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

What was your favourite sweets, you know the sort in the jars the man would weigh out and put into a paper bag for you.

Sarsaparilla tablets

Sweet Peanuts

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By *wesomepearWoman
over a year ago

Northamptonshire

Cola cubes or rhubarb and custards

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By *ddibleMan
over a year ago

Exeter Bristol Salisbury

Midget Gems

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By *innie The MinxWoman
over a year ago

Under the Duvet

Sherbert Lemons

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By *cousesubsallyWoman
over a year ago

Somewhere out there

Midget gems if they didn’t have the shit liquorice black ones in or rhubarb and custard

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By *cousesubsallyWoman
over a year ago

Somewhere out there

Or strawberry Bon bons!

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

Candy balls, the pyramid shaped ones

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By *ensualbicockMan
over a year ago

liverpool wavertree picton clock

Black currant and liquorice or Aniseed balls

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

"Or strawberry Bon bons! "
great shout

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

Acid drops mmm

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

Army & Navy Tablets

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

"Sherbert Lemons"

Or Cola Cubes.

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By *ddibleMan
over a year ago

Exeter Bristol Salisbury

"Candy balls, the pyramid shaped ones"

Would the pyramid shaped ones still qualify as balls?

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By *innie The MinxWoman
over a year ago

Under the Duvet

"Army & Navy Tablets"

Oh my God, I'd forgotten these. Do they still make them?

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

"Army & Navy Tablets

Oh my God, I'd forgotten these. Do they still make them?"
We have a little shop that sells all the retro sweets and yes he has them

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

Cherry lips

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By *itty9899Man
over a year ago

Craggy Island

Black jack's, love how they turn your tongue black. But I really fancy some cola bottles.

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By *w79Man
over a year ago

Stalbridge

Acid drops.

Especially after cleaning your teeth.

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

Pear drops.

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By *rimson_RoseWoman
over a year ago

Tamworth

Pineapple rock. Loved it.

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

"Cherry lips "
oh yeah these and floral gums

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By *ce WingerMan
over a year ago

P.O. Box DE1 0NQ

Don't eat sweets, they rot your teeth!

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

"Candy balls, the pyramid shaped ones

Would the pyramid shaped ones still qualify as balls?"

I know, it's weird they didn't call them something else. They're not the same if your mouth isn't getting punctured by the corners though.

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

It's been said already, but pear drops every time for me

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

"Don't eat sweets, they rot your teeth!

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Ahem Pot / Kettle , Chocolate orange ring a bell

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

Soor Plums

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By *ce WingerMan
over a year ago

P.O. Box DE1 0NQ

"Don't eat sweets, they rot your teeth!

Ahem Pot / Kettle , Chocolate orange ring a bell

Only at Xmas though

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

"Don't eat sweets, they rot your teeth!

Ahem Pot / Kettle , Chocolate orange ring a bell

Only at Xmas though

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

Cola cubes

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By *abs..Woman
over a year ago

Sweet peanuts

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

Can anyone remember these, they were fruity hard with a soft jelly centre and came in white paper wrappers with a picture of the fruit it was flavoured with. cant remember the name , fruit bon bon I think

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By *J647Couple
over a year ago

Daventry

Pineapple cubes, & aniseed balls

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By *ookie46Woman
over a year ago

Deepest darkest Peru

Cherry lips

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By *uit and bootsMan
over a year ago

Manchester

"Cherry lips "

Seconded

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By *orthwest newbies 321Couple
over a year ago

leigh

Chocolate covered raisins

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By *inky-MinxWoman
over a year ago

Grantham

"Or strawberry Bon bons! "

This

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By *imply_SensualMan
over a year ago

Widnes

Cola cubes, or cinder toffee

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By *inky-MinxWoman
over a year ago

Grantham

"Can anyone remember these, they were fruity hard with a soft jelly centre and came in white paper wrappers with a picture of the fruit it was flavoured with. cant remember the name , fruit bon bon I think "

Were they like tiny gold ingots shaped?

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

Butterscotch

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By *iss SJWoman
over a year ago

Hull

Chewing nuts or pineapple chunks

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

Milk bottles

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By *orny PTMan
over a year ago

Peterborough

Yellow bon-bons

Chocolate raisins

White mice etc

Pineapple cubes

Does any body remember the long fruity lozenges, that had a white paper wrapper, with a tattoo style picture on the side? The were similat to fruit POLOs.

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

Were they like tiny gold ingots shaped?"
No they were oblong a bit like the shape of a glacier mint

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

Coconut Mushrooms

Raspberry Ripples but you only got about 6 as they were heavy

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By *esires of HertsCouple
over a year ago

Herts and London Borders

milky mice lol

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

Sweet tobacco

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

Were they like tiny gold ingots shaped?No they were oblong a bit like the shape of a glacier mint"
Got it . Had to google but they were

Pascall Fruit Bon Bons

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By *inky-MinxWoman
over a year ago

Grantham

Were they like tiny gold ingots shaped?No they were oblong a bit like the shape of a glacier mint"

And wrapped like a present almost?

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

Stat dust/rainbow crystals or something like that. It used to be in an enormous jar and you'd get a scoop full for about 25p (and be on a sugar and food colouring high for the next few hours)

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By *inky-MinxWoman
over a year ago

Grantham

Were they like tiny gold ingots shaped?No they were oblong a bit like the shape of a glacier mint Got it . Had to google but they were

Pascall Fruit Bon Bons

That's them

. Not my faves or anything.

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

Choc nibbles

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

Were they like tiny gold ingots shaped?No they were oblong a bit like the shape of a glacier mint Got it . Had to google but they were

Pascall Fruit Bon Bons

That's them

. Not my faves or anything."

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

Viagra

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

Trillions, Cola cubes and cough candy twists

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

"Viagra "

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

"Trillions, Cola cubes and cough candy twists

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oh cough candy great shout

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

Cola cubes

Cough candy twist

Sherbert pips

Strawberry Bon Bons

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By *ormerWelshcouple2020Man
over a year ago

Stourbridge

Sherbert Strawberries

Cola Cubes

Kaylie (rainbow coloured flavoured sugar)

Swizzlers

Love Hearts

Fruit Salad

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

Chocolate limes

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

"Soor Plums"

No one wants sore plums

Bon bons or sherbet lemons.

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

Mint imperials

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

Sherbert Lemons, Anniseed Twists or Cough Candy

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

American Hard Gums

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By *eeBee67Man
over a year ago

Masked and Distant

Midget gems.

Before they went all "all natural flavours"

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

Sports mix gums

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By *illyjohnyCouple
over a year ago

brighton

humbugs

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By *eordie JoJoTV/TS
over a year ago

Newcastle

Choc lick (but gotta be crushed maltesers and smarties

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

sweet tobacco

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By *oxy_minxWoman
over a year ago

Scotland - Aberdeen

Sherbet pips, that we used to fill the old fashioned sugar dispensers with

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By *ackDMissMorganCouple
over a year ago

Halifax

Sensations,Butterscotch

Miss

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By *asmeenTV/TS
over a year ago

STOKE ON TRENT

Pear drops and fruit salads please x

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By *iptopcoolMan
over a year ago

mid

Sherbet flying saucers

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

Kop kops, used to get a bag on a Saturday morning and I'd share them with my favourite ponies over the weekend

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By *asmeenTV/TS
over a year ago

STOKE ON TRENT

"Kop kops, used to get a bag on a Saturday morning and I'd share them with my favourite ponies over the weekend

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loved them x

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By *launt Thy CurvesCouple (FF)
over a year ago

Pandora Club, Leeds, 15th Mar 2025

Choc lick!

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

Cinder toffee

Cherry lips

Bon bons

Harlequ8n chocolate

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

Walker’s Nonsuch Liquorice Toffees, Stockley’s Blackcurrant & Liquorice or Aniseed Twists

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By *asmeenTV/TS
over a year ago

STOKE ON TRENT

"Walker’s Nonsuch Liquorice Toffees, Stockley’s Blackcurrant & Liquorice or Aniseed Twists"
remember aniseed balls.

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

Kop kops....god I want some now or Kola cubes (that kept on changing to vibes

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

I used to have all 4 types of chocolate buttons xx

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By *blasiansCouple
over a year ago

Wakefield

All of the above + jelly babies

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

Weed... Joking!! But not a fan of sweets so I'll go for chocolate or yogart coated raisins

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

Sour apples.

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

Chewy nuts, which were chocolate and toffee. No nuts involved

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By *he Mac LassWoman
over a year ago

Hefty Hideaway

Can I have two of those huge traffic light lollies instead?

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

Crispy crunches but I don’t think you get them in the uk

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

"Walker’s Nonsuch Liquorice Toffees, Stockley’s Blackcurrant & Liquorice or Aniseed Twistsremember aniseed balls."

Not sure I do. Were they shiny?

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By *asmeenTV/TS
over a year ago

STOKE ON TRENT

"Walker’s Nonsuch Liquorice Toffees, Stockley’s Blackcurrant & Liquorice or Aniseed Twistsremember aniseed balls.

Not sure I do. Were they shiny? "
yeah

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

Toffee barrels

Sweet peanuts

Coconut mushrooms

Pear drops

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

Bulls eyes

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By *innie The MinxWoman
over a year ago

Under the Duvet

Sweet tobacco (that was dried coconut I think and came in a pouch)

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

"Walker’s Nonsuch Liquorice Toffees, Stockley’s Blackcurrant & Liquorice or Aniseed Twistsremember aniseed balls.

Not sure I do. Were they shiny? yeah"
what colour?

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By *imited 3EditionCouple
over a year ago

Live in Scotland Play in England

lemon sherbet...the kind that really cut your tongue

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By *lub coupleCouple
over a year ago

Halifax

Poor bens.

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By *ficouldMan
over a year ago

a quandary, could you change my mind?

Maynards wine gums, even managed to get lots of black and reds..

Milk bottles / milk teeth

Pear drops

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

Black Bullets

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

Blackberries and raspberries!

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By *ou only live onceMan
over a year ago

London

Lemon bon bons, pineapple chunks.

Also, pear drops, which I discovered later in life worked wonders for a hangover!

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By *launt Thy CurvesCouple (FF)
over a year ago

Pandora Club, Leeds, 15th Mar 2025

Kola kubes..... never knew why they were spelt with a K mind!?

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By *evaquitCouple
over a year ago

Catthorpe

Flying saucers. Used to love the calloy/sherbet centre.

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By *rivateparts!Man
over a year ago

Walking down the only road I've ever known!

Bon-bons.

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By *irtybertie69Man
over a year ago

london

Half chocolate raisins half chocolate peanuts mmm

Porn

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By *uke olovingmanMan
over a year ago

Gravesend

I'd like some hind quarters please

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

Licko!!

I think they were crushed M&Ms!

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

Fireballs. I always spent my dinner money on them, on my way back from school.

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

Also pear drops. The pear flavoured Kopperberg tastes so much like them

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

Gobstoppers

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By *VineMan
over a year ago

The right place

"Black currant and liquorice or Aniseed balls "

Yass!!

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

Rosy apples I think they were called? And rhubarb and custards!

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

"What was your favourite sweets, you know the sort in the jars the man would weigh out and put into a paper bag for you.

Sarsaparilla tablets

Sweet Peanuts"

Oh..... sweets....

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

American hard gums, or floral gums.

Live blackcurrant and liquorice but they give me wind!

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

Got to be 1 of chocolate peanuts and 1 chocolate raisins and mix them together

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By *ick_and_BickerCouple
over a year ago

Nottingham

Sour strawberries, chocolate nibbles, sugar sherbet, or parabolic twists.

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By *hoenixAdAstraWoman
over a year ago

Hiding in the shadows

Black Jack's

We have a little store in town, that still sells the old sweets from the jar, my kids love going on there... Me too

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

Strawberry bon bons

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By *abioMan
over a year ago

Newcastle and Gateshead

can i have sherbert dib dabs please.....

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By *abioMan
over a year ago

Newcastle and Gateshead

"can i have sherbert dib dabs please....."

oooh... changed my mind... i'll have sugared almonds please...

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

Chewing nuts (yes they were a thing

) x

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By *oftandGentle2Couple
over a year ago

leeds

Uncle joes mint balls please..... yum

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

More chock nibbles im out

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

"Sherbet pips, that we used to fill the old fashioned sugar dispensers with

My favourite

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

Rum balls

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By *rjpinkMan
over a year ago

winterfell

Puple haze or white widow please...... oh sweets... erm rhubabrb and custards please.

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

Wine gums

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

Or sherbet lemons

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By *owhard007Man
over a year ago

leeds

Yorkshire mix

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By * see you cumminCouple
over a year ago

Newcastle

"Chewy nuts, which were chocolate and toffee. No nuts involved

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By *r MoriartyMan
over a year ago

The Land that time forgot (Norfolk)

Cheese please

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

Midget gems

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By *onyGalWoman
over a year ago

leeds

Midget gems!

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

"Chewy nuts, which were chocolate and toffee. No nuts involved

Aww yeah love them. Used to get a bag of them before the cinema. Makes your jaw ache after a while

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By *r StoryXXMan
over a year ago

blackpool

Choc lick or everton mints

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By *amissCouple
over a year ago

chelmsford

Shebert lemons for me too

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

Yes sherbet lemons here too

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