Childhood candies who else remembers .....

Dr.Colosso said:
These had a free tattoo:

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we still can get tins of quality street which are very popular at Chritmas time... but not the same quality they were when we were kids... and yes I also remember the bubblegum and the transfers....

In fact there's a a guy who lives in our very conservative town.... and he has probably every inch of his skin covered in Tattoos...he's not very bright either... and so the joke goes that '' Gary must have eaten a lot of bubble gum to get all those transfers'' :ROFLMAO:
 

hollydolly said:
My favourite when I was a kid, but the mint shard were so sharp you could bleed to death eating one of these..lol... they took it off the market decades ago

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I believe this with a grain of salt. At least people with hemophilia (a bleeding disorder, such as the son Alexei of the last Russian Tzar had) could literally bleed to death.
Alexei Nikolaevich, Tsarevich of Russia - Wikipedia
 

When I was 5 and 6, I went to church with my Gramma every other Sunday, and after services she'd go to this little shop where she'd buy herself a tiny 5-cent packet of Sen-Sen, which contained a handful of little squares of pure black licorice.

One day, I asked her for one. Man, that was powerful stuff! A massive, instant blast of really strong licorice in one tiny little square. Gramma was surprised when I lit up with rapture, but after that, she'd buy 2 packets, one for her purse and one for my pocket. :giggle:
 
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Murrmurr said:
When I was 5 and 6, I went to church with my Gramma every other Sunday, and after services she'd go to this little shop where she'd buy herself a tiny 5-cent packet of Sen-Sen, which contained a handful of little squares of pure black licorice.

One day, I asked her for one. Man, that was powerful stuff! A massive, instant blast of really strong licorice in one tiny little square. Gramma was surprised when I lit up with rapture, but after that, she'd buy 2 packets, one for her purse and one for my pocket. :giggle:
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I forgot about Sen-Sens.

According to my grandmother, they were very popular with the "Flappers" of the Roaring 20's, who chewed them to disguise alcohol on their breath. Every time I'd see a package, I'd think of rolled stocking and rouged knees and dancers doing the Charleston.

I've never tried them because I can't stand the taste of licorice.
 
I've referred back to a post I made in SF two years ago. But I'll post an image, too.

I remember my favorites were malted-milk balls, 3-Musketeer bars (that I believe were shipped up from the US), and the Cadbury Dairy-Milk bar. And then there was the very fine Ragusa bar that I'd share with a friend, an aficionado of Italian heritage. That was a special occasion, didn't happen real often.
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