My Mums 60th

charmed1318 · 22 October 2019 at 9:42AM

Hi,
I understand sot quite money saving, so if there is a problem I will get this thread removed.

I am organising a somewhat surprise dinner for my mums 60th. I am asking for ideas for party bags to give to all the guests;

What chocolates do you remember from 60's/70's?
What chocolates would you like to find in a party bag to remind you?

What sweets do you remember from 60's/70's?
What sweets would you like to find in a party bag to remind you?

What toys do you remember from 60's/70's?
What toys would you like to find in a party bag to remind you?

What drinks do you remember from 60's/70's?
What drinks did you first get tipsy/drunk on first?

Any old style money saving idea's to help.
I have posted this in a 2 other places.
Many thanks for any help

pollypenny · 22 October 2019 at 9:55AM

Oh, that's a lovely idea. Find an old-fashioned sweet shop.

Ideas: Riley's Toffee Rolls, Mintoes, Sherbert Fountains, Sherbert Lemons

charmed1318 · 22 October 2019 at 9:57AM

pollypenny wrote: »

Oh, that's a lovely idea. Find an old-fashioned sweet shop.

Ideas: Riley's Toffee Rolls, Mintoes, Sherbert Fountains, Sherbert Lemons

Thanks for your input. One thing I know she loves is Traffic Light Lollipops, thank whoever for eBay lol :rotfl:

Savvy_Sue · 22 October 2019 at 1:42PM

Drinks: babycham ...

However, the thought of leaving a birthday party with a party bag with a toy in it which reminds me of my youth fills me with despair. What the blankety blank am I supposed to do with that? Sorry, but there it is. Same reaction to little doves and hearts and 'favours' at weddings ...

luxor4t · 22 October 2019 at 3:36PM

I'm a year older than your mum, and back in those days if you came home from a party with a balloon as well as a piece of birthday cake (wrapped in a paper napkin) you were excited

Pass the parcel would have forfeits every couple of layers, and the 'big prize' was usually a small bar of chocolate or something like an embroidered hanky.

Not much help, I know, but I had a nice time remembering those very simp!e days and my uncomfortable pink party dress which had a lace panel on the front that my friend said looked like a bib

JGB1955 · 22 October 2019 at 4:07PM

Babycham, Blue Nun wine, Martini and lemonade.

Trolls/ gonks. Airfix models. Enid Blyton books. Swallows and Amazon's. Mallory Towers. Rubber band aircraft. Invisible ink spy pens.

Black jack's. Aniseed balls. Chocolate mice.

D_M_E · 22 October 2019 at 6:34PM

Corona pop, Liebhfraumilch, liqurice sticks/allsorts, Fox's Glacier Mints, those small hard mint things which looked like a flattened ball and had a hard sugar coating - can't think what they nwere called - dolly mixtures, pear drops, Scottish tablet, etc etc.