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Goldiegirl

VJsmum wrote: »

I loved those too, we used to have them for school puddings - I am a Kent girl too. I think they were called cheesecakes cos the coconut looked like grated cheese. I was around 18 before I knew what a "real" cheesecake was


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That sort of cheesecake was big in Essex too. I used to buy one every week from the bakers at the bottom of our road, as my treat.

I was stunned when I found out what a real cheesecake was !

Lilyplonk

lovely-cup-of-tea wrote: »

........... Anyone else remember Houseparty on the TV? I loved it ...........

There was always somebody making/altering clothes, someone doing another craft, then someone else would make cakes and they'd all sit around the table drinking coffee/tea and eating the cakes while talking about things to do with 'family life'.

http://www.skooldays.com/blog/houseparty/

ERICS_MUM

pollypenny wrote: »

I remember that loose sweets, from a jar, sometimes tasted of tobacco, after being touched by the owner's hand.

We used buy 2oz of sweets on the way back to school in the afternoon. A quarter of sweets was an absolute treat, on rate occasions!

pineapple chunks were my favourite but they hurt my mouth after a while because they were very "tart".

Also those chocolate drops with hundreds and thousands in top - they were usually white chocolate. You see them everywhere nowadays :cool:

ERICS_MUM

Goldiegirl wrote: »

Lord Toffinghqm! Used to love them, I haven't thought about them in years.

I must have been odd, because I really liked the Findus Crispy Pancakes. I'm about the only person who liked them!

I remember the yoga programme, but I was into Graham Kerr, the Galloping Gourmet.

wasn't he fired from the show in the end, for some misdemeanour (under the influence while in charge of a casserole ?? !!)

Was he Australian ?? He used to bring a woman up onto the stage from the audience at the end of the show and served her the food he'd cooked - nice table set with table cloths, candles, glass of wine etc. Think he danced with her too (waltz-type).

ERICS_MUM

Goldiegirl wrote: »

That sort of cheesecake was big in Essex too. I used to buy one every week from the bakers at the bottom of our road, as my treat.

I was stunned when I found out what a real cheesecake was !

I think they were called London cheesecakes. When my grandad took us to Victoria Park in east London we'd have a pot of tea and one of these cakes (between the 4 of us !!) at the cafe hut by the lake.

He also took us to Lyons cafe and we had orange squash from one of those big glass tanks that had a whisk type thingy turning inside to keep the stuff diluted. It left our lips bright orange, goodness knows what colour our innards were ! I always wanted a bottle of pop, they had bitter lemon or ginger ale but Grandad said they were too expensive !

To this day, I feel that a bottle of "pop" is a treat.

ERICS_MUM

Going back to children's telly, my favourites were:

Twizzle
Torchy the Battery Boy
Pinky & Perky
Prudence and Primrose
Space Family Robinson (cartoon)
The Flintstones
How !
Top of the Form
Ask the Family

pollypenny

ERICS_MUM wrote: »

pineapple chunks were my favourite but they hurt my mouth after a while because they were very "tart".

Also those chocolate drops with hundreds and thousands in top - they were usually white chocolate. You see them everywhere nowadays :cool:

Lemon Bonbons were like that! Gorgeous, but cut the roof of your mouth to pieces.

What happened to Riley's Toffee Rolls? Not kids sweets but lovely.

TravellingAbuela

pollypenny wrote: »

We used buy 2oz of sweets on the way back to school in the afternoon. A quarter of sweets was an absolute treat, on rate occasions!

Your post has reminded me just how cruel we could be as children! We used to love winding up the owner of our local sweet shop but he never saw the funny side! We all loved our Midget Gems (Lyons of course and I still love them now!) and one day we thought we would play a trick on Mr H. One friend asked for a quarter of Midget Gems so he got out his little steps and climbed up for the box, duly weighed them out, then climbed back up to put the box back. The next friend then also asked for a quarter of Midget Gems. He went red in the face and huffed and puffed back up the steps to get the box down again. Duly weighed a quarter and, before going back up with the box, he looked at me and said "I suppose you want a quarter too?" I said I didn't so he huffed and puffed back up to put the box away. "What do you want then" he asked me. Trying to look the picture of innocence I then said I just wanted 2 oz of them! He looked about to explode but we thought it was hilarious!

Chris25

lovely-cup-of-tea wrote: »

I miss Lord Toffingham ice lollies. They had a toffee centre covered in icecream - lovely! Funny Feet ice lollies were good too.


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loved Lord Toffingham lollies too

I've seen Funny Feet lollies recently - I think in Sainsburys.

Another sweetie I used to enjoy was Bluebird Toffees - can't find anything now that's a patch on them!

Lilyplonk

Goldiegirl wrote: »

............. I was into Graham Kerr, the Galloping Gourmet.

Just an update on Graham Kerr - this is his website .