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[EternalOptimist]

Kola cubes and pineapple cubes


they were nice

[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.

[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.

[NotAllThere]

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

[Sands of Time]

Victory 'V's

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



Tone

[Jubber]

What sweets were there in Victorian times?

... rhubarb and custards ...

Well - call me old fashioned, I love 'em

[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

[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

[nomadd]

Sweeties from yesteryear.

What sweets were there in Victorian times?


Answer:

There were quite a few different sweets in Victorian times from "fruit pips" to "rhubarb and custards", some sweets were actually deadly.


Things were tough when I were a lad...

[EternalOptimist]

Or for the poor, a bunch of sticks kept in a bag with an aniseed ball for a week?

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

[d000hg]

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

Or for the poor, a bunch of sticks kept in a bag with an aniseed ball for a week?

[EternalOptimist]

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

[Sysman]

Coltsfoot Rock

COLTSFOOT ROCK: Retro Sweets At The UKs No 1 Internet Sweetshop

I definitely remember Acid Drops, Foxes Glacier Fruits, Barley Sugar, Bullseyes etc.

[Scoobos]

wow, yeah all three OP sweets are fond memories.

I love aniseed balls with the seeds, 5 at a time was for hard men.

Another fond memory for me were FIREBALLs, big nasty burning gobstoppers - you can get imitations now, but they are toned down, probably for health and safety (I genuinely knew a lad who sucked that many in an hour that he got blisters on his tounge)

[Dallas]

Coltsfoot Rock

http://www.aquarterof.co.uk/coltsfoot-rock-p-271.html