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Old 03-05-2007, 20:41   #106
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...talking of ice lollies, does anybody remember Pennock's ice lollies? For those who don't know, Pennock's was a little sweetshop on the corner of Richmond Street and Higher Antley Street. They made their own ice lollies and for some reason, they managed to get more flavour in them than any other lolly around. They were also in the Guinness Book of Records at one time because they had the biggest cat in the world...not a lot of people know that.
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Old 03-05-2007, 20:45   #107
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...talking of ice lollies, does anybody remember Pennock's ice lollies? For those who don't know, Pennock's was a little sweetshop on the corner of Richmond Street and Higher Antley Street. They made their own ice lollies and for some reason, they managed to get more flavour in them than any other lolly around. They were also in the Guinness Book of Records at one time because they had the biggest cat in the world...not a lot of people know that.
thats one i never heard of,mind never got up that way much.
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Old 04-05-2007, 14:53   #108
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i liked the little ice lollys you could buy from corner shop, cost about 2p, also a bag of mojos and other stuff for 10p bag....you got loads!!!!! half penny sweets...lol
what about a MAMBO, flavoured Ice in a sort of triangle shaped plastic thingy. You`d cut the top off and push the ice up. The first suck was always strong flavoured and then the rest tasted wassy
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Old 04-05-2007, 14:58   #109
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Three main venues for your sweets; MACE on Hawthorn Ave. Ossy, one just up from St.Paul's that sold licorice bootlaces (still the best), black jacks, fruit salad & mojos (all 4 for a penny). Bags of saspirillas, coltfoots rock, rainbow sherbet and Victory Vs. There was a newsagent bang opposite the bottom part of St.Pauls that used to have a Beech Nut chewing gum machine on the outside wall. During school breaks we could buy cheese biscuits or chocolate fingers for a penny (that's pre-decimal guys!). When it went decimal we were offered penny wafers. And what about non PC purchases like tobacco sweets; packs of cigarettes with pink tips, chocolate cigars and sweet rolling tobacco in pouches. How did our teeth ever survive??
We used to buy REAL cigarettes `singles` from a shop up Burnley road in Clayton. You would ask for how many you wanted and she waould give you them in a little toffee bag and a few matches to go with them
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Old 04-05-2007, 18:44   #110
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i used to buy me fags in singles, when i was a school, charged me 20p a fag!!
the robbin swines!!!!!!!!
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Old 04-05-2007, 20:21   #111
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I remember being able to buy singles and fives.

Dont remember Mambo's were they not Calypso?
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Old 04-05-2007, 22:17   #112
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I remember being able to buy singles and fives.

Dont remember Mambo's were they not Calypso?
mambos, calypsos, jubblys theve been called allsorts grego suppose it depends on yer age, being a owd fart i remember jubblys.
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Old 04-05-2007, 23:24   #113
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I can remember them being called mambo's and calypso's but jubblys? You must be older than what i thought you were cashy!!!
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Old 08-05-2007, 16:58   #114
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mine was something called imps i don,t nowe if you rembber them they was like tiny spannish bits in a little tin

I remember them, also tics
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Old 08-05-2007, 17:04   #115
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I remember being able to buy singles and fives.

Dont remember Mambo's were they not Calypso?
Thats right Grego They changed the name to Calypso later on...
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Old 08-05-2007, 17:08   #116
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have i already mentioned these?
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Old 08-05-2007, 17:50   #117
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wham bars!!! also my favourite group inthe 80's
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Old 08-05-2007, 19:23   #118
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Garbage Pail Kids, Rubble Gum, Jaw Breakers, Sour Berries, Wham Bars, Snap, Crackle and Pop bars.

I particularly miss Sour Berries but they were taken from the shelves because they were sending kids a bit crazy with all the chemicals in them.
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Old 08-05-2007, 19:24   #119
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They had a re-run of them a few years ago (hence me knowing about them) and you lot know that half of the sweets you are talking abou are still available ? Get yourself to a decent corner shop Shame they cahgned the one on burnley road near st.johns into an offy, used to go there after school. 20p bag of pre-picked pic'n'mix :P
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Old 08-05-2007, 19:47   #120
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Anyone mentioned the toffee cigarettes ? Gosh, can you imagine the outcry now..

Oh yeh, just seen it ... sorry ..
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