Sweets of our time (or, why my teeth rotted)

[ratbert]

Sherbert dip. Or Black Jacks.

[Bruce Rioja]

can't get 'em now - bloody political correctness gone mad!!!

I only used to buy them when it was cold enough for you to be able to see your own breath and subsequently create the illusion of 'actually smoking', and as such being as hard as feck!

[Raven]

Texan bars

[Harry Genshaw]

Texan bars

Good call

[CrazyHorse]

And Wham bars too.

[Bruce Rioja]

Cabana. Anyone remember it? It had coconut and cherries in it and was sweet enough to disolve your skull.

[Worthy4England]

[Il Pirate]

Aztec bar, followed by a Carramac..................................sick for a week.....

[Gary the Enfield]

Already posted in the angry thread but.........

We have a sweet emporium in Enfield Town called Ma Battley's (the website is down at the mo so I won't post the link) However, trust me when I say you can purchase ANYTHING sweet from our youth in there.

The Cigarettes are now candy sticks and the sweet tobacco has been renamed but you could still pretend.

Bullseyes, Army and Navy sweets, Caramel Nuts and Sweet Peanuts are in abundance. Flying Saucers, Liquorice (Whirls and Root), Spanish and Sugar Mice are mine whenever I want.

Upstairs they have a cafe which does Fish Fingers sandwiches (butties) on thick slices of Bloomer loaf.

Heaven is a shop in Enfield

[bobo the clown]

Already posted in the angry thread but.........

We have a sweet emporium in Enfield Town called Ma Battley's (the website is down at the mo so I won't post the link) However, trust me when I say you can purchase ANYTHING sweet from our youth in there.

The Cigarettes are now candy sticks and the sweet tobacco has been renamed but you could still pretend.

Bullseyes, Army and Navy sweets, Caramel Nuts and Sweet Peanuts are in abundance. Flying Saucers, Liquorice (Whirls and Root), Spanish and Sugar Mice are mine whenever I want.

Upstairs they have a cafe which does Fish Fingers sandwiches (butties) on thick slices of Bloomer loaf.

Heaven is a shop in Enfield

fish finger butties ... A dream. That could be a whole new thread !

See if she can locate Spangles. I doubt she can. If she IS abled then I'll take a box off her.

[thebish]

fish finger butties ... A dream. That could be a whole new thread !

add my vote to that! one of the downsides of the kids growing up is there are less fish fingers in the shopping!

[TANGODANCER]

Need help here. When we were kids we used buy these little sweets, a bit like miniature wine gums. They had a bit of a perfumy smell about them but you got a lot in two ounces so they were popular. Memory's done a bunk. Anybody?

Edit, wife to the rescue, "Midget Gems". She threw in Cherry Lips, Comfits, Dolly mixtures and Palma Violets for good measure.

[Gary the Enfield]

Already posted in the angry thread but.........

We have a sweet emporium in Enfield Town called Ma Battley's (the website is down at the mo so I won't post the link) However, trust me when I say you can purchase ANYTHING sweet from our youth in there.

The Cigarettes are now candy sticks and the sweet tobacco has been renamed but you could still pretend.

Bullseyes, Army and Navy sweets, Caramel Nuts and Sweet Peanuts are in abundance. Flying Saucers, Liquorice (Whirls and Root), Spanish and Sugar Mice are mine whenever I want.

Upstairs they have a cafe which does Fish Fingers sandwiches (butties) on thick slices of Bloomer loaf.

Heaven is a shop in Enfield

fish finger butties ... A dream. That could be a whole new thread !

See if she can locate Spangles. I doubt she can. If she IS abled then I'll take a box off her.

Bobo I'm certain they do do Spangles. I shall make doubly sure next time I'm in town.

[Bruce Rioja]

fish finger butties ... A dream. That could be a whole new thread !

add my vote to that! one of the downsides of the kids growing up is there are less fish fingers in the shopping!

Warby's Toastie, butter, grilled fish fingers, chopped iceberg, grated Gouda, tartare sauce.

[Wandering Willy]

fish finger butties ... A dream. That could be a whole new thread !

add my vote to that! one of the downsides of the kids growing up is there are less fish fingers in the shopping!

Warby's Toastie, butter, grilled fish fingers, chopped iceberg, grated Gouda, tartare sauce.

Great suggestion - I'm off to make one immediately. Well done culinary king.

[William the White]

What was that chocolate bar that had a different filling in each layers - orange, strawberry, lemon, can't remember the others?

Loved it.

And cinder toffee.

[Lord Kangana]

root beer isnt a million miles away.

McDonalds used to do root beer when they first started up over here...

I tried that once.

It tasted like Germoline smelt. If you understand what I mean.

Needless to say, it wasn't really a taste I was looking for in a refreshing beverage.

[bobo the clown]

What was that chocolate bar that had a different filling in each layers - orange, strawberry, lemon, can't remember the others?

Loved it.

And cinder toffee.

Fry's 5 Centre's.

Essentially Fry's Chocolate cream with fruit filling rather than mint.

[William the White]

What was that chocolate bar that had a different filling in each layers - orange, strawberry, lemon, can't remember the others?

Loved it.

And cinder toffee.

Fry's 5 Centre's.

Essentially Fry's Chocolate cream with fruit filling rather than mint.

That's the one!!!

[Bruce Rioja]

root beer isnt a million miles away.

McDonalds used to do root beer when they first started up over here...

I tried that once.

It tasted like Germoline smelt. If you understand what I mean.

Needless to say, it wasn't really a taste I was looking for in a refreshing beverage.

Exactamundo. Bolton was one of the first towns in Britain to host a McDonalds. I remember my first visit, on the corner there in what used to be a hairdressers just by Habitat. I ordered a burger and a root beer. I spat the fecking lot of it out!