Shameless Nostalgia

[Sysman]

sticky lice
from the end of the war. bark from the liquorice tree or something similar. woody sticks that tasted stronly of aniseed

Liquorice

and feck me, these search engines are making it hard to find out about stuff. That WIki entry came 14th after a load of Yanks trying on Whip Your Credit Card Out Now tactics on me.

Obligatory Google doesn't give a monkeys about your privacy link

[Diver]

Not sure where it came from, it was either bark, or a woody root
we called it sticky lice

LIQUORICE WOOD: Retro Sweets At The UKs No 1 Internet Sweetshop

and other sweets of nostalgia

[Jubber]

What sweets were there in Victorian times?

... rhubarb and custards ...

Well - call me old fashioned, I love 'em

[Sands of Time]

Victory 'V's

I bought some recently in a little ye olde sweet shoppe in the Cotswolds.



Tone

[NotAllThere]

Black Jacks and Fruit Salads. Two for a half-penny.

[Fishface]

'moon dust' ? A black sachet of powder that fizzed on your tongue.

Are 'curly wurly's still around ?

'topic's with two rows of whole hazelnuts on the top.

[Doggy Styles]

When I went to football as a boy I'd always take a Toffee Crisp and a Caramac for half-time. Unfortunately they were always scoffed on the train before we got there.

[EternalOptimist]

Kola cubes and pineapple cubes


they were nice