I nicked this photo from another forum, remember these ?
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I wasn't too keen on the Black Jacks, the Fruit Salad ones were nice though.
never seen any of those before - how long ago were they?
Mike
Loved them both, but Black Jacks left you with mucky saliva and a stained mouth.
I always chose the black ones.. We didn't care what colour our teeth and tongues were..
Also remember sherbet dabs.. with a straw liquorice stick..
We had a Tuck Shop in the next street.. We kids all met up there..
I remember paying 1p for bits of wood called - IIRC - Spanish wood, which when chewed had a very nice liquorice taste to it, and much cheaper than buying proper liquorice sweets
Mike
I remember them and the shops that sold them. Sad to see the passing of big jars and scales.
Black Jacks and Fruit Salad were 4 a penny. Can't remember what liquorice wood cost. Sherbert dips were a penny I think.
memory claims liquorice wood was 1d - but whether memory is correct...
What about flying saucers? They were a very flattened edible sphere with sherbert inside.
I think you are a good few years older than me so it's interesting that the prices had held as a penny for liquorice wood sounds about right. I'd put my purchases at the mid to late 50s.
I was buying liquorice wood (also called Spanish wood, now that I think about it) around the Tower Bridge area in 1946.
Mike
About 10 years before me then.
What about Bubble Gum.. !! It taste like candle wax.. We used to chew it for ages and share it..!
We were often asked 'Give us a bit of your gum'.. We would pull out a length of stringy gum and give it to out friends.. No one died as a result of this..
never fancied gum, whether bubble or ordinary
Mike
Peanut brittle was my favourite.
Most chewing gum was 1d out of a machine in the street as I recall. Wriggley's strips were 6d, which was all right if you had a sixpence.
The problem we have with chewing gum these days is people don't dispose of it properly, they drop it on the pavement and it's almost impossible to remove.
yes - quite a revolting mess