Does anyone remember the toffee which came in a tray with a wee hammer?

It was called Walkers Nonsuch and was made in Stoke on Trent. Walkers was a local family firm run by two brothers (I think). i once met one of the brothers and I remember that he was a follower of the James Last Orchestra and he used to take gifts of toffee to the concerts.

It was gorgeous toffee - dangerous for the fillings though!

Ooh yes, I loved that banana toffee too. My mum used to make toffee, I remember trying to get a big piece! I haven't changed!

Harrogate Toffee was the best I remember from my childhood. We were always given some by the Yorkshire grandparents - I'm sure it was available elsewhere but I used to associate it with them.

Holland's coffees with a red wrapper with the world on it.

Ooh, McCowans toffee, do they still make it? Almost lived on it as a child.
Mind you Thorntons is pretty good too ( the brazil nut is the best.)

Yes, you can still get McCowan's toffee. The company went under, but another company makes the toffee now. You can get it on eBay and Amazon. Mind your teeth!

I just wondered, is it because I had a deprived childhood that I had never heard of Werther's toffee before I was 50 something (now mid 70s). The ads implied that I should have shared them with my grandfather.

I remember Blue Bird Toffee it was lovely. and lasted forever. Highlands toffee, too, Old Jamaica chocolate, and chocolate cigarettes too, Lucky bags, ooh I did love Lucky bags, and Arrow Bars, and Sweet Tobacco,

Goodness yes. Took me back to childhood. My mother had the brazilnut version and used to hammer away at it in her chair. As the child of a blind mother I was the one who did the cleaning and I can remember finding bits of toffee all over the carpet, down the chair cushions etc. Nightmare.

In Northumberland Welch's toffee (Denise Welch's family) was made. I think they produced Dainty Dinah toffee. Loved highland toffee, peel back the paper and suck it until it came to a point!

nellie I'd never heard of Weather's either.

Werther's even.

Don't worry about not having heard of Werther's. It was only introduced to the UK in the 1990s.

[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Werther%27s_Original]

Whoops - my first try at a link.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Werther%27s_Original

It did cross my mind that Werther's was a German/Austrian/Dutch brand. The adverts have that feel about them. Pretty boring sweets though!

I seem to remember a brittle crunchy toffee, which we in Yorkshire called 'invalid' toffee.Anyone else remember it?
We once went in an old fashioned sweet shop and they aren't allowed to break up any toffee from the trays to sell in smaller quantities as it goes against 'elf and safety'

Anyone remember Berwick cockles which were hard mints or Edinburgh rock which was crumbly? Both played havoc with the teeth which probably explains why I had fillings as a child!

Yes gilly I remember invalid toffee ( in Yorkshire) I wonder why it was callled that? lots if milk and butter in it to build up an invalid?
thanks wilma I may have to get a years supply of McCowans online.

It's a wonder I have any teeth left, and yet my teeth are fine, a few fillings but nothing more.

I have found a recipe for Scottish tablet so will try it this weekend

Walkers toffee which you can still get in small blocks and also their wrapped toffee-banana splits, treacle, Brazil nut, mint eclairs, liquorice, the list goes on.
All yummy and we buy them from an independant sweetie shop in our town. I would defy anyone to go in there and not come out without at least one 'goodie' !!

My Sister and I were reminiscing about the trays of toffee just a few days ago. They were a Christmas treat in the 1960's when we were children. My favourite was the brazil nut version, however, I also think that the reason why these trays were so appealing to us children was the fact that we had to smash it up the toffee with the little hammer. It was such a novelty to us.
Does anyone also remember the small tins of Blue Bird toffees that were sold in Woolworths? The tins themselves were very pretty with lots of different designs. More importantly they were very affordable for Children to buy as gifts. Oh how I miss Woolies !!

I'm on the low carb diet. I can't read anymore as I am dribbling

BB I get my pleasures where I can!

We used to buy little trays of Blue Bird toffee from a market gardener who pulled a tractor and trailer round the estate I live on. He sold fresh fruit and veg, sweets and crisps. He came round every Saturday morning.