gooner.girl Posted May 4, 2008 Share Posted May 4, 2008 OOOHHHH! Sherbert Fountains! Just seeing the packaging takes me back a few years to the 1980's! Happy days! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 4, 2008 Share Posted May 4, 2008 when i was little, i used to put a few different colours in at the same time to see what colour they turned into. I pulled the sticky melange out of my mouth one day and right in the middle was one of my fillings! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 4, 2008 Share Posted May 4, 2008 I remember spacedust.. weird popping stuff : when i was little, my dad put some of that in our cat's mouth once, it went bonkers! He used to torment the cat something chronic. He'd put pegs on it's tail or put it in a carrier bag and hang it on the washing line. He loved our cat but also loved teasing it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tessa the Duchess Posted May 4, 2008 Share Posted May 4, 2008 He used to torment the cat something chronic. He'd put pegs on it's tail or put it in a carrier bag and hang it on the washing line. Naughty Daddy. Tessa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jules. Posted May 4, 2008 Share Posted May 4, 2008 Galaxy counters. my fav Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 4, 2008 Share Posted May 4, 2008 Galaxy counters. my fav me too, they had a picture of a giraffe on the packet didn't they? loved them! what about those small round jelly sweets covered in sugar, Jelly tots!!!!!! loved them too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cooks Posted May 4, 2008 Share Posted May 4, 2008 Jelly tots are still on the shelves. I love Tootie Fruities, still available, luckily. What ever happened to nutty bars though I loved them!!!! I now have a bowl at my computer because I am salivating so much! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted May 4, 2008 Share Posted May 4, 2008 I don't like most sweeties - I prefer chocolate.....but I only have to hear mention of the Opal Fruits song and my mouth starts watering Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarah B Posted May 4, 2008 Share Posted May 4, 2008 The Opal Fruits theme tune was one of the best ever advertising mottos wasn't it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted May 4, 2008 Share Posted May 4, 2008 - it was certainly very effective - slurp!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chickvic Posted May 4, 2008 Share Posted May 4, 2008 I've been on the site that Bronze mentioned and spent £20 The kids were picking things as well not just me and hubby... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bronze Posted May 4, 2008 Share Posted May 4, 2008 Yay I've done it. I've made omleteers spend money. Not that its very hard is it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goosey Lucy Posted May 4, 2008 Share Posted May 4, 2008 Thanks Bronze, my hubby loves all the old sweets, I've just spent a small fortune! I can keep them hidden til his birthday, tho! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mutrix Farmers Posted May 4, 2008 Share Posted May 4, 2008 My favourite rubbish sweets when I was little were spaceship (2 for a penny)and yellow banana shaped sweets. I sometimes buy the bananas from the kids pick and mix in Woollies and pretend they are for my grandson, but they are really for me Tessa Julian Graves (the health food people) sell bags of bananas, shrimps and flying saucers!! I loved sherbert pips, 5p for 2 oz and the bag lasted ages Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cooks Posted May 4, 2008 Share Posted May 4, 2008 oh yes! sherbert pips! we used to buy those and take them into school was ok until the teachers caught you, they didn't confiscate them they'd make you give them some!! especially the art teacher, he loved sweets! If anyone can find nutty bars I would love to have another one of those. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted May 5, 2008 Share Posted May 5, 2008 Julian Graves (the health food people) sell bags of bananas, shrimps and flying saucers!! mmmmmmm so healthy....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted May 5, 2008 Share Posted May 5, 2008 Fizzy Cola bottles for me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louise Posted May 5, 2008 Share Posted May 5, 2008 Am I the only one who finds Opal Fruits make me thirsty I really don't like them and especially on a journey I can remember as a child we were driving up from Oxford to Fife to visit the grandparents and being given opal fruits which made me want to throw up I like to be different Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubereglu Posted May 7, 2008 Share Posted May 7, 2008 They have the same effect with my sister and car journies too Louise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 7, 2008 Share Posted May 7, 2008 the colour purple makes me feel thirsty, not the book, the colour itself! My mouth is watering now just thinking of purple!? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tessa the Duchess Posted May 7, 2008 Share Posted May 7, 2008 the colour purple makes me feel thirsty, not the book, the colour itself! My mouth is watering now just thinking of purple!? The colour yellow makes me sneeze Tessa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helly Welly Posted May 8, 2008 Share Posted May 8, 2008 I loked at the Opal Fruits advert on Youtube and ralised that i still remembered all the words Couldn't resist a peek at the Jacobs Club advert as well Every Sunday, when i was a kid, we used to go and get a quarter of sweets from the local shop. I always got pineapple cubes, they used to last me all week. Luckily, there is a proper sweet shop in Leicester, with shelves of jars behind the counter. Time to revisit it, i think Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jules. Posted May 26, 2010 Share Posted May 26, 2010 Galaxy counters. my fav They are back !!!!!!!! Just seen an advert on the telly. Can you tell I'm excited? and about to put two stone on They've gone all grown up though with the packaging, no more cartoon owls or giraffes on them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WitchHazel Posted May 27, 2010 Share Posted May 27, 2010 I wonder if they'll bring back Galaxy counters Galaxy Counters are back..but not in the packaging you remember. The packaging hasn't come back (the white bag with a counting animal on, like Percy the Pelican). They've come back as a "female indulgence" product, in a bag which is part of the swirly brown Galaxy wrapping. But it's the Galxy Counter product inside. EDITED: Sorry Jools, I replied to this post when I saw it on page 1, I hadn't got to the end and spotted that you had already replied. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluekarin Posted May 27, 2010 Share Posted May 27, 2010 mmmmm love Opal Fruits! Were Pascals the mild minty ones? If so loved them too! What I'd love to see brought back are Texan bars. I had a look at the link and saw that they actually brought them back a few years ago! And I didn't know! The sad thing is I only found them just before they stopped making them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
