Saturday, 12 March 2011

Childhood sweeties!

Retro sweets is the topic of Kate's Listography this week, I think we all still get excited when we spot sweets from our childhood and although I find most really sweet now, I still love to buy them when I see them.

Here are my 5 picks...


I remember getting dip dabs (although in my memory it's dib dabs!) at my local newsagent along with the sherbet tubes with liquorice, which I hate so that part got thrown!

Wham Bar Original Raspberry Flavour (new larger size)


These two bars bring back loads of memories of Secondary School, when we had a tuck shop, the shop closed in the first couple of years of being there, but I still have lots of fond memories of queuing up with everyone.


Cola cubes you could make last forever and then they were all chewy in the centre...


I used to always buy fizzy strawberry laces in Woolworths when in my local town, they were pretty sour at first but I still loved them!

Check out everyone else's sweets at Kate Takes 5:



Posted by Mummy and the Beastie at 17:08

11 comments:

  1. QWERTY Mum12 March 2011 at 18:31

    I remember Dib Dabs being very messy!

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  2. Jennie12 March 2011 at 20:07

    Great selection. This listography is bringing back so many school memories for me x

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  3. Inside the Wendy House12 March 2011 at 22:39

    Cola Cubes rock! xxx

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  4. Kate13 March 2011 at 18:05

    I so nearly had cola cubes - but they always hurt my mouth!

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  5. Vickie Ford14 March 2011 at 07:23

    Yummy love laces

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  6. Mrs Stepford14 March 2011 at 14:45

    Ooooh! A Wham bar!!! Now where can I get one of those on a Monday afternoon? Great choices.

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  7. MWM14 March 2011 at 17:09

    I have just commented on someone elses about Sherbet Dip Dabs but I think I got confused as I was thinking of the ones with the yellow long sweet in the middle and 2 sachets on either side with different flavoured sherbet in, but cant remember what they were called now! Had forgotten about cola cubes as well, do you remember pineapple cubes, mmmm.

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  8. MWM14 March 2011 at 17:35

    Ha, I rang an old friend and she remembered what they were http://www.bestbritishsweets.co.uk/retro-sweets/swizzles-matlow-double-dip-sherbet-sweets.html known as Swizzles Matlow Double Dip Sherbet sweets. I am convinced when you see the picture you will remember them x

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  9. podgypixiejo15 March 2011 at 08:59

    Oh wow Wham bars! Brilliant! I was always slightly paranoid I'd lose my teeth while eating them, but they were so yum! :)

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  10. Anonymous15 March 2011 at 21:03

    it's dib dabs to me too. Always will be.

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  11. (Mostly) Yummy Mummy17 March 2011 at 10:52

    Oh Wham bars! I had forgotten about those! I loved them :-)

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