Topic: When I were a lad

[Clive]

When I were a lad, our Mam'd send me down to t'corner shop wi' a bob, an' I'd come back wi' five pounds o' potatoes, two loaves o' bread, three pints o' milk, a pound o' cheese, some Spangles,  a stick o' liquorice, a bottle o' Tizer, a packet o' tea, an' 'alf a dozen eggs.

Ya can't do that now - too many blinkin security cameras.

[Simon]

[daveeb]

ah spangles , anyone remember the packs with the mystery flavour sweet in ?

[Simon]

Actually, no. 

[daveeb]

The sweets were individually wrapped in stripey wrappers but every pack contained one mystery sweet wrapped in a plain wrapper with question marks on it. I think  tell me i haven't imagined it.

[Simon]

I have to admit, I do only just remember Spangles, but I can't say I remember 'mystery' ones.  I expect Clive and Dennis will. 

[Clive]

Sorry Dave, I have never heard of mystery spangles.  Over to Den!   

[Clive]

Panic not Dave, you still have your marbles.  A quick google search revealed this:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spangles

 

[Simon]

There should be more grapefruit flavoured sweets.   

[daveeb]

Panic not Dave, you still have your marbles.  A quick google search revealed this:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spangles

 

Phew     I hasten to add i can barely remember them and probably shouldn't have been eating boiled sweets at that age 

[Simon]

I vividly remember choking on a boiled sweet when I was about six years old, and being too scared to eat one for years after!

[chorleydave]

I used to love the Old English ones and certainly remember the opaque mustard coloured one, although I cannot remember what flavour it was. 

[Clive]

Oh yes, I loved the Old English flavours too.   The mustard coloured opaque ones were probably butterscotch.