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By *asterR and slut maya OP Man
over a year ago

Bradford

Going to school .I bought a penny toffee .a Spanish .some blackjack and some fruit salards .

What did you buy

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Millions and a wham bar

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Going to school .I bought a penny toffee .a Spanish .some blackjack and some fruit salards .

What did you buy "

Did you say you bought a Spanish on your way to school?

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By *weetkitten65Woman
over a year ago

Halifax

White mice,flying saucers, candy teeth,cola bottles.

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By *asterR and slut maya OP Man
over a year ago

Bradford

"Going to school .I bought a penny toffee .a Spanish .some blackjack and some fruit salards .

What did you buy

Did you say you bought a Spanish on your way to school?

Back in the day a licorice was called a penny Spanish

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By *iger4uWoman
over a year ago

In my happy place

A carrot and some licorice root

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Curly wurly

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By *asterR and slut maya OP Man
over a year ago

Bradford

"Millions and a wham bar "

What are millions

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

10p mix in the little white paper bags

Ooor if I was flush a quarter of chewing nuts

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Going to school .I bought a penny toffee .a Spanish .some blackjack and some fruit salards .

What did you buy

Did you say you bought a Spanish on your way to school?

Back in the day a licorice was called a penny Spanish "

Well, blow me down. I’d never heard of that and my days go back even more than yours.

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By *ad NannaWoman
over a year ago

East London

In Infants a ½p wafer, 2 marshmallows and a packet of puffs.

Sometimes I'd have a Tip Top orange squash.

In Juniors a bar of Old Jamaica or a quarter of something.

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By *ad NannaWoman
over a year ago

East London

"Going to school .I bought a penny toffee .a Spanish .some blackjack and some fruit salards .

What did you buy

Did you say you bought a Spanish on your way to school?

Back in the day a licorice was called a penny Spanish

Well, blow me down. I’d never heard of that and my days go back even more than yours."

My father-in-law called the liquorice wheels Spanish.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Going to school .I bought a penny toffee .a Spanish .some blackjack and some fruit salards .

What did you buy

Did you say you bought a Spanish on your way to school?

Back in the day a licorice was called a penny Spanish

Well, blow me down. I’d never heard of that and my days go back even more than yours.

My father-in-law called the liquorice wheels Spanish."

Did he? Do you know what is the origin of it. I don’t recall ever having come across this term.

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By *asterR and slut maya OP Man
over a year ago

Bradford

That's what blk liquorice was call then. Just never question it.

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By *ttentiveRabbitMan
over a year ago

Lymington

10p freddo

Now he has a mortgage with wife and kids at his current price

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Nothing on the way, it was a 4 mile walk.

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By *ad NannaWoman
over a year ago

East London

"Going to school .I bought a penny toffee .a Spanish .some blackjack and some fruit salards .

What did you buy

Did you say you bought a Spanish on your way to school?

Back in the day a licorice was called a penny Spanish

Well, blow me down. I’d never heard of that and my days go back even more than yours.

My father-in-law called the liquorice wheels Spanish.

Did he? Do you know what is the origin of it. I don’t recall ever having come across this term.

Google says they had to import the liquorice root from Spain because demand was so high.

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By *urls and DressesWoman
over a year ago

Somewhere near here

Cola bottles and dib dabs

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Sherbet dab

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By *istyPeaksCouple
over a year ago

braintree

A 10p mix

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By *ustdavewiltshireMan
over a year ago

Bath

Mint flavour toffo's

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By *UGGYBEAR2015Man
over a year ago

BRIDPORT

Packet of 10 Players No10

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By *ad NannaWoman
over a year ago

East London

There used to be lovely triangular shaped, yoghurt flavour boiled sweets sold in quarters.

I can still remember the taste.

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By *iamondsmiles.Woman
over a year ago

SW1A1AA

Not on the way to school but on the way home we would have red shoe laces and a sherbet in a shaped tube. Mu favourite was black grape

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By *aizyWoman
over a year ago

west midlands

Flying saucers, white mice, fizzy cola bottles, hubba bubba gum, jelly worms and sweet cigarettes

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Wham Bar for 10p at the school tuck shop. Ahhhhh those were the days,tuck shop dinners.

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By *ickeyblueeyes7Man
over a year ago

newport

A quarter of Bon Bons or maybe traffic lights

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By *alking HeadMan
over a year ago

Bolton

Vimto or cider flavoured cup lolly.

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By *asterR and slut maya OP Man
over a year ago

Bradford

"Vimto or cider flavoured cup lolly."

Remember getting cider lollys from ice cream man.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Spangles.

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By *nightsoftheCoffeeTableCouple
over a year ago

Leeds

10 cigs

The mr

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By *asterR and slut maya OP Man
over a year ago

Bradford

I remember the day when i was a kid when you could buy in cigs in fives .and if you were desperate they even sell them in ones .

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By *allySlinkyWoman
over a year ago

Leeds

"That's what blk liquorice was call then. Just never question it."

We called it Spanish too

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Lucky bags

Only 10p

But got quite a lot in them

Shrimp’s banana etc

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By *icecouple561Couple
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over a year ago

East Sussex

Nothing on the way. On the way home we used to buy two ounces of Tom Thumb drops of sherbet pips. They were 3d which is approx 1.5p

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By *idlandiaMan
over a year ago

Birmingham

Wham bar and mojos

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By *TG3Man
over a year ago

Scotland/Sienna

Liquorice

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Crisps and panini football stickers

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

10 cigarettes with my £1 dinner money

Mrs C

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By *ust RachelTV/TS
over a year ago

Crawley Down

Texan bar, top deck shandy and football cards.

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