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Which foods,, toiletries etc do you miss which are no longer available?

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Poppyjo Sun 23-Jan-22 20:08:37

For me it is the root of the celery which we used to fight over, bacon rind (very hard to find), banana toffee which stuck to your teeth and blancmange/symington table creams. Ponds face cream, and Armani hair gel. The gel would be so thick sometimes it had to be washed out! Guess I’m giving my age away ?

FannyCornforth Tue 25-Jan-22 13:57:12

Yammy

Eau de Givenchy perfume and Astral toilet soap.
Rhubarb and custard sweets and Midget gems the tiny really hard ones that made a lump and nearly choked you.

Yammy I mentioned Eau de Givenchy up thread!
It was gorgeous wasn’t it?! So fresh and sparkly. God knows why they stopped making itsad

MagSt Tue 25-Jan-22 14:01:33

Oh yes, loved Aqua manda

vickya Tue 25-Jan-22 14:21:38

Dark chocolate spread in a plastic tub, no nuts in it, think it was Rowndtrees? And Roget and Galet Eau Sandal in cut glass bottle

MissAdventure Tue 25-Jan-22 14:27:52

Ooh mint cracknell someone mentioned.
Was there a nut one too?

RosieJ18 Tue 25-Jan-22 14:28:58

Energen Rolls, a puff ball of heaven

Bambibear Tue 25-Jan-22 14:35:33

MissAdventure

Old Jamaica chocolate bars.
At least I seem to think that's what they were called.

You can still get Old Jamaica, sadly it’s no longer the same as it was. Palm oil has ruined it.

Lizzies Tue 25-Jan-22 14:35:55

Craven’s Old English mints, hard outer shell and chewy in the middle. Clearing out to downsize and found an old bottle of Aqua Manda, didn’t smell very nice at all after 40 years in a cupboard!

MissHavisham1984 Tue 25-Jan-22 14:43:12

Midnight perfume by Dorothy Gray. Also Quadrille perfume by Balenciaga, I wore it on my wedding day. Clarnico mint creams too.

Astelle29 Tue 25-Jan-22 14:49:01

Mary Quant make up, Yardley face cream.

humptydumpty Tue 25-Jan-22 14:56:42

Ooh PinkCosmos! I used to HATE Virol and dreaded being given it; I mentioned that to my mum a few years ago and she asked me why I didn't just say, and she'd have stopped! Somehow I never said no to either of my parents

humptydumpty Tue 25-Jan-22 14:57:52

I wonder why they stopped making Clarnico mint creams? I remeber them fondly too and so many thumbs up on this thread.

Arto1s Tue 25-Jan-22 15:17:11

Cussons Imperial Leather Roll-on deodorant.

Sleepygran Tue 25-Jan-22 15:21:33

Sea jade perfume by yardley

baggiebird Tue 25-Jan-22 15:28:08

Ixion
Yes kunzle cakes was just going to post that when I saw your post such thick chocolate on them

Dowsabella Tue 25-Jan-22 15:35:51

Thank you Poppyjo
What a wonderful trip down memory lane!
Clarnico mint creams,
Palm banana split toffee bars,
Morny French Fern,
Pond's cold cream,
Anne French cleansing milk,

I could add
Avon Timeless perfume/cologne - sadly allergic to it!
Bristow's lanolin cream shampoo in sachets - so convenient
Lux soap flakes - or am I looking in the wrong place?!

Momonelios Tue 25-Jan-22 15:42:06

Rice creamola
Gingham perfume

Nicegranny Tue 25-Jan-22 15:43:30

Woolworths coffee cream’s in the blue wrapper.
A bubble bath by Roger & Galette called Celete Mignardise or something like that. The perfume was like carnations.
Another bubble bath called Timeless by Goya l think.
These three things remind me of being a teenager.

Coco51 Tue 25-Jan-22 15:49:24

OK Sauce!

Photocrazy Tue 25-Jan-22 15:49:34

Boots No 17 lipstick - Poncho Pink and Audition. Always the same if you like something, they stop producing it!!

readalot Tue 25-Jan-22 15:54:34

I miss Lings Turkish delight, the stuff you get these day's isn't the same. Also Weekend chocolates and I used to like the frys five bar bars of chocolate

LtEve Tue 25-Jan-22 16:05:05

Dowsabella

Thank you Poppyjo
What a wonderful trip down memory lane!
Clarnico mint creams,
Palm banana split toffee bars,
Morny French Fern,
Pond's cold cream,
Anne French cleansing milk,

I could add
Avon Timeless perfume/cologne - sadly allergic to it!
Bristow's lanolin cream shampoo in sachets - so convenient
Lux soap flakes - or am I looking in the wrong place?!

You can get Ponds cold cream in Boots, I saw some last week. It's not in the lovely glass jar though. No vanishing cream though.

Esmay Tue 25-Jan-22 16:32:06

Celery leaves
Beef dripping
Fuller's Walnut Cake
Iceland Cumberland Sausage
Dreft flakes
Imperial Leather Talcum powder
Estee Lauder Terracotta Tile Lipstick
Estee Lauder Nail Polish
Avon Platinum perfume
Polyherb Shampoo
Aqua Manda
Kiku
The original Eau Savage
Pond's Cold Cream
Long sleeved long length passion killer nighties from M and S
Most products from Past Times .

Mamma66 Tue 25-Jan-22 16:35:47

Dee1012

Two perfumes..Stevie B by Max Factor and Sicily by Dolce & Gabbana,
Toast Toppers - looked appalling but I loved them.

Toast Toppers, yum, I used to love them.

Mamma66 Tue 25-Jan-22 16:37:10

Oh and I don’t think anyone has mentioned proper Walnut Whips. The new ones don’t taste right and are walnutless!!!

annodomini Tue 25-Jan-22 16:38:04

In the 1960s, (is that really half a century ago?) I loved Elizabeth Ardens's Silver Pink and Silver Coral lipsticks. I almost went into mourning when I found that these had been discontinued!