faces on? Can't remember the name of it. Also coconut ice, lucky bags, crackerjack, iced gems, & ice breaker choc, & oooo cherry lips!

Posted: **Sun Nov 29, 2009 3:48 am**

Picture this waiting at Shields station for the next train to N/castle tried the machine that stamped your name.found my weight.....the discovered the chocolate machine must have been the smallest bars of chocolate ever made.............good thing the train came before i spent all my money.

I think the chocolate was Frys

Posted: **Sun Nov 29, 2009 3:52 am**

just remembered Twin cocoanut bars...recon my bike was powered by them the more i bought the further i cycled

Posted: **Tue Dec 08, 2009 9:53 am**

Nobody remember Coltsfoot?

Ken

Posted: **Tue Dec 08, 2009 5:27 pm**

We were so poor we ate clover or fresh grass shoots instead of sweets, those grass shoots were very sweet. I used to dream of coming from the posh end of town like Mr A.

Posted: **Mon Jan 11, 2010 4:52 am**

I enjoyed reading this ,it brings back happy days .
I love all the little avatars,i will have to find myself one ,it makes these boards fun to read.

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