What products do you miss?

ERICS_MUM

I miss the old wooden counters in Woolworths, where when I was 6 I would spend ages choosing between an exercise book with a budgie picture on the front cover, or a rainbow pad which was smaller but filled with lovely coloured paper. I've loved stationery ever since those days.

Woolies also sold small bottles of Rimmel "perfumes" in small glass tube bottles. Some flavours had white screw-tops and some had gold coloured tops - I used to ignore the white ones and only ever smelt the gold topped testers.

I loved those paper dollies where you cut out the picture of the dolly and her clothes, which then fitted on her body with small paper tags. Who remembers those painting books where the pages looked blank until you painted them with plain water and a brightly coloured picture would emerge

My 2 siblings and I went through our childhoods in the 1950's and 60's with this sort of toy and I never ever feel that we lost out. But then, everyone we knew was in the same boat.

ERICS_MUM

This is my last post on the subject, promise !

What happened to those lovely boxes of chocs with pictures of thatched cottages and fluffy kittens on the lids ? They were always sustantial not filmsy and edged in "gold" , the lids lifted off completely, not joined at the back as nowadays. I think they are ripe for a come-back and would be very popular.

Gigervamp

I remember those. I had a box of chocs that was like a treasure chest in shape, but was all flowery with gold edges. I kept the box for years and used it as a jewellery box.

bubbs

Cannyquine wrote: »

You can still buy Highland toffee in the shops. Like everything else it's shrunk in size
Flypapers can also be got in some supermarkets & ironmongery shops.

I bought flypapers in wilkinsons , trouble is i forget they are there then my hair stick to them:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:
I always remember the greens orange meringue, you only get the lemon now mum used to make one now and then

candlelight_2013

Yes so did I, they were a bit special. I kept all my best hankies in mine. Now there is a thing, real hankies, not tissues

Candlelight x

This_Year

SpecialBrew wrote: »

I remember my mum buying a packet of Spangles to share between the three of us on the way home from primary school sometimes, and sometimes she'd buy us a Traffic Light lollipop each instead - lollies that were a mix of red, yellow and green, with more of one colour and less of another being exposed as you sucked them smaller.

I used to love those traffic light lollies. Sometimes we had the chocolate (flavour) covered ones, too! Good times.

SpecialBrew wrote: »

Other items in the chemist's included sachets of Linco Beer shampoo, and Shaders and Toners, which were sachets of 'temporary' hair colouring that were popular with us in my teens because you were supposed to be able to colour your hair on a Friday night and the stuff would come out when you washed your hair ready for school on Monday when the weekend was over.

I saw Shaders and Toners a couple of years ago. Fabulous way to colour your hair and get a rollicking when you got home for staining the bathroom tiles because you forgot the sachet was there after you went to dry your hair.

SpecialBrew wrote: »

An honourable mention has to go to my Pippa doll. I'm far too old to miss that kind of thing, but Pippa was still better than Barbie or Sindy any day of the week

Totally agree. I had a Pippa doll (makes me laugh now as someone told me what "Pippa" means in Italian and Greek :eek: ) and a Mandy doll. Wish I still had them, I've seen how much they sell for on eBay!

BitterAndTwisted

ERICS_MUM wrote: »

Does anyone remember a chocolate bar called Coffee Crisp ? It was different from Toffee Crisp.

I don't remember these from childhood but what I do know is that they are still made by Nestle in Canada. My sister brought me back 12 bars when she visited there last year. They are now all gone alas but the pound shop near where she lives was carrying packets of these "bite-sized" yummys at Christmas. I bought several of them obviously.


Cider ice lollies from the ice cream van on a hot Sunday afternoon.


Good Lord! I had completely forgotten about these delights. Also milk-lollies from the ice-cream van. Where did those go to?

Another one: Squirrel brand Floral Gums. How I miss them!

Valli

skintmumof3 wrote: »

a frozen whipped topping for puddings.. cant remember the name..but it was delicious.....x

Bird's Eye Superwhip?

I miss that!

baconandcabbage

Strawberry Campinos

I used to have those traffic light lollies i preferred the ones covered in chocolate they were called 'posh lollies'

I dont know if anyone remembers these crisps but they were like Chipsticks but came in a rectangular bag and the packet had newspaper print on them like the burtons fish and chip ones they were out in the early 90s

Cola Chewitts

Drumsticks i know you can still get them but they aren't as nice

Clorets

Bubble gums with a sticker inside each one

I know a few people have mentioned Cream Soda ugh if i smell it i instantly retch

Chambourcy Chocolate Mousse yummy

Valli

candlelight_2013 wrote: »

Does anyone remember a chocolate bar called Tiffin. It had small bits of biscuit in the chocolate and I think it had raisins in as well.

Don't know who made it, probably Rowntree, I am sure it wasn't Cadbury.

Candlelightx

I'm sure it WAS!

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