RE: Products we remember - 8

anybody would at a shilling a week

Back up a bit to the last sensible post and you will see that Signman used to eat Chocolate Locusts.

I don't remember these, perhaps they didn't catch on. Did they have a nice crunchy coating with a soft centre?

I remember them, I think they came in tins. Like chocolate ants.

They were like a flattened banana, about the same size, covered in cheap soap flavoured chocolate, come to think of it-they were revolting.

Remember Wagon Wheels, The Original big ones in a paper bag with a cowboy picture story on the bag. The ones I remember were made in the 1950's.

SB, They must have been well mouldy by the time they got to you.

Phil, The locusts were very small then? I was imagining something as big a your hand, with wings.

Watchit Whippersnapper

I also remember the big old waggon wheels, they were a bit magical, the chocolate tasted different to other chocolates and the biscuit and mallow were a novelty to me. I think the paper bag was yellow, this was in the sixties, and I particularly remember having one on my way out of the Co-op club at the Yew Tree.

Signman, So they were quite big then.

I must learn to read a few comments at at a time before posting.

Another quality item every kid had to have (especially posh people) was a tin of Blue Bird Toffees.

Only at Christmas in our house, but what a tin though. Embossed and painted and with a marvellous smell of Blue Bird toffees, nothing has ever smelled like that since, I can smell it now.

What ever happened to Blue Bird ?

I'm sure I drove past a big sign of theirs recently. Of course when I say drove past this also includes my regular trips out in Google.
I can drive / walk for hours down streets I know as well as new ones.
My latest addiction is revisiting as many places as possible that we have been to on holiday and seeing what has or hasn't changed.

Voltman

Kids won't eat toffee's any more they want chocolate Roses or Quality Street (so do I)

Bluebird Toffees, have a look at this.

http://www.bluebird-electric.net/blue_bird_toffees.htm

Yes Voltman they were about 6" long x 1" wide x 1/2" thick, the inside was a banana flavoured plasticky don't
know what,the whole covered with that cheap soapy chocolate that my mother used to call that foreign muck.

John

Mothers always know best