remember these sweets when you were a kid?

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remember these sweets when you were a kid?

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nifty little website that sells sweets you may not have seen for years

http://www.aquarterof.co.uk
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So, jimmywizz young man, did you vote?
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I was always partial to a sherbert fountain.
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Whatever happened to SPANGLES ???????

Why they not still sold ??

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I just been on site and found out.

My all time favourites are Midget Gems made by company called Lions.

Yummy. I also like Pinapple chunks. They really scrummy.

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CANNOT FAULT U JIM :D :D :D
IT WAS A FAIR FOUL REF

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does anyone remember Wham Bars, they were a bit like giant refreshers but with sticky stuff and crunchy bits. they were one of the all time greats :)
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not had a chance to vote, will give the site a longer look when i get a bit time but sports mixtures for me were the business
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You ain't tasted NOTHING if you haven't had a polly waffle.
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Yes, I remember Polly Waffle from behind the bike shed....
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I remember IMPS and sporty mixtures.

It wonder I still have toothy pegs.

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Did you see the results of a poll on favourite sweets that found the flying saucer type things that Spodge disliked were in fact the top favourite?
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sherbet lemons rock! all other sweet should d*e awful, horrible deaths
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Oh Jimmy,you started something with the sweets,And I can remember them all,but two of my sweet treats were a stick of arrowroot from the chemists(Dawsons on Laygate who also used to do a great ginger wine essence)and Dorsella or if you want National Food for babies,would do anything for some of that in a twist of paper.To see a pregnant neighbour was securing my future supplies.Those were the days!!!!!!!!!
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MOJOS
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Post by memor »

blackjacks. spangles. aztec bars.

They did great ice lolly called "Big Chief."

Which reminds me.

They find ice cream man dead on floor of van he covered in raspberry sauce and covered in hundreds and thousands.

Police say he topped himself.
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Mercy, Memor, mercy!

By the way, does anyone remember liquorice root? (Not really a sweet as such, but I thought I'd ask.)
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hmmmm, I am currently getting cravings for Sherbet Fountains, they are so lush man!
hmmm in regards UFO's I used to bite a hole in it and eat the sherbet first then the wafer stuff. Delicious but dont eat to many!
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Oh wow! this site is like heaven!

Rainbow drops - mmm i haven't had them since i was in Brownies!
Candy Necklaces - banned at school becasue charvs ping them at passing teachers and goths.
Jumbo gobstoppers - bought what I thought was a gobstopper the otehr day only to feel cheated due to it being hollow and containing bublegum! grrr!

The more I explore this site the more I drool lol!

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