Single hen

[Cinnamon]

Sweet peanuts were my favourites.

Haven't seen those in years

[Martin B]

1p Blackjacks! £1 for 110

[Charlottechicken]

Does anyone remember the Alpine man? Used to deliver fizzy pop in big bottles that you washed and gave him back the following week? Or Tudor crisps.

 

One advert that has stuck in my mind from when I was little was for a chocoate bar called a Swisskit, the tag line was "I'll risk it for a Swisskit" and the ads were all skiing scenes. By the time I was old enough to go to the shop on my own they didn't make them any more.

[Mrs Frugal]

This is showing my age I remember buying a Cadbury bar of chocolate with an old penny! I also use to make jelly tot soup!Ahhhh, those were the days. Maybe we could remember old toys next. Anyone remember pipa dolls?

 

I remember Pippa dolls! I had rather a lot. Do you remember collecting the petals on the backs of the packs which you saved up until you'd got enough to send off for another doll? I had the Pippa apartment too - groovy!!

 

Back to sweets - I LOVE Parma Violets! Scrummy! I used to feel very sophisticated "smoking" sweet cigarettes when I was 8 or 9 ! My favourite was Mint Cracknell bars though. Oh they were lovely!!

 

Swisskit? That's so weird! I only said "I'll risk it for a Swisskit" the other day!

 

Do you remember the advert for milk with "Humphrey's" in ? "Watch out! Watch out! There's a Humphrey about!"

[Charlottechicken]

Kate, I have the badges with the Humphreys on

 

"get more milk they're on the attack, watch out, watch out, watch out, watch out, cos' the Humphreys are back!"

 

Sad

[Mrs Frugal]

Excellent!!!

[Charlottechicken]

But sad

 

And I used to 'smoke' the candy cigarettes as well!

[Karen & co.]

 

We used to have a cat called Humphrey, because his tail was stripy and curled when he walked like on the ad

 

karen x

[Lesley]

We have two shops in Stratford where you can still buy old-fashioned sweets loose - I still buy Parma Violets.

 

I love the way that Creamola tin says 'Fully sweetened' at the bottom! - probably less rubbish in it than todays ****

[Guest]

Does anyone remember the Alpine man? Used to deliver fizzy pop in big bottles that you washed and gave him back the following week?

 

In our last house, we had a 'juice man' who came round once a week in a milk float kind of lorry, and you got 5 bottles of juice for £2 - £1.50 if you returned last weeks bottles. We got juice for a couple of weeks, but we're not really fizzy juice drinkers so we decided to stop getting it - I was working, so I got my sister-in-law to tell him we wouldn't be needing any more juice. He turned round and said 'tell your MUM I'll have to hear it from her, as she's the one who pays the money'.

 

I was 25 at the time, sis-in-law was 19.

 

[One Man Banned]

I'm sure you can still get alot of these old fashioned sweets like Mojo and Blackjacks (oh and drumsticks!) at Makro!

 

My uncle Eddie still delivers to shops in his van and he sells the jar sweets and things. I always remeber going to their house and going into the shed at the back of the garden where the stock was with a huge paper bag. WE used to open the jars and take a few of everything (this was in the days when they weren't sealed with plastic on the top!)

 

AH Happy days

 

I cant remember what these sweet dispensers where that were "tacs" or something - the sweets were in little packets and they had novelty dispensers where you'd tip the top back (a dog dispenser - you'd pull the head back) and a sweetie came out. It's driving me mad now.

 

I'm 26 and now reminiscing about my childhood!!

 

A

xx

[Guest]

I cant remember what these sweet dispensers where that were "tacs" or something - the sweets were in little packets and they had novelty dispensers where you'd tip the top back (a dog dispenser - you'd pull the head back) and a sweetie came out. It's driving me mad now.xx

 

 

You can still get them - Santa brought the boys one each for Christmas last year. Can't for the life of me remember what they are called though..

 

I'll have a think.....

 

[Guest]

PEZ!!!!!!

[One Man Banned]

YEY!!

 

Well Done Shona

 

Just had a look on Ebay and maybe tempted to get one

 

for nostalgic purposes only you understand!

[Charlottechicken]

Isn't that the urban myth about why eBay was created, to trade in Pez dispensers?

 

I have an old Disney monkey one somewhere, only bought the one, I think it's worth tuppence

[bunee1]

Does anyone remember Cola Cubes???

 

Oh loved em.....no they were just to big a square to be able to be descreet, how about blue mouths yuk everyone stopped eating them when they found out they made your poo green

[theherd123]

Does anyone remember Cola Cubes???

 

Oh loved em.....no they were just to big a square to be able to be descreet, how about blue mouths yuk everyone stopped eating them when they found out they made your poo green

 

I dont remember any of that!!!

[harveypup]

Some of the Pez dispensers are worth a bob or two - A Euro 2004 one (still in packet.... as if!) would reach between £15 AND £20

[AnnieP]

Ok, along the same lines. Who else was a lucky child whose parents had a sodastream?

And who's going to admit to keeping on pressing that button to get the fizziest drinks ever..... Did quite a lot of damage to our kitchen and was banned from making my own fizzy drinks ever again....

[Nicola H]

We had a Sodastream I loved it and yes my brother and I made a mess of the kitchen trying to get the fizziest drinks.........Great fun but the taste was a bit iffy.........

[theherd123]

No was totally gutted we never had one! Parents were the healthy types and didnt encourage fizzy drinks! Never bought white bread either

 

My cousin had one and i was so envious!

[AnnieP]

Do you remember the bottles?

 

Man! I'm off to Ebay to see what I can find........

[Nicola H]

Oh Yes i still have the bottle in the cupboard somewhere.............

[AnnieP]

Quick..... go and sell it on Ebay. No vintage sodastream stuff there...! Could go for a lot of money..... But it looks like they are still making the machines! Can't imagine anybody buying one these days......

oops! Apologies to anyone who has one........

[Martin B]

And BULLY'S SPECIAL PRIZE!

 

We have a soda stream in the attic I think!