h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Ahh... Heath Robinson, I think, that was the bloke.

How about:
C&A - where's a girl supposed to go shopping now?
Sweeties:
Coal dust - a sort of black sugar in a bag from the sweet shop, you used to lick your finger, stick it in the bag and get a finger covered in black powdery gunge. This was supposed to be nice...
Rainbow Crystals - like coal dust but MUCH nicer (also known as kayli)
Acid Drops - can you find any? If so, please tell me where!
Sherbert Dip-Dabs - I haven't seen any for a long time. Great fun if you accidentally blew down the liquorice tube.
PROPER bubblegum - the sort that would pop all over your face and you had to pick it out of your hair.

Those slippers shaped as amusing animals, bear's feet etc.
Hai Karate!
Tweed perfume - bet your Mum wore it!

The Moonlit Knight

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No...but my sister wore Charlie and I wore Tramp!!!


The sherbert with the licorice tube was Sherbert Fountain - the Dip-Dab was the one with the manky fruit lolly in it.


I nearly died choking on that sherbert! It all came out the tube in a lump and went straight down my throat. It began to fizz and I couldn't breathe. My dad put the bowl of a teaspoon down my throat and made me sick (he didn't use his finger in case I bit it off!)That did the trick!

Jolly Rancher candies.
If you sucked on them a bit and tried to bite them, your teeth would get stuck!

Ice Cream flavored chewing gum.

Necco wafers.

Eating Wyler's drink mix out of the packet and then drinking water.

Pop Rocks.

Polyester shirts with no collars and no lining that itched and looked stupid.

Ronco Record Ads on TV
The Test Card
Patrick's Pantry (wouldn't be be great if Jamie Oliver was on this list?)

'Choose Life' T-Shirts
Mr Blobby (Thank goodness)
Dr Who on a Saturday evening (unfortunately)

We still have Necco wafers in a few stores and you can find Jolly Ranchers nearly everywhere.

...Vikings,
Arctic Roll,
Gloves on wrought iron railings.

boots on fence posts

Fences still left intact (bloody kids of today...)

Musicians playing those keyboard/guitar hybrid things. You know, a keyboard with a neck that you slung over your head like a guitar.

Traffic cones on top of telephone boxes (this could be due to telephone box shortage) Also single shoes, kid's satchels etc.

TMK

xHx

Mrs suggests....
Tuff shoes,the boys ones had a compass inside,
spangels
arrow bars
cadburys cream bears
milk tray bars
frys fruit bars
weekend chocolates

she likes chocolate and sweeties...she weighs 7 stone and polishes off a bar of choc each night...makes you sick she does.

Buster Brown shoes

Arctic Roll?
Heron the freezer shop sells their own brand, as do Tesco's.

I found this website http://www.aquarterof.com and tried to get my favourite childhood sweet from them - unfortuntely they didn't have any.

Seaside pebbles - not the rock ones you get now - these were soft inside possibly icing sugar.

We just had a "Dr. Who weekend" on UK Gold - it started at 7am on Saturday

Why isn't there a or at least a smiley?

AGB!!!! What a brilliant website! I put on at least 10 pounds just thinking about all those sweeties! How much money could I spend there I wonder - a bit more than the 5p I used to get for returning Corona bottles I reckon! Thank you for brightening up my Tuesday evening.

*regressing gently in a corner somewhere*

Just thought of some more things, so I thought I would add them:

Gold Cars
Wellington Boots
Rough Collies (Lassie dogs)
Slush Puppy Stands
Iron-on Transfer T-Shirt stands at the seaside.
The Spinning Globe On BBC 1
Pound notes
1/2 pennies
Cinemas only showing three films.

A or smiley would be a pretty good idea. What about a smiley too?

You still see pound notes in Scotland.

Here's another one... pop groups with saxophone players in them. Not since the golden days of Madness, Spandau Ballet and Haircut 100 anyway.

jelly shoes

Tanita Tikaram