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Carols thread on all the old TV ads reminded me of all the sweets I used to buy as a child.. Who remembers Fruit salad? Chocstix? Urney bars? Frys Five boys? .......I could go on all day! Used to be a half-penny tray at the sweetshop with all sorts of things open to flies and dust but we survived them! Health regulations didn't exist then......- and hardly any one had allergies.....hmmm. Interesting....

i loved sasparilla tabs yum can taste them now

half-penny,one pence and 2 pence cadbury bars (yes that's old money) ,penny arrow toffee bars, and tiger tail bars, and barley sugar twists!

Kayli (don't know if thats how you spell it) that you ate with your finger and it rotted your teeth. Flying saucers, love hearts, liquorice in all different shapes, especially shoe laces. You can tell I spent alot of my childhood in the sweet shop!

Hiya Jane, I loved that tray of ha'penny sweets at the corner shop. Fruit salad, black-jacks, sherbert saucers, trebor chews. My 3d went a long way on them. I 'graduated' to 2oz of sherbert lemons when I was about 9 though.lol

3d worth of pineapple chunks - and something like a Crunchie bar but unwrapped and much bigger. Sticks of barley sugar - all those jars of sweets - what a choice we had. Happy days.... Mary in Spain

I loved sherbet pips, little fish, cola cubes, rhubarb and custard. Lucky my teeth are still OK. Anne in North London

Black & White mints...........liquorice sandwiched together with mint fondant......... And liquorice root........and cinder toffee Reg

Mum used to love 10p mix ups. Shop near me sells old fashioned sweets so occassionally before visiting I'll get her a mix-up, costs over 50p now for a small bag. No wonder my nieces and nephews get a fortune in pocket money! T.O.R. ;-)

Fruit Salad, blackjacks, shrimps, 4 an (old) penny in my day, used to go in the shop next door but one & buy one for a farthing! Angela

Flying saucers.......'real' coconut ice.........not the oversweetened mush you get today........... talking of flying fings we got the p'lice heeli copter above us now........ Bob.

How about,,,,,,,,,,,,Jubblies. Frozen or liquid form or a Tiffin bar

I saw this thread earlier and have been having a careful think bout what I bought out of the glass jar from the sweetie shop and I have to say my fav were the white Bon Bons and cola cubes. catherine xx

Snowie - Midlands born and bred and we called it kayli. The one I'm thinking of came in a tube thing made of cardboard and yellow paper covering it and a stick of liquorice. You had to bite the end off the liquorice and suck the kayli up, or keep dipping the liquorice in. My cousin and I were only talking about this the other day - and we are both now 60+ !!!

I liked midget gems and arrowroot....those were the days looking for his false teeth.....