FabSwingers.com forum: Favourite sweets?

By *ools and the brain OP Couple
30 weeks ago

couple, us we him her.

Back in the olden days before electricity and the invention of the wheel user older folks had little to keep us busy,but nothing gave us more pleasure than popping to the local shoppe on a Saturday after our shift working in the mine or mill and with our half a shilling and purchasing a quarter of our favourite sweets.

Mine would be either chocolate raisins or pineapple cubes.

Failing that a lucky bag with an assortment of bit.

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By *ools and the brain OP Couple
30 weeks ago

couple, us we him her.

What's yours

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By *pinningfasterWoman
30 weeks ago

Birmingham

Percy Pigs. Or more often, the Aldi Leo Lions or Lidl Henry Hippos

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By *londebiguyMan
30 weeks ago

Southport

Those coconut mushrooms.

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By *ickthehallsMan
30 weeks ago

Peterborough

Blackjacks!

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By *eltCuteMightDeleteWoman
30 weeks ago

Reading

Jelly beans

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By *rsKOTCTWoman
30 weeks ago

Leeds

"Percy Pigs. Or more often, the Aldi Leo Lions or Lidl Henry Hippos

Yes to the 1st two but not the Henry hippos they just don't make the cut, but dinky dogs they come close to the top spot!

And this is why I can't loose weight

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By *ansoffateMan
30 weeks ago

Sagittarius A

Bon bons

Sherbet lemons

Trillions

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By (user no longer on site)
30 weeks ago

Cherry lips

Floral gums

Cut mixed rock

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By *iberius61Man
30 weeks ago

Pontefract

Wine gums, hadn't had any since I was a teenager, had some recently and can't really see what the attraction was.

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By *exbecs24Woman
30 weeks ago

Folkstone

Spangles

Toffo...banana ones

Space dust

Dib Dab

Honeycomb

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By (user no longer on site)
30 weeks ago

Haribo jelly babies

Milk bottles

Also strangely addicted to the black Jakeman’s cough sweets.

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By *lowupdollTV/TS
30 weeks ago

Herts/Beds/Lomdon

Another one for Percy Pigs. Though not so much the fuzzy ones.

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By *lowupdollTV/TS
30 weeks ago

Herts/Beds/Lomdon

"Another one for Percy Pigs. Though not so much the fuzzy ones. "

* fizzy

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By *ust MikeMan
30 weeks ago

Yaxley

Fizzy Cola bottles!

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By *heel markMan
30 weeks ago

beside the sea

Strawberry bonbons.

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By (user no longer on site)
30 weeks ago

Cola cubes

Aniseed balls

Rhubarb and custard

Sherbert lemons

Lemon bonbons

I used to love going to the sweet shop with my pocket money on the way to the Saturday matinee at the Odeon

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By *ohn.Wick.Man
30 weeks ago

The Continental

10p mix.

It had a lolly, fizzy flying saucers, milk mice chocolate, shrimps, cola bottles, and a bubbly gum.

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By *ulieAndBeefCouple
30 weeks ago

Manchester-ish

Chewing Nuts, sherbet pips, Kola Kubes or midget gems.

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By (user no longer on site)
30 weeks ago

Cola cubes

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By *ascaIMan
30 weeks ago

Cheshire Liverpool Manchester

At the moment it’s gotta be Fizzy Fish. I love sour stuff.

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By *rBobbMan
30 weeks ago

Birmingham

White chocolate buttons

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By *ools and the brain OP Couple
30 weeks ago

couple, us we him her.

Space dust.

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By (user no longer on site)
30 weeks ago

The little chocolate ice cups!!

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By *illy IdolMan
30 weeks ago

Midlands

Atomic Fireballs.

I haven't seen these for a long time

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By (user no longer on site)
30 weeks ago

"Atomic Fireballs.

I haven't seen these for a long time

Ebay is your friend.

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By *illy IdolMan
30 weeks ago

Midlands

"Atomic Fireballs.

I haven't seen these for a long time

Ebay is your friend."

I may have to go down that route

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By *ellhungvweMan
30 weeks ago

Cheltenham

Refreshers

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By *nightsoftheCoffeeTableCouple
30 weeks ago

Leeds

Haribo mega roulette.

The mr

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By *itygamesMan
30 weeks ago

Revels

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By *haiababeWoman
30 weeks ago

North devon

Flying saucers

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By *ot to giggleWoman
30 weeks ago

Coventry

mint imperials

flying saucers

squishy bananas

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By (user no longer on site)
30 weeks ago

Poppets toffee ones.

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By *UGGYBEAR2015Man
30 weeks ago

BRIDPORT

Maynards Wine Gums, dispensed by a little old lady who used to go up a short set of steps to get the big ole jar down, and then weigh them out and put the quarter ( or if I was flush, half) into a paper bag. Out the back room through a sliding door her husband ran a gentleman’s barbers. I think he learnt his trade in the military because it didn’t matter what haircut you asked for they were all short back and sides

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By *ena AmourTV/TS
30 weeks ago

Chard

"Cola cubes

Aniseed balls

Rhubarb and custard

Sherbert lemons

Lemon bonbons

I used to love going to the sweet shop with my pocket money on the way to the Saturday matinee at the Odeon

Minus the aniseed balls

Nowadays I am all in for sour patch kids or any sour sweets... And chocolate oranges.

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By *ormerWelshcouple2020Man
30 weeks ago

Stourbridge

Sherbet strawberries

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By *uri00620Woman
30 weeks ago

Croydon

Cola bottles, those chocolate-but-not-really ice creams, foam bananas, green cables, jelly cherries and lips.

And then I discovered Space Dust. That was fun!

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By (user no longer on site)
30 weeks ago

Haribo twin snakes

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By *ascaIMan
30 weeks ago

Cheshire Liverpool Manchester

"Flying saucers"

Always avoided these in a Pick n Mix. The texture of them goes through me

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By *ourtney CocksWoman
30 weeks ago

Cardiff

Strawberry Bon-Bon’s

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By (user no longer on site)
30 weeks ago

Cola cubes or dolly mixtures

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By *riar BelisseWoman
30 weeks ago

Delightful Bliss

Chocolate Limes

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By *aizyWoman
30 weeks ago

west midlands

Fruit Toffos, I wish they would bring them back!

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By *parkle1974Woman
30 weeks ago

Leeds

Blackjacks and Kola Cubes x

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By *hrek101Man
30 weeks ago

Herts

Foam bananas, sherbet pips, cider apples, cherry drops

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By *till gameMan
30 weeks ago

Oldham

Texan bar

Sherbet dib dab

Pacers

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By *ascaIMan
30 weeks ago

Cheshire Liverpool Manchester

"Chocolate Limes

Two things that should never have been thrown together

I love the lime flavoured sweets in wine gums, fruit pastilles etc but these are a huge no no.

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By (user no longer on site)
30 weeks ago

Blackcurrant liquorice

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By *punk n gushCouple
30 weeks ago

deal

Got to be

wine gums

Jelly tots

Jelly beans

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By *orace99Man
30 weeks ago

York

"10p mix.

It had a lolly, fizzy flying saucers, milk mice chocolate, shrimps, cola bottles, and a bubbly gum. "

And still got change

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By *ildmanYorksMan
30 weeks ago

Doncaster & Bembridge

Used to love the blocks of coconut ice, the half pink half white bars. Absolutely yummy!

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By *empest2KMan
30 weeks ago

Derby

"Jelly beans"

Ah, a person after my own heart

When I was younger, I'm pretty sure most people used to buy ‘choc malt’ (or ‘choc lick’ as I think some call it) from the local sweet shop on the way to secondary school.

Apart from jelly beans, I always enjoyed getting Fireball Jawbreakers, mainly because my mum was paranoid about me having sweets you could gag on and I was trying to be a bit of a rebel

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By *iamondsmiles.Woman
30 weeks ago

little house on the praire

2oz of sherbert pips

2oz kali

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By (user no longer on site)
30 weeks ago

Pacers

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By *cLovin2Man
30 weeks ago

Reading

Anyone remember the fireball jaw breakers? I went through a period of being addicted to them, they were very fiery even for a Pakistani like me.

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By *ddie1966Man
30 weeks ago

Paper Town Central, Essex.

Can't seem to get them any more, but I used to love a tin of Imps..

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By (user no longer on site)
30 weeks ago

Drumstick Squashies are on the level of any of the old nostalgic sweets

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By *icecouple561Couple
Forum Mod
30 weeks ago

East Sussex

"Can't seem to get them any more, but I used to love a tin of Imps.."

That's a real blast from the past. Blimey!

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By *iamondsmiles.Woman
30 weeks ago

little house on the praire

"Can't seem to get them any more, but I used to love a tin of Imps.."
They where disgusting

I was also partial to a chocolate lime

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By *reeneggsandsamMan
30 weeks ago

Perpignan and cap

Ye olde flying saucers,

Fizzy cola bottles and sherbert lemons. At a push I'll settle for a quarter pound of midget gems but you can keep the black ones and shove them up your arse.

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By (user no longer on site)
30 weeks ago

I’m sweet enough I don’t need sweets.

Those with a sweet tooth would agree.

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By (user no longer on site)
30 weeks ago

Kola cubes, strawberry bon bon, lemon rock, soor plooms, flying saucers.. I love sweeties!

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By *B69Woman
30 weeks ago

Wiltshire

Toffee bon bons

Milk bottles

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By *empest2KMan
30 weeks ago

Derby

"Anyone remember the fireball jaw breakers? I went through a period of being addicted to them, they were very fiery even for a Pakistani like me.

Oh yes! I remember Fireball Jawbreakers, as I mentioned earlier in this thread. It was like a challenge having them as a kid because of how hot and fiery they were, but I've bought some in recent years and they were nowhere near as spicy. Either they've dialled down the recipe or I've become more tolerant of them in my older age, but I'm not sure which

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By *reat me rightWoman
30 weeks ago

Rotherham

Black Jacks

Fruit Salad

Sherbert Dib Dabs

Parma Violets - still love those now and I'm old

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By *nnCeeWoman
30 weeks ago

East of Eden, West of Hell

Awww, I miss Jimmy's, the proper newsagent/sweet shop in my old town.

My favourites were:

Haribo Jelly Teddy Bears (Gold Bears)

Haribo Mini Jelly Babies

Sherbet pips

Fruit pips

Fruit Salad gums

Midget Gems

American Hard Gums

Lemon Sherbet powder

Or the penny sweets.

A little later, I liked Aniseed Twists, Chewing Nuts, Sherbet Lemons.

Oh sweets!!

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By *ddie1966Man
30 weeks ago

Paper Town Central, Essex.

"Can't seem to get them any more, but I used to love a tin of Imps..

That's a real blast from the past. Blimey!"

What can I say.... I'm an old git.

Something else I remember too was being able to buy were liquorice roots to chew on.

By jove, they were the days.

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By *oleene HoneybeeWoman
30 weeks ago

on the naughty side of the street

Blackjacks

Fruit salad

Wham bars

Liquorice flyers

Sherbert lemons

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By *esmond and Molly JonesCouple
30 weeks ago

Watford

Kopp Kops. The best sweets ever. I don't know if you can get these now but they were my fave in the seventies.

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