Your order as a kid

[TheDeeDon]

Aitkens Bakery when at School for a bag of broken biscuits for 10p, you thought you had died and gone to heaven if you got a bag we the toffee shortcake cut off in it. Dinner was a small bradie and a half pint of milk.

Paddy's ice cream van, or the IRA bomber, depending on the news, for cones, ice cream sodas or 10p mix ups. I don't think I ever bought a proper bar of chocolate from him, that wasn't for the kids. My brother, who was working, used to buy a large tub and a flake, fecking show off, and crumbled the flake up and mixed it in the ice cream, this was long before McDonalds sold the same thing.

Byers and Billie Woods for Beanos, Dandies, Beezers, Chelsea Whoppers, Golden Cups, Sports Mixtures, Cola Kubes, Midget Gems, SPlicers, Whams, chocolate cups, chocolate fitbas, flumps, coo candy or any other shoite which had too much sugar and artificial flavourings in them but were staple part of my diet for years. Billie Wood owned the shop beside the Blue Coral Chipper on Balnagask Road and was a god fearing man. he used to cover all his stock up in thick clear plastic, so you could see it, but couldn't steal it.

The best times were when the meters were emptied and my Ma would give me a 50p, which was a fortune back then, unparalleled riches

[scobiemacd]

How could I forget the Golden Cup one of my favourites..I can taste it now.

I agree they should bring it back. Buc, theres a cracking video of two ladies nostalgically sharing a bar of Golden Cup and reminiscing about how good they were.
If you Google 'Two girls,one cup ' you're sure to find it.

[Pacman1903]

I agree they should bring it back. Buc, theres a cracking video of two ladies nostalgically sharing a bar of Golden Cup and reminiscing about how good they were.
If you Google 'Two girls,one cup ' you're sure to find it.

Ive seen that video. They eat that golden cup good and proper.Buc you should definatley watch it.

[actonsheep]

Always a fan of Spangles - which has a whole new meaning these days i guess.

Pacers were umm, mint inna.

Favourite treat was fresh pea pods fae the fruit and veg van that used to come round once a week though, awwfy fine.

Pretty sure the entire reason for my lefty leanings was the phasing out of the 1/2p though. 1/2p chews became 1p overnight. Wots that all about?!? Sweeting power cut in half, just like that? B'astard capitalist shopkeeper pigs..

[Buc]

Ive seen that video. They eat that golden cup good and proper.Buc you should definatley watch it.

Can we put the video up lads .

[donsdaft]

"Pacers" was just the new name for Opal Mints though wasn't it?

On the mint / fruit subject I much preferred fruit polo's to mint polo's


Best crisp product ever ......Burtons Tattie Puffs. ( potato puffs if you're English)

[Brian Grantland]

A 50p special fae Strathdee - A tattie pie,beans and a scoop of tatties..


Fit fine..

strathdee ****s on ur greggs of the world

[scobiemacd]

Can we put the video up lads .

Not sure how to do that Buc. Google is your best bet.


Make sure you've had your dinner first though.

[Donanddusted]

Cool cups, weird cooking chocolate with a strange "cooling" after taste.



Smith's Horror snacks. God I must've ate boxes of these.


Washed down by an old fashioned Kwenchy cup (cola flavour).

Golden Cups were brilliant. Had to be rich to buy the big bar though!

[mondo_notion]

Washed down by an old fashioned Kwenchy cup (cola flavour).

Golden Cups were brilliant. Had to be rich to buy the big bar though!

Kwenchy cups. They were fine, too cool to use a straw though, everyone used to chew a little hole off the bottom corner and drink it that way. Could go one right now actually.