Yer Favourite Sweetie?.....

[jintyb]

Cinnamon Balls,lucky tatties,couldn't wait to see what bit of plastic you got in it.Sta'ven toffee.
Janet

[DavidWW]

Bought some soor plooms the other week and they wernae really soor

David

[DavidWW]

.....Ahhhhh, but David, if we were to put a blindfold on you and put a sweetie in your mouth, could you tell whether it was a black strippit balls or a RED strippit ball?

Not just that but the stripes are only on the surface!!

And here's two words for you......Mint imperials.....Want another two? Jap desserts...... (They were my favourites!)

Ye cannae get proper Mint Imperials any more, - ones which last half a sermon at least, - just modern sweets that go by the same name, but dissolve away after a couple of minutes ...........

David

[Tusker]

Cinnamon Balls,lucky tatties,couldn't wait to see what bit of plastic you got in it.Sta'ven toffee.
Janet

"Lucky Tatties" -- Jeez, Jintyb! That sure brings back memories. I'd completely forgotten all about them. As I remember, they were flattish, irregularly shaped lumps, thickly dusted with cinammon(?) powder on the outside to look a bit like a squashed potato. They didn't really seem to catch on though, and weren't highly popular -- so they kinda died away after a short period of popularity. I wonder if they're still made......

.....Now where did that sweetie salesman go? Do you know if he likes making new friends? Or if he gets lots of free samples?

[jintyb]

Tusker
Wouldn't thank you for a lucky tattie now they were actually quite horrible I only got one for the PRIZE inside,but you had to watch you didn't eat it.
Beat wishes
Janet
PS Glad you found your Granny.

[Tusker]

In re-reading joette's post, I realized that I'm confusing two different chocolate bars.......Five Boys (which I'm sure was made by Fry's) was a bar of THIN, plain chocolate, decorated on the back of the wrapper with faces of "five boys" wearing different facial expressions, wasn't it?

Then you had your Fry's Cream which was (and still is) a long, slim, domed dark chocolate bar filled with a white creamy substance that keeps dentists in business. There was also Fry's PEPPERMINT cream which I think was the MILK chocolate equivalent. with the same type of filling, but it had a peppermint flavour. And if I remember correctly Fry's Five Centre was the same bar with a selection of orange, peppermint, etc. Fillings. Is that correct?

StewL. I believe you're confusing me with Popeye. . Anyway, I married my favourite sweetie 38 years ago last Friday (24 Feb) and she's still with me -- so I guess you could say she's "long-lasting," eh? . My favourite sweetie of the type you mention, is and always has been, Sophia Loren. I jokingly told my wife many years ago that if Sophia ever phoned, my bags would be packed and I'd be gone. When the phone rings, she still sometimes says, "Maybe that's Sophia"?

I think Sandra Bullock and Julia Roberts could also have a fair chance of having me -- if they played their cards right

Jintyb You're right! The tatties WERE terrible. Maybe that's why they weren't produced for very long. In childhood, I think we all ate many many "treats" we' wouldn't put in our mouth today.

[JimM]

I wonder if they're still made......

Lucky tatties are still made ..... without the lucky plastic thingy (I wonder why?)

Jim

[DavidWW]

......snipped................Then you had your Fry's Cream which was (and still is) a long, slim, domed dark chocolate bar filled with a white creamy substance that keeps dentists in business. There was also Fry's PEPPERMINT cream which I think was the MILK chocolate equivalent. with the same type of filling, but it had a peppermint flavour. And if I remember correctly Fry's Five Centre was the same bar with a selection of orange, peppermint, etc. Fillings. Is that correct? ...........snipped ...........

Weren't they all/some milk chocolate?, but with different fillings, - plain fondant, peppermint flavoured fondant, and the five flavour one.

No!!!, - just checked, all were dark chocolate, and there was also the Fry's Orange Cream, - dark chocolate with orange fondant center.... haven't seen that for years, but it looks like it's still available ..... http://www.britishcornershop.co.uk/brit ... ?id=CY0043 ....... see also http://www.aquarterof.co.uk/mtype2/what ... /index.php !!

David

[JimM]

but the best thing about the bakers is that it had one of those mirrors where you could stand at the edge and lift your arm and leg and see yourself in symetry

Hi Tracey
Hope it's a long time off before I see ma-self in any symetry

I remember a car saleroom in Tradeston that had big windows where we could do a "Harry Worth"

Jim

[DavidWW]

.....snipped...... I remember a car saleroom in Tradeston that had big windows where we could do a "Harry Worth"

Jim

Jim

You're giving away your age !!

Obviously I remember where I was when the news hit the UK of the assasination of President Kennedy, and still recall the shock, both in terms of the event, but also in terms of cancellation of many of that evening's BBC TV programmes, including the shortly expected episode of "Harry Worth".

Being an impressionable teenager at the time, I later read the Warren Report and much that has been written since then, culminating in a visit to Fort Worth a couple of years ago, which included a side visit to Dallas and a visit to The Spot, including the area across from the mound behind a fence where various photographs suggest there may have been a figure with a gun, apart from the book depository. We got talking to a local "character" who was able to provide much fascinating information ......

David