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[Trickyvee]

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I seem to remember that the Milky way centre was a darker colour originally and changed in the 80's.

You're right. Originally it was basically a Mars bar without the caramel, then the centre got much lighter in colour and I think a bit less dense.

[George 1978]

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And this was the keep-fit tape from the mid 1980s that Ski had as an offer. (Someone from EBay was selling one).

[George 1978]

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I have to say that it is amazing that a lot of people (including myself) assume that products are no longer being sold in shops simply because they are not advertised on TV anymore - Ski Yoghurt seems to be one of those examples.

I can say that Ski yoghurt still exists, although not in their original yoghurt status - Nestle own them. In a Tesco store near where I live, they sell those Ski yoghurt mousses in packs of four. They are fabulous! The only problem is that it only takes about 30 seconds to finish one pot, and I often have all four in one go!

I remember Ski doing offers for these over-sized polystyrene yoghurt pots with the early 1980s Ski logo and design on them, which were made for keeping yoghurts chilled? Similar to how Thermos flasks keep soup warm.

I also remember an offer for a music tape, circa 1984, that had various tunes on so that people could do keep-fit exercises on them - the leggings, legwarmers and Weight Watchers craze of the mid 1980s was presumably the inspiration for that. You could hear an audio version of the then Ski advert on the tape, and there was a woman who was obviously a Mad Lizzie or Green Goddess wannabe doing the "arms stretched, legs bent" orders on tape along to the music. The inlay cover gave details of the songs on the tape. I always associate FR David's Words with that tape whenever I hear it on the radio. YMCA and Fame could have also been on that tape as well.

[zabadak]

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Not sure if it's been mentioned but whatever happened to Ski yoghurts? My favourite was hazelnut! :cry:

[Hooper68]

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Yes, I remember Moose, though I thought it was called Super Moose, and had a cartoon moose on the wrapper. As you say, they were similar to Milky Way but a darker centre. I can remember them costing 2p from the shop down the road around 1973-ish

I seem to remember that the Milky way centre was a darker colour originally and changed in the 80's.

[Zincubus]

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I must get some then. ... The last time I had them was in Yorkshire, on the Settle-Carlisle Line, about 10 years ago, when a volunteer was going up and down the train selling them. It seemed to be part of the nostalgia. I used to love making 'sculptures' with the silver paper as a boy.

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[George 1978]

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I remember Gino Ginelli was promoted a lot when Italian things were cool in the early 1990s, but faded away by the mid 90s.

Italy had quite a high profile in 1990 due to hosting the World Cup that year and also winning the Eurovision Song Contest helped as well - I think that it helped with the sale of Italian (or indeed Italian-themed food) in the UK and elsewhere.

McCain Pizza Perfection had such a high profile around 1994 as well - certainly Tesco and Iceland sold them.

[George 1978]

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Yes, I remember Moose, though I thought it was called Super Moose, and had a cartoon moose on the wrapper. As you say, they were similar to Milky Way but a darker centre. I can remember them costing 2p from the shop down the road around 1973-ish

I have always assumed that the marketing person who dreamt that one up, couldn't tell the spellings of mousse and moose.

[Silver Bear]

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The single ( two stick) KitKats are still in foil , I got some yesterday in a multipack ...


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I must get some then. ... The last time I had them was in Yorkshire, on the Settle-Carlisle Line, about 10 years ago, when a volunteer was going up and down the train selling them. It seemed to be part of the nostalgia. I used to love making 'sculptures' with the silver paper as a boy.

[Twocky61]

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One I am sure is no more are Royal Scot biscuits

[Richard1978]

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Gino Ginelli - that was ice cream and a half. Reminds me of the dessert we had after the Sunday dinner that we ate while we were watching Bullseye.

"Tutti-Fruitti what a cutie - take a Gino home with you" went the 1989 advert.

I am certain that Carte Dor was its replacement.

I remember Gino Ginelli was promoted a lot when Italian things were cool in the early 1990s, but faded away by the mid 90s.

[staffslad]

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Hi there, just joined a few minutes ago. Does anybody remember bar six wafer or moose, a dark centred milky way from the early 70's. I was 4 in 1972 and always bought, with my 2p my mum gave me for school, a moose for 1 and a 1/2p and a 1/2p highland caramel.

Yes, I remember Moose, though I thought it was called Super Moose, and had a cartoon moose on the wrapper. As you say, they were similar to Milky Way but a darker centre. I can remember them costing 2p from the shop down the road around 1973-ish

[George 1978]

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Butterball turkeys - I remember they used Bobby Vee's Rubber Ball song in the adverts. Must have been around 1985.

Bird's Ice Magic - might not have got the right product, but they were advertised with the Donavan song Mellow Yellow if that helps.

MacDougall's Milk Mate - it was supposed to turn milk into milkshakes, but I remember using it as a topping on ice cream.

[George 1978]

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Gino Ginelli - that was ice cream and a half. Reminds me of the dessert we had after the Sunday dinner that we ate while we were watching Bullseye.

"Tutti-Fruitti what a cutie - take a Gino home with you" went the 1989 advert.

I am certain that Carte Dor was its replacement.

[Richard1978]

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Cadbury's Strollers were something that came up in a conversation I had last week.