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[Vanwall]

Who can remember Chicago Bars, I used to buy my bar from the sweet shop in Boundary Rd (it used to be on the right just before the railway bridge as you are going up the hill towards Prescot Rd), on my way home from Rivi Rd they, used to cost one penny.

[blonde15]

when i was little it was arrow bars that cost a penny, but in my day there was the 1/2 as well, but i don't remember them costing this!!

[D S]

fruit salads, black jacks, refreshers, potato puffs and the little ufo sherbert things. and sherbert dabs, parma violets, Dew Drops and dolly mixtures. also freddies shop in eccleston street he had a 1d ( old money) tray.

[Olliebeak]

I remember cadbury's doing ha'penny bars of chocolate, penny ones, tuppenny ones and thripenny ones - mind that was back in the 50's.



What about those bars of Milk Tray chocolates where the different centres were joined together with chocolate in between them. (they may have done them in bourneville as well)



And those chewy machines (wrigley's and beechnut I think) where you got an extra packet for every four turns of the knob on the side of the machine.

[eddiedunc]

It's lucky you didn't have attention deficit disorder or autism eating all those sweets and junk food

[warringtonsaint]

Anyone remember kali lumps? Like hard sherbet pieces - wish i knew where I could buy some now!

[D S]

Lucky Bags;Kali lumps; sticky lice; sweet cigarettes; snowballs (2d each);Triple bars (milk, white & dark chocolate?);Mojos were 2-a-penny & Fruit salad 4-a-penny I recall;Pear drops; Iced Poles; Jubbleys & broken biscuits.

bazooka joe - pink bubble gum. treets which became minstrels. Spangles - the old english ones were best. Pacers, Texan bars, the stuff that looked like worms/tobacco. chocolate cigarettes

[warringtonsaint]

Worm-like stuff - was that called "Spanish Gold"?

Anyone remember Aztec chocolate bars?

[Griffin]

In the 1950s, when a quarter of dolly mixtures cost threepence, and a quarter of more elaborate sweets maybe sixpence, the better-class sweet shops used to have a small, fancy-shaped jar with a very exotic label full of something called Rhul Nana Cachous. I think I've got that correct. These cost one-and-sixpence a half ounce! It is difficult now to convey how much that was to a boy with a few coppers to his name. Needless to say, I never bought any, and I never knew anyone else who did. Did these sweets ever get sold, and who on earth in St. Helens bought them?

[Minerlad]

If I remember right, I think they made your breath smell nice.

[Alan]

They did

[wilbur]

Does anyone else remember opal toffees, everyone seems to have heard of opal fruits and opal mints but not these. I remember having them when I was a kid in the early 60s.

[SWIMMER]

Hi Wilbur, welcome to connect hope you have a great time on here posting and debating, and lots of walks down memory lane. Sorry to say Wilbur I remember Opal fruits and not the opal toffees, what were they like maybe a description will jog the memories on here.

[Phyll]

Hi Wilbur, to Connect. There are a few threads on here about Sweets,
which you will find interesting. I had previously put some links on them to places
where they still sell Sweets from our childhood days. If you Google you will find them.
Here's a couple more links that will bring back memories.

http://www.flickr.co...red/5110941023/

http://www.flickr.co...erl/1950876247/

[tessmop]

Does anyone remember penny arrow bars they were toffee,use to buy them all the time,also KP chewing gum and Clock face crisps with the little blue bag of salt.