Gawd knows what will happen to Jelly Babies.... and I think you've seen the last of gobstoppers.Midget Gems re-named so not to insult people with dwarfism! Re-named 'Mini Gems', An insult to Mini drivers me thinks!
Usually with a handful of ‘fruit salads’.I haven’t seen blackjacks for sale either - used to get 4 for 1d when I was a lad.
Still get themI haven’t seen blackjacks for sale either - used to get 4 for 1d when I was a lad.
We get them in the charity sweet box at work so they are still out there. At home time I can eat a full £1.00's worth as I walk to my car in the works car park.I haven’t seen blackjacks for sale either - used to get 4 for 1d when I was a lad.
So you were a thief as well as cruel to animals?I’m amazed that anybody knows the price of blackjacks and fruit salads in the 60s/70s….didn’t everyone just nick them?
Looks like the point of the thread has gone 38,000 feet over someone's head again.What about the long liquorice strings.
I’m amazed that anybody knows the price of blackjacks and fruit salads in the 60s/70s….didn’t everyone just nick them?
Absolutely.So you were a thief as well as cruel to animals?
You had better explain to a simple mind!Looks like the point of the thread has gone 38,000 feet over someone's head again.
The point of the original post is certain sweets disappearing because their names offend certain demographics, in this case people who are vertically challenged. It's not a post about sweets that we can't get anymore for sensible reasons.You had better explain to a simple mind!
Times do change and remarkably quickly in some instances.It strikes me folks are getting upset about words.
In most cases it's not a word that is offensive but the context in which it's used.
Toff, rich, piggy, womble....
I think the problem is no-one can figure out how you prevent someone else being offensive (other than a punch on the nose) so they ban the word.
So when the chavs start using the word Sunday to refer to someone offensively will we ban it.
Some of the words currently used such as sick, reeve & what was that one used on the first episode of Apprentice?.
Language changes/adapts.
Once upon a time gay was never taken to mean anything other than happy.
That word got appropriated and now is apparently "owned".