Hey, bigwull,remember these?

[Buddie11]

Found these buried in attic,made in England,figured bigwull probably ate a few of these. Unopened pack,wouldn't eat one. Sorry for the stupid post,but to find a pack of candy still in package from the fifties? Bigwull were they good?

[bigwull]

As a matter of fact they were very good..they were the kind of sweet, that,needed to be sucked for a while in order to get the centre,warmed up and flow better, thus guaranteeing the full fruit flavour...but,being young and impetuous..i could never wait that long...it was more a case of stick them in yer gob, short suck then crunch...Send them over to me and i,ll give them a fitting end to their long life....but this time i,ll savour them...

[mart]

You mean someone here had a stash of candy from the UK hidden in an attic ??  Neat find !!!

[bigwull]

i think he,s in Canada...which still has close links with the UK...especially Scotland...

[Buddie11]

Did find a couple of other things up there ,but a 60 year old bag of candy. Is that about the right date bigwull? Yes I am in Canada (Alberta). There has to be at least 20 candies in there. Still think this is a stupid post,sorry to waste your time.

[KC]

Not stupid.  Neat and nostaligic!!!!

[bigwull]

As KC says not a stupid post, ..far from it...and believe it or not..these sweets still have value,..far more than their old pence cost..when there were 240 pennies to a £...which when you think about it...must have had the rest of the world scratching their heads...most countries.in the civilized world .if not all had a currency that had 100 parts,...but Britains had 240...then when you broke it down...it was,nt in parts of 10...which is easy...no,we had,,half,s thirds, quarters,

[mart]

Not dumb at all !!  This place is for all our finds !!  Its interesting what people hide !!

[Rauville]

I had a Great Uncle that would go back to Ireland every other year to look up long lost relatives. He would always return with something for me, including a tin of Hadji Bey's Turkish Delights...which I've saved from the early 60's without opening.

(BTW: Buddie11; I always turn up the volume on the radio when Corb Lund is performing. )

[bigwull]

I had a Great Uncle that would go back to Ireland every other year to look up long lost relatives. He would always return with something for me, including a tin of Hadji Bey's Turkish Delights...which I've saved from the early 60's without opening.

(BTW: Buddie11; I always turn up the volume on the radio when Corb Lund is performing. )

you could,nt make up a story like that ,if you tried...An Armenian Turkish delight maker...from Ireland...

[talesofthesevenseas]

What a cool find! I love it when every so often I stumble upon a store carrying "nostalgia" candy, like Beeman's clove gum:



What was the name of the sour apple bubble gum that came in a big slab the size of a pack of cards and had a smiley face on the wrapper? The challenge was always to try to stuff the entire thing into your mouth at once and chew it!

[Buddie11]

Tales, not sure what that gum was, a little before my time. I was born in76. The gum that I always remember is Thrills (taste like soap,literally) used to always buy it though for some odd reason.

[bigwull]

here,s a little known fact...all bubblegum is pink...from when it first appeared...until the present day...
a favourite sweet from my childhood was these...

[Buddie11]

Also found this in my attic,what the heck is it? Just curious.

[bigwull]

Also found this in my attic,what the heck is it? Just curious.

what are you talking about...we,re no mind readers....