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Old 18-09-2003, 22:11   #31
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Potato puffs and cheesetts after going to the swimming baths.
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Old 18-09-2003, 23:07   #33
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And Bovril ;D
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Old 18-09-2003, 23:12   #34
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Yuk! Hot chocolate for me.
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Old 18-09-2003, 23:13   #35
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Or OXO :P
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Old 18-09-2003, 23:16   #36
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Coffee. Not very nice.
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Old 19-09-2003, 08:58   #37
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;D   Jubilees, Mambo's sounds like same stuff different name, rather like Marathon/Snickers.
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Old 19-09-2003, 09:48   #38
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Still call em Marathons and my kids give me funny looks no mater how much I explain.. ho hum...
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Old 19-09-2003, 09:52   #39
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Same with Opal Fruits. Can't get used to calling them Starburst. ;D
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Old 20-09-2003, 08:33   #40
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used to love milky ways but they have spoilt them now they have changed them.
Not nice. Why cant they leave things alone.
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my dad used to always by us a finger of fudge yes there you all go.... "a finger of fudge is just enough to give your kids a treat a finger of fudge is just enough untill...." OMG theres good commercialism for you, got to be 25 years since I heard that and I still remember all the words
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Old 20-09-2003, 17:41   #42
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Mambos or Jubilees when you look at it in a retrospective way the sweet market isa lot like the music world.In a respective way that songs are rereleased and the youth of today think they are new.A lot of new named sweets are the same.Different name same product.Or is it just me
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a lot of the sweets are the same the names have been changed so that visitors to the u.k know what there buying  that's another euro issue. :-/
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Old 21-09-2003, 12:29   #44
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wish they would leave things alone >
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why does this country have to go along with others, time to put the great back into brittain
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