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

I've got a Bluebird toffee hammer and a Sharp's one hanging up in my kitchen, along with other useless bits. Olive stoner, anyone?

Remember my Mum having a toffee hammer which had belonged to my grandma. We used it once a year to 'smash' homemade bonfire toffee. !

You lot are so naughty! BB I remember Palmers banana split toffee, lovely and Thorntons still going strong, another one, butterscotch made by a Scottish company, does anyone remember that, how I made my teeth ache, haha. Peanut brittle anyone!

How about toffee apples? I only ever had them once a year at the fair but can still remember the sweetness of the toffee and sharpness of the apple when you bit into it. How we didn't break our front teeth I'll never know!

I remember Bluebird, never heard of Walkers but my hammer is Walkers .

My nan used to buy a tray of Bluebird toffee with a a hammer and share it with us. It took ages to soften up enough to be able to chew it.

I used to buy a packet of Toffo's which were round toffees wrapped in greaseproof paper and sold in a roll. They were very cheap and lasted all afternoon.

Thornton's toffee is nice nowadays.

Just one butterscotch toffee would be heaven

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.

BB I get my pleasures where I can!

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

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 !!

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' !!

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

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

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.

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!

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'

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!

Whoops - my first try at a link.

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

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]

Werther's even.

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

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!

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.

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,