Crisps

[sbadger]

Then it's a good bet that it!, Thank you
Now I also see the number of people trying to get Burton's to make them again!! Seems they ditched the machines! such a shame.

It was a Japanese snack, the taste of them, that brought my senses flying back in time to these Potato Puffs 40 odd years ago.

[Heather74]

I remember them being slightly longer and slightly thinner than those pictured and you would get broken bits as sharp as razor blades! Also some of them had little bubbles in them like they had been splashed with hot fat.

[sbadger]

thanks for the steer, sounds like it's probably the one. Though having googled for a picture of the actual crisps, it's been so long there's nothing.
I did find this on twitter,

https://twitter.com/memorialdevice/s...77472209461253

does that reflect what they were like? I remember them being thinner

[darren]

Im always amazed at ur knowledge of crisps

sound a bit like burtons potato puffs

[sixtyten]

my thoughts too

[Heather74]

Sound a bit like Burtons potato puffs

[sbadger]

Hi there,

There's a type of crisp that I've been trying to work out for a few years.
They would be early 80s, 81-84ish. They were little tubes, Not like Smiths Tubes, much smaller/narrower and thinner, kind of drinking straw dimensions, but only a couple of centimetres long and broken bits at the bottom of the bag (yum), some ends may have been still sealed?

I don't really recall the flavour other than plain / almost toastie potato and I think there may have been a cartoon dragon on the bag (though not Snaps!)

Does it ring any bells with anyone?

Cracking thread btw!

Cheers

[G4Freeby]

I seem remember Murphy crisps at our local 'pool, a treat after swimming along with 'Zing biscuits and a hot drink.

[George 1978]

This one could go either here, or on the Litter on the Pavement thread which I started a couple of weeks ago:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cn0351j342po

It is an empty Golden Wonder roast chicken crisp packet from 1968, (original price: 6d) which was found by litter pickers in Kesgrave in Suffolk.

I have mentioned this before on here about people finding empty crisp packets mostly in coastal areas which are decades old which are more or less in perfect condition - as we are featuring old empty crisp packets on this page, I thought that I would include the link. In those days there were no Best Before dates on them, but this one had competition to win a trip to the Olympics which were held in Mexico City in October 1968 - the closing date was 17th August 1968.

[Heather74]

Burton's Snip snaps

[George 1978]

You could write to the company that originally made them if they still exist, i.e Walkers.

[darren]

A lot of crisp packet images ive not seen before.
And sadly a lot of them u cant see anymore.

Is there any way of getting them back.

[Heather74]

Tudor Egg and Bacon

[Heather74]

Champs Tomato Ketchup

[Heather74]

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