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kalinka Sat 23-Mar-19 10:05:26

Chatting with friends yesterday and conversation turned to sweets (we are all rather guilty of having a sweet tooth) and the ones we loved that you can't get any more. Who else remembers Pacers and Spangles? They don't make them like they used to

Nico97 Sat 23-Mar-19 10:23:25

Old English Spangles were my absolute childhood favourite

kalinka Sat 23-Mar-19 10:23:57

I liked those too but not all of the flavours. Used to palm off the ones I wasn't keen on onto my siblings

kalinka Sat 23-Mar-19 10:24:12

Lemonade ones though and the butterscotch ones

CariGransnet (GNHQ) Sat 23-Mar-19 10:26:17

Loved the butterscotch ones. And pacers. And Tooty Minties. Does anyone else remember the cinnamon ones? They were not around for long. But shame Tooty Minties bit the dust and Pacers too. I used to love the Elizabeth Shaw mint chocolate bars - green and brown chocolate, subtle flavour. Not cheap but so good

MacCavity2 Sat 23-Mar-19 11:40:23

The original Cadbury chocolate, can’t stand the new stuff. Stopped buying when the American company broke their promise and made lots of people redundant.

KatyK Sat 23-Mar-19 11:46:58

Oh yes. Spangles were lovely. I loved Fry's Five Centres and if I had the money I would treat myself to a quarter of Lucky Numbers - I can still remember the theme tune to the advert.

SueDonim Sat 23-Mar-19 13:30:01

Old English Spangles! Wasn't one of the flavours wintergreen, which I think was used as a liniment for aches and pains?

I loved Floral gums, which you still occasionally see in quaint sweet shops.

Brunette10 Sat 23-Mar-19 13:32:15

I just loved Old English Spangles too, I can just taste them now!

EllanVannin Sat 23-Mar-19 13:52:39

What happened to those large round serrated-edged biscuits that were shortbread on one side and thick milk chocolate on the other. The name/make was embossed on the shortbread side, which was sprinkled with sugar.

Only a few in a packet and certainly not many to the lb.

EllanVannin Sat 23-Mar-19 13:54:05

No decent biscuits around. M&S used to do ginger thins which were delicious-----then they vanished sad

KatyK Sat 23-Mar-19 14:07:37

I used to live Royal Scott biscuits. Not sure if they are still about.

EllanVannin Sat 23-Mar-19 14:13:46

I remember the Royal Scot biscs and I think they were in a royal blue wrapper, though not sure.

KatyK Sat 23-Mar-19 14:15:08

They looked a bit boring but were delicious.

Gonegirl Sat 23-Mar-19 14:19:08

Teacher gave me Spangles to stave off travel sickness when I was about eleven and on a school trip. It worked!

B9exchange Sat 23-Mar-19 14:35:57

Callard and Bowser creamline toffees, my granny had a tin.
Strawberry Fruitellas
My parents used to keep a small round tin of square boiled sweets in the car for long journeys, they were covered in icing sugar, lemon being my favourite, anyone remember those, brain addled today?

Brunette10 Sat 23-Mar-19 15:14:49

Parisian Creams!

Mapleleaf Sat 23-Mar-19 16:04:38

Old Jamaica, a rum flavoured chocolate bar, was tasty.
As a child, I enjoyed caramac, but it would be far too sickly now!
Were they called sherbet lemons, or something similar, B9exchange? I could be quite wrong, of course!
I used to like fruit polos too - not sure if they are still around.

chicken Sat 23-Mar-19 16:15:56

The original New Berry Fruits---my parents used to buy a couple of boxes as a Christmas treat. The syrup inside tasted of REAL fruit. Now ,they taste synthetic.

CariGransnet (GNHQ) Sat 23-Mar-19 16:16:28

Floral gums!! Yummm

LullyDully Sat 23-Mar-19 16:28:25

Sorry always hated new berry fruits too gritty. Give me sharps toffee or that stuff which came with a hammer.

Fernbergien Sat 23-Mar-19 16:28:33

The best biscuits I have found are in Lidl, Their posh ones and butter shortcake in the long packet. I too got fed up with naff biscuits. Balsen are lovely too.

lovebeigecardigans1955 Sat 23-Mar-19 16:31:54

We sometimes bought Parma Violets - not sure if we really liked them as they used to taste a bit 'soapy'. We loved Spangles and Fruity Polo's.

J52 Sat 23-Mar-19 16:52:21

Fry’s did a chocolate bar that was a layer of dark chocolate then white chocolate and finally milk chocolate. I can’t remember what it was called.
I liked separating the layers out before eating them.

rockgran Sat 23-Mar-19 17:02:21

Does anyone remember choc top yogurt? It was a lemon yogurt with a layer of chocolate on top. A strange combination but I loved them in about 1963.