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Kay Bray - Aug '08
I used to buy my old time favourites at a local sweet shop in Bath Somerset as a child. For 2pence got quite a few would love to try some of these again especially the walnut whips or palm tofee please can you let me have a list of your sweets and how I can purchase same.

Paul Feeney - Mar '08
Anyone remember the Blue Dot in Balfour Avenue off Shaftersbury Avenue, Ormeau Road in the mid 60's?

Darling - Jan '08
Bring Back CREAMOLA FOAM !!

Wendy Averall - Nov '06
I desperatly need pictures of olde world sweets and sweet shops for my nursing home dementia unit. i am trying to stimulate memory and need your help please. contact me at wyncroft.house @ schealthcare.co.uk

Photos, pictures jars or even sweets or posters anything. Thank you

Alan Graham - Sep '06
I left homein '72 and ended up in Australia in '74. I missed my Tayto so much that a few years ago I started to import it direct and now also bring in to Aussie all of the old favourite sweeties like brandy balls, butter balls, clove rock, cinnamon lozs, midget gems, sports mixture, raspberry ruffles, club orange drinks and biscuits and much, much more. There are a number of old style sweet shops here in Aussie and the best ones are those that sell the sweets by the weigh out.What we used to know as a 1/4 pd is now sold as 100gms -- that's metrification for you! At least the sweets still taste the same! Cheers, Alan. (ex Sydenham,East Belfast).

Marion Calderbank - Aug '06
My Aunt would send to us in Canada, a box of "sweets" every Christmas. My favorite was Dolly Mixture. My Dad still pines for the Yellow Man.
There is a place in Orillia, Ontario where they sell sweets from the jars. I was able to get some Yellow Man, but no Dolly Mixture.
I also remember something called Penny Chews. But I'm not sure if that was the real name of them.

Gerry Morgan - Aug '06
Aye and those little shops - Abyssinia Street etc. Lennons on Lesson Street at Thedore - St Bulls Eye and all those childhood sweet and treats I can't recall as age won't recall. As they sing - 'thanks for the memories'

Carolyn Huggins, USA - Aug '06
When I was a little girl, my family moved to the country. One of my fondest memories was going to this quaint country store and my Dad letting me choose my favorite candy from large, covered candy jars on the counter. I think they were like two for a penny. I never realized then what memories are made of! Malls will never be associated with "fond memories" as these individual stores and shops. 'Tis a pity!
Your story brought back some pleasant thoughts. I hope that the little candy shop in Belfast, though having to relocate, lives on forever.

Mark Jackson - June '06
I have found a wonderful traditional sweets shop in Battle in East Sussex it is called Mrs Browns Victorian Sweet Shop and they also have a web site www.mrsbrowns.co.uk

Jim T - June '06
I remember calling into wee mollies when I used to go with my dad to visit my sister every saturday in rathcoole in the 60's. We used to get the bus from Smithfield Bus Station and on the way my dad always bought me a quarter of cinnamon lozenges every week. As well as that I always got a 2Oz of my choice every week - perhaps kola kubes or apple tarts or sherbet lemons or mixed balls or whatever Iwanted... I'm making a point of getting some soon again!!!

Jennifer Dunn - June '06

I remember buying sweets in Dublin from Miss Murphy's shop. All the cheap 'penny sweets' were jumbled together inside a lovely rounded glass case on the counter. You could get 12 aniseed balls for a penny. You could buy a big pink sugary gobstopper which could have a threepenny bit in it. There were also spearmint bars and pineapple bars for a penny, also cough no more bars. There were licorice pipes and fizz bags with a licorice straw that never worked properly. If you had more than a penny you could get a Flash Bar or a Trigger Bar with toffee inside and chocolate outside. Happy memories.

Sally Brigned - Jan '06
I love chocolate and did you know that it is said that chocolate lifts your spirit and gives you thicker more healthier skin! Lets eat more!

Kirsty - October 2004
I found your article very interesting and thought I should let you know about the Oldest Sweet Shop in England which has been trading as a sweet shop since 1827. The shop is at Pateley Bridge in the Yorkshire Dales. Grandparents visit with their grandchildren and I have visited it since being a child and the sweets are weighed out into old-fashioned scales and the money put into an old-fashioned till. They have only just recently gone on the world wide web to maintain trade and I can highly recommend a visit to the shop or their website at www.oldestsweetshop.co.uk
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Nicola - June '04
When I was little I remember going into the sweet shop in my town. It's still there to this day.

What was your favourite sweet? What was the sweet shop like inside? - Editor

Midget Gems

Sports Mixture

Clove Rock

Raspberry Ruffles

American Hard Gums