Bairn at heart.

My mum loves liquorice. She was given a pack of old fashioned sweets for Christmas. Liquorice pipes, wheels and twists. She was in heaven, none of us like the stuff so she has them all to herself.
She used to buy us sherbet fountains and she would eat the liquorice.
I'd be like W and choose the dolly mixtures and jellies :)

sherbet fountain yum yum dolly mixture yummy if they are the soft ones

Excellent !
Remember those flying saucers filled with sherbet ?

Yummy, I love liquorice too :O) thanks for sharing :O)

Those flying saucers were my favs. They always remind me of sunny summer days :o) I didn't buy the sherbert fountains because I don't like liquorice. I used to peel the sugar layers off Liquorice Allsorts lol :o)

I think flying saucers are still available in some of the old fashioned sweet shops ...
and, Hywel, we could share liquorice allsorts ..
you have the sugar layers and I'll have the liquorice !

LOL ! Good idea TT :o)

Yes, I've seen the flying saucers in a local shop, but they don't seem the same as the old ones. They've been modernised :o( It never works.

On my latest blog, I've mentioned you in the lovely countryside of Wales maybe being on a different planet ... Lol.
flying saucers ? .. this is getting weird !

Great memories Scotsgran and the lucky tatties .And there was the lucky bag.

There are a few old fashioned sweet shops around these days..I loved anything with Sherbet in..especially Sherbet Lemons,still widely available,that made your teeth laugh ,when you got to the middle..:o) I hated Cherry Lips and Parma Violets.tasted like soap to me Lol.,and those fruity Spangles were a fave too ..

Sherbet dib-dabs. Mmmm-mmmm!
Blackjacks, bonbons & imps.
Cola cube, anyone? Lol.

Swap you a Jap ( the sweetie kind)for an imp.Mouldy :o)
remember those?

I'll swap some pieces of my Fry's Five Boys ...
... the chocolate bar cost me 7d ...

What did you buy for 7d ?

OH MY!!!!!!!! What are you doing to me????
Liquorice Torpedoes, I love them, thats another thing that goes missing when the grandchildren are grown up and therefore can shop for themselves, I often used to get an extra packet of sweets so that I didn't have to resort to pinching theirs, lol, somehow the grownups choices just do not taste the same, I have a passion for Jellytots...
Blackjacks were 4 for a 1d and that was in old money, Gobstoppers, 1d for the large ones or 2 half size ones 1d, our local shop the Flying Saucers were 2 for 1d, we were in seventh heaven when being awarded threepence for running an errand, might have to go shopping now as I haven't got any sweets in the house......
I forgot to say, one of my girls was allergic to anything red so obviously mummy had all the red Smarties (sigh)

You are welcome to all those, just give me a crunchie bar.

I love dolly mixtures ! If ever our grandaughter had any , she would definitely have to hide them from me ! lol
We have an old fashioned sweet shop in a village near us and has the full selection of sweets in the big old fashioned jars, plus sherbet and licorice sticks ! Needless to say, we don't visit it very often !

This is a great response from all you sweeties out there. Lol I am having a good old chuckle. Do you all have false teeth, you should have. Yes Snoopy they were the soft ones.

Was that the Fry's cream bar with the green filling,Terra?
one of my faves ..Now I am going back further here,,when sweets were rationed..did anyone ever have Cocoa and sugar,mixed together in a paper bag ? finger licking good :o)..and that sugar crystal gunk,you had weighed out in Woollies..2oz,if you were flush.., I don't remember the proper name..or how to spell it,but it sounded like Kay-lie..lemon or pink,as I remember..

Sorry Sandra ... I don't go back that far ..
not to the rationing days ..Lol.
And I can't remember too much about the Five Boys chocolate bar .... other than the boys in the picture on the wrapper !

Trust you to remember the boys,and not the chocolate ! Lol x

Bloomer we used to like kay-lie, I also don't know how its spelt, used to get a Id lolly as well for dipping in the bag but always ended up with coloured fingertips as the lolly never lasted long enough..

http://www.aquarterof.co.uk/space-dust-sherbet-crystals-sherbet-kali-c-103_307.html

pictures of old fashioned sweets on this link ..
flying saucers, kali etc.

I loved Black Jacks and Fruit salads, we have an old fashion sweet shop in our town but never been in to ask ...

I used to buy Fruit Salads on my way home from school - a farthing each. Then one day the shopkeeper told me - "You'll have to buy two for a ha'penny next time - farthings are finished!" What a patient man allowing me to go into his shop and spend a farthing!! (Lord - I feel like someone out of Dickens! It doesn't feel all that long ago, either. I couldn't afford a Mars Bar - they were 3d!)

Same here local shop had a whole range likethe blackjacks 4 for 1d....
rainbow kayli that sent your finger red.....
on a friday (payday)dad bought three small chocolate bars then we shared them......happy days xxx

went to Beamish last summer and the sweetshop was absolutly packed with folk reliving their childhood!
I got proper coconut mushrooms and thos chocolate caramels in shiny paper

My ex-wife is Japanese, Bloomer, I kid you not. Lol.
Anyone remember Nestle Crunchy Crisp, Sweet Tobacco or Aztecs.
Just me then?
"TAXI!" Lol.

If you like a lotta chocolate on your biscuit
join our "club" Mouldy :0)

Oops,Mouldy..! maybe not the flavour of the week then ?? Lol....stick with an Imp :o) Just going to look for my spade ....

Oh yes - sweet tobacco in a tube - I remember that! And Spangles in about twenty varieties ("Easy to open - easy to eat, Spangles are my favourite treat!")

The 'Bandit' hit the 'Penguin' with a 'Club' and made his 'Breakaway' in a 'Taxi'.

Before "Golf"?

Maybe had a round or two.
Who knows what goes on in the minds of these ne'er-do-wells? ;-)

Never mind sweeties - I just love biscuits! I only very rarely buy them, or they hardly survive the day. Plain ones, ginger ones, custard creams - you name it! I'm not a great chocolate eater, so the plain ones suit me fine. But I certainly can't eat just one! I have a great recipe for ginger fairings, but I'll only make them if there are others to share with...

I rarely make cakes these days.......we just eat them much too quickly

Chocolate orange scones, anyone?

I Snicker as I think of an Aero (plane) Twix Mars and the Milky way to the Galaxy far away, and a Planet of Jelly Tots with Cherry Lips and Chocolate buttons .............

Mmmm, Fin Carre...39p for a 100g bar.
Just in case there's a shortage I buy 10 bars at a time.
What? Well, you have to think of these things, don't you? ;-)

Lol Bilbo!
I'm doing my best, via the dental industry, to get us out of this recession. ;-)