My Mums 60th

charmed1318
charmed1318 Posts: 259 Forumite
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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 :)
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  • pollypenny
    pollypenny Posts: 29,393 Forumite
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    Oh, that's a lovely idea. Find an old-fashioned sweet shop.

    Ideas: Riley's Toffee Rolls, Mintoes, Sherbert Fountains, Sherbert Lemons
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  • charmed1318
    charmed1318 Posts: 259 Forumite
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    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
    Savvy_Sue Posts: 46,014 Forumite
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    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 ...
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  • luxor4t
    luxor4t Posts: 11,125 Forumite
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    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 :o

    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 ;)
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  • JGB1955
    JGB1955 Posts: 3,472 Forumite
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    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.
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  • D_M_E
    D_M_E Posts: 3,008 Forumite
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    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.
  • Mojisola
    Mojisola Posts: 35,557 Forumite
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    Savvy_Sue wrote: »
    Drinks: babycham ...
    JGB1955 wrote: »
    Babycham

    Obviously moved in different circles - a half of Guinness would take me down memory lane!
  • MovingForwards
    MovingForwards Posts: 16,907 Forumite
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    https://www.keepitsweet.co.uk/retro-sweets/1960s-sweets?page=all

    Quick Google to get you started :)

    Have fun!
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  • Sea_Shell
    Sea_Shell Posts: 9,340 Forumite
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    Can you still get "love hearts"? (or were they 80's?)
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  • ibizafan_2
    ibizafan_2 Posts: 920 Forumite
    I've been Money Tipped!
    Love Hearts are still going strong. They were my favourite sweets back in the 1960s.
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