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Post by Patrick on Sept 17, 2008 9:20:28 GMT
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Post by trubble on Sept 17, 2008 12:58:17 GMT
A whole sweetshop?  I can't even run a Marathon. (*Snickers*  ) (sorry) This is exactly what the sweetshop from my youth looked like. It was called Spencer's and run by Mr Spencer in a brown overall. 10p pocket money could get you quite a lot of 'pick and mix' the old fashioned way. aaahhhh...aniseed balls and apple drops weighed into paper bags - the correct way to buy sweets.  (I really am very sorry.) |
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Post by motorist on Sept 17, 2008 13:22:42 GMT
I can't even run a Marathon. (*Snickers* ) (sorry) OWWW!!!!!  I reckon I could run a sweetshop. No shortchanging of customers when I'm running it, I can tell you  |
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Post by Patrick on Sept 17, 2008 16:07:27 GMT
We've still got one of those sweetshops!  Click the pic to find out more! If we're doing nostalgia time though - What about the price of Polos eh? I remember when they were flashmarked at 8p! For a few weeks at school once I developed a passion for Lemonade Sparkles! (Or Orangeade) and they were only 10p each! Round the corner - a ring doughnut was 10p and a jam doughnut was 12p. Curly Wurly's? 8p - Just think of the feast you could have for a pound 30 years ago! ha'penny chews! Boy o Boy. |
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Post by Alpha Hooligan on Sept 17, 2008 18:07:07 GMT
Mmmm...sweeties...  No I couldn't run one, I'd walk in in the morning and just stare at all the jars for a few minutes before indulging in an orgy sweet scoffing depravity. ;D Retro sweets here... www.aquarterof.co.uk/AH |
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Post by Patrick on Sept 17, 2008 18:15:25 GMT
The Mother in Law is always harking on about "Toasted Marshmallows" - Those two don't have them - She remembers them from years ago, we did find her a bag of in the US - nothing over here so far. They've probably got those in Ireland too!  |
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Post by housesparrow on Sept 17, 2008 18:18:35 GMT
All of a sudden, from having nowt but Woollies and the usual newsagents' wrapped sweets, we have sprouted no less than three shops boasting old fashioned candy. Bet they all go out of business at the same time.
Mind you, one is really a chocolate shop, and it sells bits of orange peel coated in dark chocolate. Selsey, eat your heart out...
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Post by Patrick on Sept 17, 2008 18:28:41 GMT
Bloomin enormous one in Keswick. "Ye Olde Friars" (Nothing more embarrassing than a shop that uses an olde e in it's name!) but it's set out with all the sweets on little round tables with cloths - rather like someone's dining room. It's two shop widths and just packed with every type of hand made chocolate and other bits and pieces you could imagine.
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Post by Patrick on Sept 17, 2008 18:29:43 GMT
All of a sudden, from having nowt but Woollies and the usual newsagents' wrapped sweets, we have sprouted no less than three shops boasting old fashioned candy. Bet they all go out of business at the same time. It's the same with delicatessens! |
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Post by everso on Sept 17, 2008 18:34:08 GMT
A whole sweetshop? I can't even run a Marathon. (*Snickers* ) (sorry) This is exactly what the sweetshop from my youth looked like. It was called Spencer's and run by Mr Spencer in a brown overall. 10p pocket money could get you quite a lot of 'pick and mix' the old fashioned way. aaahhhh...aniseed balls and apple drops weighed into paper bags - the correct way to buy sweets. (I really am very sorry.) How about cough candy? I only have to think about it and the saliva glands (you know, that bit just below the ears) start working overtime. |
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Post by Patrick on Sept 17, 2008 18:40:03 GMT
Proper Cough Candy blows your socks off! |
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Post by Alpha Hooligan on Sept 17, 2008 18:45:02 GMT
I prefer winter candy... >slurp< AH |
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Post by everso on Sept 17, 2008 23:28:30 GMT
Now Patrick, you spoke about prices. Well I remember when Black Jacks and Fruit Salads (those little chewy sweets individually wrapped) were four for a penny - that's one OLD penny. My mum used to give me 3d (that's three OLD pence) a day to spend on sweets after school. I used to by a penny bubble gum, a liquorice stick and four Black Jacks - they used to leave your tongue all black. I managed to buy some black jacks about 20 years ago in Asda. Hhaven't seen any since. Do they still sell them?
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Post by Patrick on Sept 18, 2008 0:37:19 GMT
I knew you'd be good for a sweetie (story)! From Alpha's site: www.aquarterof.co.uk/black-jacks-p-413.htmlMy local market has them too. I also rather like their toffee caramels in a red and black packet. I'll have to pop and get some now! |
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Post by housesparrow on Sept 18, 2008 6:17:55 GMT
Rhubarb and custard, liquorice and blackcurrent come high on my list of favourties.
Often the ones I fancy are unwrapped. Now, while this may save the planet and I won't be paying for the wrappers, I always discover them a few days later, congealed in the bag they were put in.
Don't suggest a sweeet jar, because I eat sweets when I'm out, not at home - but can any of you budding sweet shopowners come up with a simple solution?
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Post by Patrick on Sept 18, 2008 9:46:28 GMT
Often the ones I fancy are unwrapped. Now, while this may save the planet and I won't be paying for the wrappers, I always discover them a few days later, congealed in the bag they were put in. Sounds like the time I discovered (a week too late) that I'd been given a banana with my packed lunch. I discovered this when taking out my Physics book and it was covered in yellow slime!  How about a little tin? |
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Post by Alpha Hooligan on Sept 22, 2008 17:55:32 GMT
Rhubarb and custard, liquorice and blackcurrent come high on my list of favourties. Often the ones I fancy are unwrapped. Now, while this may save the planet and I won't be paying for the wrappers, I always discover them a few days later, congealed in the bag they were put in. Don't suggest a sweeet jar, because I eat sweets when I'm out, not at home - but can any of you budding sweet shopowners come up with a simple solution? Buy a stack of proper paper sweetie bags...you'll be able to indulge in the full sweet shop experience then. Edit: Oh, I didn't read your post properly...soz.  Get a little tin like wot Paddy said. AH |
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Post by housesparrow on Sept 22, 2008 19:07:03 GMT
It will have to be a very little tin, because othersie it will weigh down my handbag, which will part company with the handles. And a very little tin is of no use, becaue life is too short to keep replenishing tins with sweeties.
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Post by Alpha Hooligan on Sept 22, 2008 19:13:39 GMT
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Post by sesley on Sept 22, 2008 20:34:53 GMT
i love traditional sweet shops, the corner shop opposite Newport School,Leyton used to have jars of sherbet which you coulod by a bag of and stick your wet finger in and it came out yellow !
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