Sweetie shops

*bubble gums

Midget gems were my favourite, I would buy a great big bag of them for sixpence.

I remember sherbet lemons, and weird liquorice flavoured sticks that looked like twigs!

I still have a 'real 'sweetie shop in my 'wee toon'. All the sweetie jars still lining the shelves.

If you buy the shop you get the recipes. Since I was wee I've loved their humbugs. Mint flavour was the favourite back then and my pal and I bought them on the way to our weekly horse ride. The humbugs were a favourite with the ponies too so we used the sweets to catch them easily.

My daughter (a chemist) loves their cinammon humbugs (for the medicinal properties apparently) but I've had to wait more than 6 months for the owner of the shop to be able to source 'real' cinammon oil as she won't make them with the synthetic oil. I've 2 bags ready for DD's birthday on Monday.

They still do 'Lucky Tatties' and the 'penny 'trays tho I've no idea what you pay for a penny tray nowadays. And real black liquorice is my favourite. I remember getting a whole box one Christmas, all the assortment of laces, straps, pipes, catherine wheels etc. I never was a fan of the red stuff.

Sweet peanuts were my favourite, but my mum made me have spearmint pips, because they were hers.

bridie54

I still have a 'real 'sweetie shop in my 'wee toon'. All the sweetie jars still lining the shelves.

If you buy the shop you get the recipes. Since I was wee I've loved their humbugs. Mint flavour was the favourite back then and my pal and I bought them on the way to our weekly horse ride. The humbugs were a favourite with the ponies too so we used the sweets to catch them easily.

My daughter (a chemist) loves their cinammon humbugs (for the medicinal properties apparently) but I've had to wait more than 6 months for the owner of the shop to be able to source 'real' cinammon oil as she won't make them with the synthetic oil. I've 2 bags ready for DD's birthday on Monday.

They still do 'Lucky Tatties' and the 'penny 'trays tho I've no idea what you pay for a penny tray nowadays. And real black liquorice is my favourite. I remember getting a whole box one Christmas, all the assortment of laces, straps, pipes, catherine wheels etc. I never was a fan of the red stuff.

Is a sweetie shop in our town but is one of a chain with shops trying to look like the old sweetie shops, is not the same. You are lucky to have the real deal.
Our old sweetie shop would also sell bottles of pop, sasparilla, dandelion and burdock, and cream soda.

We have an old fashioned sweetie shop in the city centre. A very special treat ! It smells amazing 🤩

Do you remember the pink shrimps on the penny tray?

Cinnamon humbugs.

They sound delicious

.......also the rhubarb and custard sweets?

So many memories coming flooding back!
Aniseed balls, acid drops, sweet cigarettes etc.

Our local sweet shop is retro, they still sell things as you've described!

They've got retro toys and games too.

Sweet tobacco.
I can vaguely remember it tasting bitter, and making me dribble.
I ordered some from online, but that was just coconut flavoured

I love shrimps, blackjacks, and fruit salads.

Acid drops and sour apples, cherry lips and fruit salad. Making my mouth water just thinking about them.

A penny worth of Kali in a cone shaped paper bag was a great treat.

What is Kali? I don't remember that.

Yes I loved the pink shrimps.
And the sweet cigarettes.
Tbh wasn’t much I didn’t like 😜

Ali23

A penny worth of Kali in a cone shaped paper bag was a great treat.

Yes!!
A granulated sherbet in bright colours.
Kali!

Yes, that’s it! And it had a slightly fruity or sharp taste.
I used to dip my finger in and then suck my finger. You could make it last for ages!

Oh yes - I remember the sherbet in the bag but we didn't call it kali.
Different areas of the country I suppose.

blue14

Oh yes - I remember the sherbet in the bag but we didn't call it kali.
Different areas of the country I suppose.

I was brought up in Lancashire.

Sherbet Dabs, delicious

Has anyone mentioned 'Jamboree bags'