Sweets from our childhood. (99)
englisheleganceBirmingham, West Midlands, England UK76 Threads 1 Polls 3,025 PostsFor those of us who remember the old confectioner sweet shop as a child, what was your fav sweet?. Mine was blackjacks, annaseed balls and pineapple rock. What was yours?
Rhubarb and custard 
Amity: Rhubarb and custard
Oh yes! loved them also AM
Rainbow Sherbet,(not the powder stuff) used to be weighed in to little paper bags,then you'd have to use a little sweet stick,or your finger to dip in to it.....mmmmm
Also Cough Candy Twist and Winter Mixture...mmmmmmmm
Also Cough Candy Twist and Winter Mixture...mmmmmmmm
I was not allowed any sweets 
or any toys
or any toys
Cinnamon balls and whoppers and MB bars.....
lucky dip bags
strings of liquorice
gobstoppers
strings of liquorice
gobstoppers
mickeyscouse: I was not allowed any sweets
or any toys
or any toys
Oh hon, you don't know what you missed.
Powdered Egg Drops 
englishelegance: For those of us who remember the old confectioner sweet shop as a child, what was your fav sweet?. Mine was blackjacks, annaseed balls and pineapple rock. What was yours?
sherbert fountains
also root liquorice (we could buy a stick for 1d (old penny) from the chemist
snowballs
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TartanK: MB Bars and Zoom ice lollies.
Oh yummy zooms and jubblies...remember them?
Crystal29: Oh yummy zooms and jubblies...remember them?
Ooooh loved Jublies Crystal, they were always so full of orange, used to suck them till they became ice.
WW2 and just after in the 40's before I was 11 in 1947
Go to the bottom of the page and see all we had to choose from.
Sweets and chocolate were rationed 
Go to the bottom of the page and see all we had to choose from.
Sweets and chocolate were rationed
haunebu2: WW2 and just after in the 40's before I was 11 in 1947
Go to the bottom of the page and see all we had to choose from.
Sweets and chocolate were rationed
Go to the bottom of the page and see all we had to choose from.
Sweets and chocolate were rationed
Aw
haha....I am very glad to say I cant remember any of them 
Pineapple chunks, rhubarb & custard, pear drops, sherbet limes, chocolate limes and - Lucky Bags.
red liquorice bootlaces, sherbert fountains, love-hearts and those little sweets that came in a plastic tube with a head or something on it! 
Pez??? 
Obviously their nutritional value all helped with my cognitive functions as I got older!!
Pez??? Obviously their nutritional value all helped with my cognitive functions as I got older!! Liquorice Comfits.....Raspberry Pips.....Love Hearts
What about those sweets that were about as big as a half crown with 2 holes in and string attached thru ,,attatch string to each hand ,,spin string tite then pull ,,sweet went round like a Buzz Saw and you could take someones nose off ..
Think thet were called a Buzz Wheel
Think thet were called a Buzz Wheel
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