Room for a few more...A 70's bundle of goodies to choose from here, with the likes of - Dipped Flake - Swisskit - Buttersnap - Texan - Ice Breaker - Bar Six - Waifa - Welcome...etc etc.
Click on the image to enlarge and see which ones you'd by off your dinner money!!
Gasp!
ReplyDeleteIce Breaker and Bar Six!!! They were my favourites along with Old Jamaica.
But no Mint Cracknel or Aztec Bars ??
Ignore the Aztec and Mint Cracknel bit...should have scrolled down further!!
ReplyDeleteI'm sure you discovered this, but they are in the 1960's Tuck Shop picture. I also missed the Mint Cracknel - don't recognise that wrapper at all, though. It was plastic by the time I used to buy it...
DeleteIs that the original Curly Wurly size or was it bigger. Crikey I hope I am not getting dementia
ReplyDeleteAll the sweets in the image are the actual size in scale to each other.
ReplyDeleteI can't find any FRUITY POPS or TOFF-ETTS in there mind you!
In the early 70's, sweets started being called "swetchies" by Dundee kids. I remember hearing this at school and thought at first it was a new brand on the go - Rowntree's Swetchies!! It eventually clicked that it was just an alternative name for sweets in general.
No idea where it came from, or if it is still in use these days.
Frys Five boys chocolate bar, was that discontinued before the 70's? I think I spotted the Tiffin bar, used to love them
ReplyDeleteSaw this online about 5 Boys Chocolate -
DeleteWhen Fry's milk chocolate was launched in 1902, the 5 Boys picture was featured on the label and the chocolate became known as 'Five Boys Chocolate'. It retained its popularity until it was withdrawn in 1976.
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20060916073727AABJgh4
The Five Boys bar isn't in the 70's picture, although it ought to have been because it was on the go until 1971.
ReplyDeleteSweets are the best measure of nostalgia. My first was a black lion sport cricket bat from a sweetie tin in the early sixties...my teacher being Sheila Lothian..wife of Andi and soon after founder of the insurance company...At that time it was 4 pieces for 1 old penny ( 240 to the pound)now you can get 3 kgs £22..www.aquarterof.co.uk/lions-sports-mixture-p-210.html.
ReplyDeleteGreat post, for any retro sweets and to get that nostalgic feeling, i recommend http://www.zapsweets.co.uk for all of us sweet enthusiasts!
ReplyDeleteWhat's with the adverts?
ReplyDeleteWhen the cat's away, the chocolate mice will play - eh?!!
Does anybody remember Banjo chocolate bar last seen in the late 1980's? Was made by Mars,
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