I don't know if it still is but Scotland was bit of a testing ground for new sweets. I used to work for a company that dealt with some of the biggest names in confectionery, especially chocolate, andwe'd see products distributed to Scotland months or even years afore thet went on release in the rest of the UK
I remember those, bit pricey but absolutely loved them.
I think they were pear drop.
What you mean Rorton when you wer a kid in 1990 you still are till your in your 50s you ask my wife (1990 s seems like yesterday)I remember this from my childhood too - 1990's we had a sweet shop close by that had hundreds of jars of sweets where you could have a quarter of something nice.
I remember loving kayli - it was like a fizzy flavoured sugar.
We too used to use hard liquorice to eat it - the best was bassets hard liquorice sticks, you used to bite the end off, and use it like a shovel
Still sell them in asda in 3 bags for £1
Yeah but they changed the recipe sometime in the 80s. I used to love them, then they were ‘new recipe, best ever’ and that was it. Never had one since trying a couple at the time. Just not the same.
I remember arguing with my kids about how big Mars bars used to be. Then I think it was on the Antiques Roadshow some guy had an old vending machine, like the ones on the tube. It still had the chocolate in it, and much to my delight showed that the old Mars bars were huge by comparison with the bite size things you get now.
