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I'm just popping down to the 1980s/1990s corner shop. Anybody want anything?

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Lostinidea · 18/11/2024 19:45

Think I'm going to get a raspberry Panda Pop, a Cadbury Taz bar and hopefully they'll have the latest issue of Sugar magazine.

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ttcat37 · 18/11/2024 21:51

Lostinidea · 18/11/2024 21:44

Well as they're for your mum of course they'll sell cigarettes to a minor 😬.

Was it just my local shop that would sell cigs to kids to take to their parents? They had to know your mum or dad though.

80smonster · 18/11/2024 21:51

Lostinidea · 18/11/2024 21:45

I might be a while, I've got a bit of a list! Luckily they'll put it all in some of the flimsest carrier bags on the planet, that will probably biodegrade in the year 2241.

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I’m starving, hurry back.

IBlameTheDog · 18/11/2024 21:52

Two singles and a box of matches please!

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Polyp0 · 18/11/2024 21:53

For a split second I thought those peanut sweets on Etsy was them, but no! Those are the baby poo coloured ones, but in wrappers. These had a definite peach colour to them, though they are the same shape and size as those ones.

Lostinidea · 18/11/2024 21:53

ttcat37 · 18/11/2024 21:51

Was it just my local shop that would sell cigs to kids to take to their parents? They had to know your mum or dad though.

No I think it was pretty common. But unimaginable these days 😮.

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Thevelvelletes · 18/11/2024 21:53

If it's 90s get me one of those new magnum ice creams.expensive but they were big

Scabz · 18/11/2024 21:53

More magazine please - me and my mates want to giggle at position of the fortnight

Waitingfordoggo · 18/11/2024 21:54

Oh yes, so many of the things already mentioned.

Also Pacers. Like Chewits but spearmint, in green and white striped wrappers. 💚

Thevelvelletes · 18/11/2024 21:54

Lostinidea · 18/11/2024 21:48

That made me smile. Haven't been asked to get them since I lost my dad.

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It's funny the little things that remind us of loved ones.

Driedonion · 18/11/2024 21:56

20 Silk Cut and a box of matches for my chain smoking Auntie 😆

ThatAgileGoldMoose · 18/11/2024 21:56

A tab clear, a proper creme egg, some of those weird fish and chips sweets that were a little bit like waxy caramel chocolate, some fizzy cola bottles and the cherry ones too, and if nobody's looking can you get me a copy of More! please?

MissMarplesNiece · 18/11/2024 21:56

19 magazine, a Vesta Chow Mein and a box of Weekend.

Lostinidea · 18/11/2024 21:57

Scabz · 18/11/2024 21:53

More magazine please - me and my mates want to giggle at position of the fortnight

Just don't try recreating them, you'll have someone's eye out.

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MrsMoastyToasty · 18/11/2024 21:57

A bottle of Mad Dog 20/20 and a bottle of lemon Hooch. I'm going to a party....

TheChosenTwo · 18/11/2024 22:00

Can I have a 10p mix and a quarter of midget gems please? Also a packet of those tuc sandwich biscuits if they’ve got some (I did eat one of these recently and it was revolting!! But the sweets will still be brilliant 😋).

SilverShadowNight · 18/11/2024 22:01

Tizer, I'd forgotten about the original Tizer. The new stuff doesn't taste the same at all.

Lostinidea · 18/11/2024 22:01

80smonster · 18/11/2024 21:51

I’m starving, hurry back.

Waiting for @PrimitivePerson photos to develop might hold things up a bit.

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Jellytotsburnmytongue · 18/11/2024 22:02

I think I'll choose a spira, salt and vinegar wheels, some cinnamon chewies, a mizz magazine and a just seventeen.

I don't think you'll manage to carry all these orders by yourself you know so I'll come round to yours on my BMX and give you a takey to the shop. We can drop them all off to everyone on the way home!

Lostinidea · 18/11/2024 22:03

SilverShadowNight · 18/11/2024 22:01

Tizer, I'd forgotten about the original Tizer. The new stuff doesn't taste the same at all.

Neither does Tango. The can I had the other day was totally flat and I'm sure it used to fizz back in the halcyon days.

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Lostinidea · 18/11/2024 22:06

Jellytotsburnmytongue · 18/11/2024 22:02

I think I'll choose a spira, salt and vinegar wheels, some cinnamon chewies, a mizz magazine and a just seventeen.

I don't think you'll manage to carry all these orders by yourself you know so I'll come round to yours on my BMX and give you a takey to the shop. We can drop them all off to everyone on the way home!

Star. I'll share my fruit salad/blackjack mix and a couple of sticks of my choc dip with you.

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AutumnLeaves1990 · 18/11/2024 22:08

A can of Quattro,a Cabana bar and a copy of Smash hits and Just 17 please....oh and a quarter of cola cubes 🥰

Littlemissgobby · 18/11/2024 22:09

MrsMoastyToasty · 18/11/2024 21:57

A bottle of Mad Dog 20/20 and a bottle of lemon Hooch. I'm going to a party....

You remember castaways and reefs to

Lostinidea · 18/11/2024 22:11

Littlemissgobby · 18/11/2024 22:09

You remember castaways and reefs to

The greeney blue Reef used to taste just like Calpol for some reason.

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triggers34 · 18/11/2024 22:13

Just seventeen and a packet of menthol cigarettes please.

Jellytotsburnmytongue · 18/11/2024 22:14

Lostinidea · 18/11/2024 22:06

Star. I'll share my fruit salad/blackjack mix and a couple of sticks of my choc dip with you.

Ah thanks. You can have a read of my magazines too if you want to save us both buying them.

Id have got some jellytots too but as you can see by my user name they used to burn my tongue. The ones these days aren't the same at all!

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