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Rather than take Mark's thread waaaay off topic, I decided to start this one. Who has fond memories of their favourite snacks from when they were children? My absolute favourite has to be Banjo chocolate bar - "Banjo, Banjo, the one for me and you..." They don't make 'em like they used to; no, sirree. Banjo disappeared from the shelves in the early eighties, much to my dismay.

Oh, yeah. Almost forgot scampi and lemon flavoured Knik Knaks! If anyone knows where I can get these (assuming they're still available) please let me know!

Not a snack but Um Bongo and kia-ora, rubbish drinks, great adverts.

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Replicant wrote:
Oh, yeah. Almost forgot scampi and lemon flavoured Knik Knaks! If anyone knows where I can get these (assuming they're still available) please let me know!

Yup my kitchen ! Box full from cash and carry !!! Ha ha ha ha ha mmmmmmmmmm might have one or two or five now lolol.

When you down this way ill grab ya a box ! ([please note Innuendo Bingo users it has the word A in front of it !)

f x

strange - a number of us at work had this very conversation recently and there's a web site devoted to old confectionary.

http://www.doyouremember.co.uk/cat.php?catID=24

Remember Cadbury's Bar Six, Milk Tray bar with the lime barrel, mint cracknel?

Those were the days - weren't they Mandrake

When I first went to school in the mid-50s, I had 6d a week for sweeties. I could spread it out over the week (4 blackjacks were 1d for instance) or I could blow nearly all of it on a 4d WagonWheel. I always wanted to but never did.

Years later when I was older, I bought a WagonWheel just because I could...... and it was horrible

Bigtone53 wrote:When I first went to school in the mid-50s, I had 6d a week for sweeties. I could spread it out over the week (4 blackjacks were 1d for instance) or I could blow nearly all of it on a 4d WagonWheel. I always wanted to but never did.

Years later when I was older, I bought a WagonWheel just because I could...... and it was horrible

I'll stick with me E numbered Haribo!

I would commit acts of genocide in order to get Pacers back.

mmmm Pacers

For those of you too young "Pacers" were a green and white striped indivdually wrapped chew (a bit like chewits) that tasted of spearmint.

Bring back Bazooka Joes chews too. Did they have tattoos in them or a cartoon strip?

I ate so many of these when I was a kid, it's a miracle I still have any teeth left.

Replicant, don't they still do Wham bars? Refreshers defintely are still around.

Not really a blast from the past, but Walkers Red Hot Max were great. Technically off topic, as anyone who considers it a snack need correcting, but Liptonice (sparkling iced lemon tea) was so sorely missed that when abroad part of me secretly hopes that there will be a can of Liptonice lurking in a fridge somewhere.

It brings a nostalgic tear to my eye.

I used to love Texan Bars. Then, when I was 14, I stopped eating sweets for ten years (arguement with my step father, long story). In the intervening years, Texans were discontinued.

About four years ago I found a box in a shop - nostalgia sweets or somesuch. I bought one (it was _tiny_ compared to my memories) and ate it after lunch.

It was, um, horrible.

Never mind...

Ian

Frickin heck sunny boy, they still do these in my local corner shop !

Herts aint all that eh !

F x

Deoes anyone remember Pink Panther chocolate bars, they were great and the chocolate was pink too!

Also what about Nerds? Those little tiny round sweets that came in a box? I was banned from having them because I used to drop them on the floor and they'd get stuck in my dog's feet.

Lady of Mystery wrote: I was banned from having them because I used to drop them on the floor and they'd get stuck in my dog's feet.

I used to love bon bons. I alway's used to remember behind the counters in every little shop they used to have huge jars of all different sweets and you used to order a pounds worth of a couple of them, and the man would be behind the counter tipping the sweets in to his scales to measure out a pounds worth. That is what I remember a proper sweet shop to be like but it seem's like only the hardcore sweet shops sells them now. Memories hey the mid eighties were great for sweet's

dat8962 wrote:Remember Cadbury's Bar Six, Milk Tray bar with the lime barrel, mint cracknel?

Those were the days - weren't they Mandrake

I remember Bar Six being launched as Cadbury's answer to Kit Kat, the slogan was along the lines of six sections for sixpence (Old money - 2.1/2p in new money)

Personal favourites were Spangles, frozen Jubblies, Blackjacks (4 a penny!) Sherbet Dabs, Nux bars (a bit like Cadbury's PicNic) - sheesh, I'm putting on weight just thinking about them all!