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I was listening to a song by the Drifters on the radio, funnily enough (the American group, not Sir Cliff Richard's backing group which had to change their name to The Shadows in order to avoid both confusion and copyright action), and it reminded me of the chocolate bar Drifter which was made by Rowntree's (which apart from the Fruit Pastilles have since been absorbed by Nestle). I am certain that they were still sold in shops in the 1990s and also advertised on television up to that point.
They reminded me slightly of Twix because weren't they two bars in one, if you know what I mean? But I know that they were made by Rowntree's and not Mars. One of their early to mid 1990s adverts was set in a launderette (?) had someone talk in some language with supposed English subtitles on screen. When I attended Saturday morning Judo at a local centre circa 1990 (I was being bullied at school at the time and so I thought that it would help gain confidence in defending myself), the snack bar in the centre sold them and I used to get one before I left so that I could eat it on the way home, and put the wrapper in one of the litterbins on the street when I had finished it.
Do they still make them? - I have not seen them in years. If they are still around, I have assumed that they are not due to the lack of adverts on the TV for them in the last few years.
They reminded me slightly of Twix because weren't they two bars in one, if you know what I mean? But I know that they were made by Rowntree's and not Mars. One of their early to mid 1990s adverts was set in a launderette (?) had someone talk in some language with supposed English subtitles on screen. When I attended Saturday morning Judo at a local centre circa 1990 (I was being bullied at school at the time and so I thought that it would help gain confidence in defending myself), the snack bar in the centre sold them and I used to get one before I left so that I could eat it on the way home, and put the wrapper in one of the litterbins on the street when I had finished it.
Do they still make them? - I have not seen them in years. If they are still around, I have assumed that they are not due to the lack of adverts on the TV for them in the last few years.
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