Memorable stuff from your formative years

Great crisps, why did they discontinue?



The Holiday Specials were always anticipated.

 

Commando Comics

 

RS 1600 Always wanted one.

 

Lion and Thunder comics/annuals. Still got the 1973 Lion Annual. my little lad loves it.
Sherbert flying saucers, 4 for 1p, telling the newsagent i only wanted to buy one and could he change a 1/2p.

 

Complemented by that classic exchange in the "Goon Show":

Eccles: "What did you get for Christmas, Bluebottle?"

Bluebottle: "I got a Junior Smoker's Kit complete with toffee ashtray and liquorish dog-ends"...

 

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I can't find a photo, but there was a sweet/chocolate-type thing called a Knickerbocker Glory - a tiny plastic cup with the most gorgeous chocolaty thing inside. It came with a little spoon on the side which you had to snap off.

The spoon was too wide to reach in to the bottom of the cup so you always wasted quite a bit.

And a bit later...

 

For those of you with a nostalgic sweet tooth, some of the classics are still available.

Sherbet Fountains (not exactly the same, modern packaging):
http://www.aquarterof.co.uk/sherbet-fountains-p-285.html?adtype=pla&kw={keyword}&aid=999&gclid=CLCW5-b0trECFVBlfAod534AvA

Flying Saucers:
FLYING SAUCERS: Retro Sweets At The UKs No 1 Internet Sweetshop

All from A Quarter of: Retro Sweets: Customers Love Us & Rate Us 95% From 5308 Reviews

 

Joe, did they have a round pink Bubbly in 'em as well?

 

ravenous ravenous rhinoceroses

 

No, these didn't, but what you've said definitely rings a bell.

[Edited to add]

Wasn't it in the bottom of an ice-cream cornet?