nostalgia and the things you miss...

[jibjob79]

For me Feast chocolate ice cream lollies. When they first came out they had a chocolate centre that was like a frozen chocolate bar in itself. I would eat the ice cream off and then be left with a frozen block of chocolate on a stick mmmm. Now it is so small you can hardly eat it and notice any block of chocolate in there.

Also proper sized monster munch, not the big versions now but the normal size version back in the day that was just as big. I hate it how companies will reduce the size and contents to save a few pennies so they don't have to put costs up. A treat is not about having an economical bit of sugar but a hunger satisfying punch of a treat that leaves you head wanting more but your belly saying no more.

Rant over.

[rollzst]

nostalgia and the things you miss...

I remember buying chocolate cigarettes! Those were the days... I also remember ghost town Sundays!

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You can't still get these, saw them recently!

[captain duff]

Ermm, you can get big curly wurly's too..still.

Yes, you can stilll get curly wurlys, but they are not big! The modern version is around 7" long, but I'm absolutley convinced the original '70s version was around a foot long. There was an interview on the telly a while ago about the making of Life on Mars regarding 70s props, and they actually stated on there that the original version was much bigger. There is a bit of history here too: http://www.chocablog.com/reviews/cadbury-curly-wurly/

[Soulmanure]

I was really trying to think of some sweet from childhood that I missed, but then it occurred to me that candy in the states has one sad historical consistency: it is, on average, terrible.

[Paulie]

Chelsea Whoppers. It is still possible to get them but they are just not the same. I did ask a few months ago at a local old fashioned sweet shop and apparently it is one old guy in his 70's that makes them now.

[Pandyboy]

I used to get my pocket money and off to the corner shop, buy a quater of strawberries and cream. I also used to love sherbert pips and stash them in my blazer pocket, eating them in secret in class so teacher would not see.

Flying saucers were another one, with that papery outer and sherbert inner.

YUM YUM!

Check out http://www.aquarterof.co.uk/ for retro sweets.