Defunct sweets?

[pedro]

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Great montage some long forgotten favs on there.

A bit of useless trivia but Nestle's Dairy Crunch( a fav of mine) was called "**** Bar" in France. Caused a bit of a snigger when I used to bring some back for family and friends. Changed to plain old Crunch since Nestle took over the world of sweet making.

Sought out a packet of Toottie Fruities last week not too bad but not as good as the olden days ....or have my taste buds been decimated by too many curries?:cry:

[Wil]

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A great source for old packaging is the Robert Opie collection at the museum of brands, packaging and advertising in London. The collection's also been used in quite a few books.

http://www.robertopiecollection.com/...rt-Opie-GB.asp

is one I'd defintiely recommend. There are great spreads of old sweet wrappers and loads of other nostalgia tear-inducing stuff

[sixtyten]

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Wow! must get a copy,thanks Wil!
I've read "Remember when",that has a picture of the infamous Milk Tray bar in it

[sixtyten]

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Bought a bag of the gum this morning..very tasty..its called Gold Nuggets

[bumblelady]

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i cant find that Daz, have looked online, need a photo to see what im looking for,

[sixtyten]

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Can anyone remember the name of the Smiths potato spirals they used to sell??

[sixtyten]

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[Stockcarfan]

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Gawd I rememebr those Daz.

What were the other ones besides 'bones'?

[Mulletino]

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Can anyone remember the name of the Smiths potato spirals they used to sell??

I thought they were "twirls" or "twists" although I may have been mislead by the new cheapo ones. No help here http://www.ilovecrisps.com/ either.

The salt and vinegar flavour was on par with chipsticks for ability to remove layers of skin from the top of your mouth.

[sixtyten]

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Fangs,Bones,Claws and Bats..they were my favorite crisps ever

[Heather74]

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Can you still get scampi and lemon (fries)???, they were square and sort of like a cushion, another stinky snack NIK Naks .

[sixtyten]

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yes..and cheese moments too

[HG]

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Anyone remember fish and chips snacks? They came in a plastic bag made to look like newspaper.

[sixtyten]

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I used to like sucking the powdery coating off of them

[Heather74]

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Was just thinking about them last night Mike!! making me drool again now