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

it's the chalk that I remember!!! Every so often one of my elders would weaken and I'd get 2 shillings to spend - what wealth....the only deal was I couldn't spend it ALL on Lucky Bags cos they were a waste of money!

I remember the coconut tobacco I'd forgotten all about them. Darn, now *I've* got a craving

Trophy, re-named Banjo were great. Chocolate covered wafers with chopped hazelnuts

Parma Violets and Cherry Lips

Anyone remember Penny Wafers when they used to cost a penny? So dry you couldn't eat two

Gobstoppers with the horrible tasting bit in the middle

Was anyone else a Warlord Secret Agent, with the badge & ID card?

Clarks Trekkers (?) with the compass in the heel - but I think that they only made them for boys

Cos girls always KNOW where they're going, as they ask for directions.

Lucky Bags are 99p these days

My brother was a Warlord secret agent! I used to nick his wallet and card and pretend I was a policewoman!

>> Britain about anything (even Hitler had only recieved a dirty look) No company could afford that sort of customer care these days. <<

Well, that's clearly not true. I distinctly remember someone went "tut, tut" *really quite loudly*.

RF

Here's one for you!

What was the name of the club, run by the Milk Marketing Board, which you bought into, and got books like I-Spy, that was designed to educate you?

They were a pale blue colour, and you had a Master Volume!

Any ideas? I can remember doing it for a couple of years and we kept the books in the sideboard....

Sideboard? What is that?

It was the thing next to the RadioGram.

RadioGram? What is that?

Oh! hyou are just old!!!



Let's listen to Billy Cotton!!!





"We are the Ovaltines,

Little Girls and Boys!"

And don't forget radio Caroline and Luxembourg (208)

Parma violets

Right colour though.

You know what's missing? The proper ending to 'Silver Dream Racer'!! Just watched it on Men'n'Motors and just getting to the good bit (ie the last 2 minutes) and somebody's bleeding cut it off! Got some sanitised American happy feel good ending! Thats just not cricket!

Men & Motors being replaced by ITV Play on Freeview. *That's* not cricket.

Cresta is still around! At least the clear lemonade is. They've got some at my local Somerfield supermarket.

I'd forgotten the Treets were spelt with a double e though.

Anyone remember Mace stores?

Bensons crisps, Prize yoghurts, Mojo's (not sure if you can still get them), Record Mirror, Watneys Red.

Radox, we used to have a couple of Mace shops where I lived.

We actually have a blue space hopper type thing which I won! Not the same as an original though.

Fake ciggies from the joke shop, that made you think you were and when you blew them white powder came out to give it that real smoke effect.

Cause i was hard then

and those corgi or dinky toys i used to have , that i used to throw around and bash up are worth a fortune now (not my ones though)

Wade Whimseys and Lledo cars?

I collect Wade Whimsies, got quite a few of them, about 70 - 80 I think

Emmily

But are they still made, Em!!!

Candy cigarettes! Brilliant in cold weather cos you could pretend you were smoking!

Are Panda Pops still going?

Little sweets shaped like bricks, that you dispense through a long container with a disney characters head on top, you had to pull back the head to release the sweet, or am i thinking of something else