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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 ?

jaylucy Tue 25-Jan-22 11:12:27

Barmouth and Lincoln biscuits.
Newberry fruits (that used to be made locally)
I certainly remember Aqua Manda too along with Blase' , Sweet Honesty from Avon, Babe and Kikku perfumes as well. Oh and one of my favourite Jontue pefume that was supposed to smell like daffodils (according to the advert!

pinkym Tue 25-Jan-22 11:05:59

I'm loving this thread, so many memories of long-forgotten things, the familiar perfumes that you can still smell, chocolates and foods you still remember the taste of - pure nostalgia. Thank you for posting Poppyjo!

sazz1 Tue 25-Jan-22 11:05:46

Rebane shampoo was great for greasy hair, Styx perfume, five boys chocolate that my GF used to buy for me.
Nuvan spray for fleas, ticks ants. Brilliant stuff for my collie years ago

Mummer Tue 25-Jan-22 11:05:15

Used to have a perfume in 70 'Le de Givenchy' discontinued but found it again about 10 years ago reintroduced but aaargh! Not the same at all! Smelled like a 100 lillies+ and so overpowering, what we're they thinking? Did they lose the recipe or what?! Also used to love red henna powder! Fantastic for condition and amazingly beautiful colour.synthetic colours have all but destroyed my fab hair on occasion. Can get henna but hennara wan the best, smelled like old tea bags but a minor issue!

sandwichgeneration Tue 25-Jan-22 11:02:22

Linco beer shampoo in a barrel

SecondhandRose Tue 25-Jan-22 11:02:18

Texan chocolate bars!

Maria59 Tue 25-Jan-22 11:02:07

I miss table creams also rice creamola and cabana chocolate bar

Mummer Tue 25-Jan-22 11:00:30

Deedaa

When I was a child Cadbury's used to do a bar of chocolate divided up into 6 sections, each one had a filling from the Dairy Milk selection. There was a strawberry one, marzipan, coffee cream, orange cream and I couple of others. It was a special treat and was much cheaper than a whole box of chocolates.

Fry's had such a bar, like the peppermint cream but variety sections! Loved it it was so exotic!

pinkym Tue 25-Jan-22 10:57:37

Coty used to do an avocado face cream, it was The best for dry skin and smelled gorgeous. Of course, it might not do such a good job on skin that's now 50 years older! Elizabeth Arden Blue Grass perfume is another, I think you can still get it but doesn't smell anything like the original. Oh, and Cachet perfume by Prince Matchiabelli.

GolferGrandma Tue 25-Jan-22 10:55:46

Sortilege perfume by Le Galion. First bought for me in mid 60’s. Found some on line but very expensive!

Kaggi60 Tue 25-Jan-22 10:55:43

I liked banana Toffee but a new shop open about a mile away and they sell all the old sweets but are lot expensive than when I was a child.

Hobbs1 Tue 25-Jan-22 10:52:39

Suet on beef, for the lovely beef dripping
virol, a malt extract that we were given a spoonful every morning as kids, kept us healthy. Loved it so much, I used to sneak another spoonful when no one was looking ?.

JMitch Tue 25-Jan-22 10:51:28

Cremolia hand cream from Boots, cheap and excellent. Great memories of finishing the washing up with my mother in the evening after dinner and sharing her cream.

ruthiek Tue 25-Jan-22 10:49:37

My 2nd mum loves them and I can’t find them so sad

chrissie13 Tue 25-Jan-22 10:47:51

My favourite perfumes, Love Chloe and Escada Marine Groove.

Also Kung Po Chicken ready meals, all the supermarkets have stocked versions of it at one time or another, but none of them do it anymore.

Susan55 Tue 25-Jan-22 10:46:51

I really miss Burton's Potato Puffs, especially the barbecue flavour. I really wish they still existed sad

pen50 Tue 25-Jan-22 10:46:12

Proper Knight's Castille bars of soap; the only sort which didn't go soggy. They relaunched it a decade or so ago but it Wasn't The Same.

PinkCosmos Tue 25-Jan-22 10:43:47

Chewbacca

kittylester I always loved Caramac and much to my surprise, I found some in a museum shop a couple of years ago. I don't know if it had changed, or if I'd changed, but it was horribly sickly sweet - like eating solidified condensed milk! Bleurgh!

Exactly the same. I used to love Caramac when I was young but the new version is so sickly. I wondered if it was me (as I don't have a particularly sweet tooth these days) or whether they have change the recipe

cc Tue 25-Jan-22 10:38:36

poshpaws

Callard and Bowser nougat - it was covered in rice paper, which you ate, then wrapped in silver foil and boxed. Absolutely superb, but it was expensive.

Coty did a perfume I liked better than any, ever, I think it was called MeadowFresh, and it came in a white ceramic bottle.

Innoxa makeup, and the best thing ever for spots (thank goodness I grew out of them!) a thing called Propa PH. I used to get my Mum to do my back with it twice a day; it was the only thing that worked.

Callard and Bowser also made a lovely butterscotch, just like homemade. We always had a pack in our Christmas stocking.

Toffee1878 Tue 25-Jan-22 10:37:22

Anne French cleansing milk. I did manage to get a bottle from Amazon last year but it's now unavailable everywhere. I have been using it for nearly 40 years.

cc Tue 25-Jan-22 10:36:33

Germanshepherdsmum

Symington’s Table Creams and Bird’s Instant Whip. Surprise dried peas - so sweet.

Surprise peas were great, much nicer than ordinary dried peas and great for risottos and adding to soup or casseroles for the last few minutes of cooking.

Jendel Tue 25-Jan-22 10:35:04

Yes!!!

cc Tue 25-Jan-22 10:34:54

Deedaa

When I was a child Cadbury's used to do a bar of chocolate divided up into 6 sections, each one had a filling from the Dairy Milk selection. There was a strawberry one, marzipan, coffee cream, orange cream and I couple of others. It was a special treat and was much cheaper than a whole box of chocolates.

I remember this very well, such a good idea for people who don't want a whole box. But I don't much like creams.

Scribbles Tue 25-Jan-22 10:14:55

Delrosa Rosehip Syrup

Linc-o-lin Beer Shampoo in a little barrel shaped bottle.

PinkCosmos Tue 25-Jan-22 10:14:24

Yardley Caprice perfume - I have been looking for a similar smell for years. Any suggestions would be welcome.

Spanish Gold - it was a stringy sweet in a paper packet that was supposed to look like tobacco shock. I did find some a couple of years ago in an old fashioned sweet shop. It was made from coconut dusted with chocolate. It was really sweet. Not a bit like I remembered it.

Also, what happened to Virol - I remember my mother giving it to me as a child. I think it was molasses. I loved it but my friend hated it.