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If you were a child in the 70s...

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Tisfortired · 08/07/2018 20:11

What were your favourite sweets?

It's my mums 50th birthday next week and I am doing little sweetie bags for her surprise party.

I want to include retro sweets she would have loved when she was a child, so far I have

Liquorice torpedos
Flying saucers

And then I'm stuck!

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plus3 · 08/07/2018 20:12

The mint chews with a stripe

MyOtherProfile · 08/07/2018 20:13

Fruit salad and black jacks
Curly wurly
Sherbert pips
Kola kubes

annandale · 08/07/2018 20:14

Refreshers
Fruit salad chews
Space dust

Starlight345 · 08/07/2018 20:15

They were pacers @plus3

Spangled , fruit bursts though were called opal fruits . Cola cubes. Sherbet fountain

clarrylove · 08/07/2018 20:15

They were Pacers! I liked Spangles, Toffos, Poppets, Opal Fruits, Fruit Gums, chocolate mice, chocolate truffle things in foil cases, Cola Cubes, Pineapple Chunks. Jazz Balls, Dolly Mixtures.

Starlight345 · 08/07/2018 20:15

Spangles not spangled

bertdynamite · 08/07/2018 20:16

Candy cigarettes
Gold nuggets chewing gum

fleshmarketclose · 08/07/2018 20:16

mojos, cola cubes, pear drops, blackjacks, fruit salad,spangles,pacers, double dips, space dust, liqorice dip,

Tisfortired · 08/07/2018 20:17

This is so helpful everybody thank you! I'm filling up my amazon cart as we speak 🍬

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TooMinty · 08/07/2018 20:18

There used to be a website called AQuarterOf and I think they did hampers for each decade?

WendyCope · 08/07/2018 20:18

MyOtherProfile has nailed it for me. She missed out sweet cigarettes though!

HRTpatch · 08/07/2018 20:19

Dewdrops
Parma violets
Sherbert pips
Pear drops

Grumpbum · 08/07/2018 20:19

Coconut mushrooms are my mums favourites

Starlight345 · 08/07/2018 20:19

Oh mojos used to be 3 for 1p 😃

Harrykanesrightsock · 08/07/2018 20:20

Bon bons
Texas bar
Raspberry ruffles

Starlight345 · 08/07/2018 20:20

And candy sticks were sweet cigarettes

Starlight345 · 08/07/2018 20:21

Foam shrimps and chocolate white mice

Ohyesiam · 08/07/2018 20:21

Candy shrimps! And cadburies cream eggs, they were MASSIVE and didn’t tast of wax!

ShreddedFeet · 08/07/2018 20:24

Black jacks
Fruit salads
Refreshers
Refresher chews
Sherbert fountain
Frys 5 centre bar
Frys mint bar
Pineapple rock
Cola cubes

DartfordBridge · 08/07/2018 20:25

Aniseed balls

missmouse101 · 08/07/2018 20:25

Galaxy counters, space dust, rhubarb and custard Penny chews, jelly babies, bubblegum, Smarties in boxes not tubes!

OlennasWimple · 08/07/2018 20:27

Foam shrimps
Foam bananas
Candy cigarettes
White chocolate mice

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JiltedJohnsJulie · 08/07/2018 20:27

Foam shrimps and foam bananas.

TheOnlyAletheia · 08/07/2018 20:28

Foam shrimps, foam bananas, fizz bombs, flying saucers

AldeandOre · 08/07/2018 20:29

Caramac

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