tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post9034528894288884813..comments2023-10-17T12:05:26.540+01:00Comments on Razor-blade of Life: Plus ça change - well no, it isn't a bit the sameZhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00822383355869390919noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-7391783158174994772012-08-19T08:50:22.849+01:002012-08-19T08:50:22.849+01:00We've got a proper sweet shop here too. Oh de...We've got a proper sweet shop here too. Oh dear, I can feel a post coming on about sweets! Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00822383355869390919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-75218077417818867612012-08-19T08:00:23.310+01:002012-08-19T08:00:23.310+01:00We've got two old-fashioned sweet shops in tow...We've got two old-fashioned sweet shops in town. I always use one as the owners, a husband and wife, are quite lovely. Actually it's not I who uses it, but the boys. The husband likes to engage them in long-winded conversations about his times in France and thankfully they always take part politely. We've had to go in and rescue them at times. :)<br /><br />I went in last week to buy some candy alphabets to send the boys and the wife sent their love and hugs to go along with the sweets - which is one of the reasons I love that shop. You don't get that sort of interaction in most other places.<br /><br />I should use it more - they also sell baking stuff - as I'd hate them to close for lack of support. It smells so yummy in there too.<br /><br />M buys Wagon Wheels occasionally - out of nostalgia- and he said they have definitely shrunk - quite disgusted he was, last time. Wendyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14257653410136495378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-75511489271092262682012-08-19T02:18:33.120+01:002012-08-19T02:18:33.120+01:00Sliders!(In NZ,early 50s we called them Eskimo Pie...Sliders!(In NZ,early 50s we called them Eskimo Pies.)<br />And I think Dolly Mixtures have disappeared.<br />In little towns there were no "garden centres" - we could buy seedlings from the greengrocer, who carefully dug them from flats(proper, wooden ones)and wrapped them in newspaper.<br />Oh! And we could earn pocket money by lugging the old papers to the butcher.<br />I'll write a post, I think, or you'll be jammed!<br />dinahmowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00052642938090553088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-15959171132845121782012-08-18T18:55:17.928+01:002012-08-18T18:55:17.928+01:00I remember buying sherbert lemons from the one swe...I remember buying sherbert lemons from the one sweet shop that was open on a Sunday afternoon. that must have been about 1960.<br /><br />There is a 'real' sweet shop in Twickenham, Martha bought some sherbert lemons as a treat but somehow the taste had changed. Not sure whether my taste or the taste of the sweets but they weren't the same.<br /><br />I'm so enjoying reading about your home life, hope others will follow suite.PixieMumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14717092173188052675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-7193298644284895342012-08-18T10:37:07.910+01:002012-08-18T10:37:07.910+01:00I know of two sweet shops that still sell REAL ani...I know of two sweet shops that still sell REAL aniseed balls (with the seed at the centre); one in Ipswich and one here in our High Street. Our senior Swedish Granddaughter loves them, and we always take a quarter of a pound to Sweden for her (I know it's not really a quarter of a pound these days- but that's what I ask for, and it's more or less what I get. The other thing that most of the grandchildren like (even some of the ones now in their twenties) is liquorice root. They sold us two sticks for a halfpenny, and you didn't need coupons for them as they weren't on ration. Our High Street sweet shop sells them, as do most health food shops. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07558857315748815249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-38984806484605895662012-08-18T09:43:38.308+01:002012-08-18T09:43:38.308+01:00The sizes of chocolate bars have gradually shrunk ...The sizes of chocolate bars have gradually shrunk over the last few years. It's a way of absorbing rising production costs without increasing the price on the shelf.<br /><br />Although, theoretically, this is good for our waistlines, because they now sell packs of 4 for £1, then the temptation is to eat two bars instead of one, thus defeating any saving of calories.<br /><br />We now have a local proper sweet shop, which always seems to be busy. Pick'n'Mix bags especially popular.allotmentqueenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09436822823840965550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-5463971296521188022012-08-18T05:27:07.047+01:002012-08-18T05:27:07.047+01:00Christmas windows..many merchants would have anima...Christmas windows..many merchants would have animated displays during the holidays.<br />I wish they still made Heath bar ice cream bars, like they did in the 1960s.kippyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11715389823789274487noreply@blogger.com