SaleoftheCentury on Thu 12 June 2008 said... 'Submarines' and 'Cola Cubes', I rest my case....
libertyvalance2008 on Thu 12 June 2008 said... Spangles AND a half pence chew
cinders on Thu 12 June 2008 said... Penny arrow bars, Black Jacks and Fruit salad chews.
nosensenofeeling on Thu 12 June 2008 said... pacers (Oh my God, I want a pacer RIGHT NOW)
TheDuke on Thu 12 June 2008 said... Nostalgia ain't what it used to be *bangs head on wall*
Frowsy on Thu 12 June 2008 said... Fruit salad chews were/are RANK - it was all about the Rhubarb n Custards!
chinky on Thu 12 June 2008 said... Are they not 1p now?
dandyboy on Thu 12 June 2008 said... I saw a bag of Fruit Salads last weekend, and you know how everyone says sweets from childhood are not as big as they used to be? Well these are TINY now. And square. the kids today are being cheated. But then, I suppose they've always got the mini KFC burgers instead.
SkinnySlut on Thu 12 June 2008 said... You can't get decent sherbet pips anymore either
UncleBullshit on Thu 12 June 2008 said... the only thing you can get for 1p nowadays is ecstasy and tickets for the latest Sex Pistols reunion
merdepourdescerveaux on Thu 12 June 2008 said... How much is a 1p chew nowadays anyway?
Dollydagger on Thu 12 June 2008 said... What about those of the 1d generation?
libertyvalance2008 on Thu 12 June 2008 said... I got Alien 25th anniversary edition off ebay for 1p.
Barbersmith on Thu 12 June 2008 said... Do they still make Cola Cubes?
pointless on Thu 12 June 2008 said... double agents had tips about spying written on the inside of the packet. in retrospect, there should have been more cold war inspired sweets.
BangtidyBeeatch on Thu 12 June 2008 said... I recall getting two small jelly bear thingies for 1p at the little shop in my village *gets misty eyed*
littleleopard82 on Thu 12 June 2008 said... ohhhhh penny sweets mmmmmm ! the pint of beer jellies that actually tasted like beer , sugar mice 5p because they were big fuckers , rice paper , them mushrooms , oh god with the pink tops and white storks , fuck i've just discovered another erogenous zone ! OH BB haribo bears , say no more , well nice with a cup of tea.
joylove on Thu 12 June 2008 said... Fuck off OP. You don't eat sweets nowadays anyway. Pick N Mix and penny sweets are still out there, only we of the "penny sweet genaration have graduated to Starbucks coffee and £3.50 fresh baguettes
buzzybelew on Thu 12 June 2008 said... You can get a bagful of penny nipples down my way.
UncleBullshit on Thu 12 June 2008 said... i used to love the werthers originals that my grandad gave me after a good hard fucking
TheDuke on Thu 12 June 2008 said... UncleB - worth the wait aint they?...and having a ruined arse for three weeks afterwards.
HeroicDose on Thu 12 June 2008 said... I make some cracking sugared slugs. And jizzbombs.
TheDuke on Thu 12 June 2008 said... I used to like space-spuff, that used to explode in your mouth...and make your breathe smell spunky after. My stepdad used to give me lots of bedtime treats.
UncleBullshit on Thu 12 June 2008 said... i secrete strands of mucus
TheDuke on Thu 12 June 2008 said... cock snot, uncleB?
HeroicDose on Thu 12 June 2008 said... You can make sherbet fountains at home with the cardboard from a toilet roll, some Vim and the umbilical cord from a newborn rat. Treat the kids.
slinkybackrinkadink on Thu 12 June 2008 said... Well, good to see we're all taking this (and every other post) seriously. Flying saucers are now 3p each, fucking inflation. I only know because I hang around sweet shops...
UncleBullshit on Thu 12 June 2008 said... TheDuke....you felt the sweet relief of the werthers too then? It was years before I found out they're not meant to be taken like suppositories
FredTitmuss on Thu 12 June 2008 said... Why do you hang around sweetshops slinkybackrinkadink ?
dirtysteve on Thu 12 June 2008 said... I can't get gorgon bars anymore, or even find someone who remembers them. They were like Wham bars, only green and black instead of pink and yellow.
HeroicDose on Thu 12 June 2008 said... Did they have battery acid crystals in them too? Wham bars were pretty fucking mental.
MrBeefy on Thu 12 June 2008 said... I'm with nosensenofeeling. Pacers were the daddy.
UncleBullshit on Thu 12 June 2008 said... wham bars completely altered my perception of time and space
Frix133 on Thu 12 June 2008 said... flying saucers, shrimps, white mice, black jacks
Topguntop on Thu 12 June 2008 said... Joylove,"only we of the "penny sweet genaration have graduated to Starbucks coffee and £3.50 fresh baguettes"? Are you the most pompous cunt alive or what? Black jacks were my favourite, and white mice. Fuck me i'm hungry.
Mohammered on Thu 12 June 2008 said... The beer pint jellies were the ONES! Maybe that's why I'm now an alcoholic...
Mohammered on Thu 12 June 2008 said... Check this site www.aquarterof.co.uk
littleleopard82 on Thu 12 June 2008 said... mohammered i totally second , that i just said , they were lush !!
joylove on Thu 12 June 2008 said... @Topguntop: not the 'most' pompus, but certainly better than you in every way.
merf on Fri 13 June 2008 said... this post and comments will keep the likes of that cunt Peter Kay in material for months.
RoosterDiamond on Fri 13 June 2008 said... Mohammered. I had forgotten about those, and I now I want some.
Anything sold by the quarter is alright by me.
teddypendennis on Fri 13 June 2008 said... I remember barley sugar sold in paper twists as the bombs rained down, sold by little Jimmy, the war orphan in his calipers.
watersladelady on Fri 13 June 2008 said... There's a shop in my local town which still sells all the old 50's and 60's sweets. Sadly not at the same price, but I can often be seen walking down the road sucking on a sherbert fountain.
Sable on Fri 13 June 2008 said... Ferfuxake - I turn my back and someone lets Stewart Fucking Maconie in to write the posts. Didn't we get all of this nostalgia out of our systems in the late nineties...?
teddypendennis on Fri 13 June 2008 said... Aaah, remember the nineties? ...... the Roses AND The Mondays on the same TOTPzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
Jendy on Fri 13 June 2008 said... www,retrosweethampers.co.uk
Jendy on Fri 13 June 2008 said... dont copy that link - it's got a comma where the dot should be. Good site though
UncleBullshit on Fri 13 June 2008 said... AND 808 State, teddypendennis
MrsMoon on Fri 13 June 2008 said... So true dandyboy, everything was bigger back then, when i was a kid, wagon wheels were the size of Jodrell Bank, now, no bigger than an ungenerously proportioned coaster.
teddypendennis on Fri 13 June 2008 said... Where HAVE all the ravers gone?
JiggeryCock on Fri 13 June 2008 said... waterslade lady - I still suck on a Fisherman's Friend every now and again too. The case comes up at the Old Bailey next week
