Taste nostalgia. Good or bad thing?

Yes, Stansgran, the very name Callard & Bowser reminds me of those neat little boxes of nougat, and butterscotch which had such a sublime flavour and lasted such a long time. The most 'caramel' taste I can remember ever. And didn't C&B also make mixed toffees including nut, mint and chocolate which you bought loose from the big jar. If funds permitted I would go for the full half pound, but have been known to resort to just 2oz. And wasn't there another brand of toffees called Bluebird? Then Cadburys Chocolate Eclairs appeared and swept all before, including the acid Trebor's Sherbert Lemons which scoured your mouth out before the Sherbert kicked in. Happy days!

I am proud to say that the creamy filling in Fry's Chocolate Cream bars is made in my village at the Distillery and Yeast factory! They also make the gooey bit for Cadbury's crème eggs and loads of other things. I tell myself I am helping local industry every time I have some.

Oh my goodness I so remember creamola -I wonder if it is still yummy - I guess it will be the same as everything else and taste really sickly!!!!! Not at all like a nice glass of crisp white - is the sun over the yardarm yet?

I wonder if these "Retro" sweet shops are the same as I was talking of earlier ?
Which seems to be , they are franchised !
Who knows ?

Something I bought in one of our retro sweetie shops was Creamola Foam, I loved the raspberry flavour one

Penny arrows, bazooka joe.bubble gum, aniseed balls ,pineapple chunks, flying saucers, fizz bombs, candy shrimps. My local sweet shop used to sell 10pence mixed bags which consisted of 10 penny sweets - a little bag of heaven!

I've seen a retro sweet shop in Reading too, though I can't remember exactly where it is.

Rockgran, thank you for that list. I'd forgotten what the five words were, but I do remember my father announcing 'annihilation' when they had all een eaten.

I remember dandelion and burdock 'pop' too and gob stoppers which (and I think I've mentioned this before) Sister Mary Fidelis said were vulgar and we must call them 'Big Balls' instead.

Same with fruit salads.

I remember penny arrow bars, I loved them as a child but my teeth wouldn't be able to cope now!

AlieOxon don't know about the shop in Oxford but there is one in Abingdon and one in Bourton-on-the Water.
What memories the names of these choc bars bring back, the Fry's choc cream bars were my Mother's favourites. I think they were white inside, but I do remember a pale green marzipan choc bar.Tiffin was one of my faves as a child, with raisins and bits of biscuit in it.There were wonderful toffee bars called McCowans [rectangular bars] either plain toffee or best of all covered in chocolate. YUM.Also toffe, there were penny arrows, anyone remember them?I find that age brings a reduction in the sweetness of tooth, and nowadays I prefer good Belgian or swiss chocolate only, and not very often, but still remember the happiness and anticipation [ a bit like the 5 boys!] of waiting to be served in the local sweet shop.

My daughter says there's a shop in Oxford High Street that sells all kinds of retro sweets. I can't identify it online but we're going to go there sometime!

I used to love fry,s chocolate cream too and my dad used to buy me five boys chocolate on a Friday as a treat when I was a child. Mishap the coconut chocolate you are talking about is a raspberry ruffle bar you could buy them by the quarter as individual sweets too. I loved those as well.

We used to buy 2oz of butterscotch tablets and 2 oz of poor bens, which were - like a mix of aniseed and liquorice, and pop one of each in the mouth to chew together. They were a firm gum and tasted really nice together! Anyone else remember them?

I also vaguely remember a chocolate bar called "Tiffin" which was a bit like KitKat but I think had raisins in as well.

Potlucks? I thought for a moment I'd missed a sensory secret!

Where did it get 'potlucks' from? And why?!

HORLICKS!!! Not potlucks! #soddingfire

I wish you could still buy potlucks tablets. Pretty sure grandson would like them. He is partial to a teaspoon or two of dry potlucks powder.

Pan Yan pickle? Mmm! Where's it gone?

Murray Mints are still widely available - most supermarkets sell them.

My daughter had Murraymints recently, must ask her where she got them.

Wartime fried bread - just dipped in fat (preferably bacon fat) on ONE side, and that side just grilled brown....I still make it sometimes and it's delicious.

You lucky thing! We don't get any. They just chuck 'em away.

What about a sherbet dip with a liquorice stick, or in the car on long journeys, Murraymints?

You can still get batter scrapings [scraps as they call them] at our local chip shop !