Sherbet Fountain

[purplepolly]

Sherbert fountains give me many happy memories of sucking wet cardboard.......................

Ah yes, I remember it well.

A plastic wrapper is just plain wrong. Just look at kitkats, how on earth is anyone supposed to smooth the foil over the writing and the gaps between the bars if there isn't any foil? Goes against any form of common sense.

 

[Flying Dodo]

I remember the strawberry sherbet fountains. They were very rare when I was little. You'd see all the normal black liquorice ones lined up on the counter at the sweet shop and just one or two of the strawberry ones with red liquorice, tucked at the end. Were they rationed?

 

[badkitty]

Ah yes, I remember it well.

A plastic wrapper is just plain wrong. Just look at kitkats, how on earth is anyone supposed to smooth the foil over the writing and the gaps between the bars if there isn't any foil? Goes against any form of common sense.

Oooh, PP - the two finger multipack kitkats still come in the old packaging.You just have to eat two at a time to the full nostalgia hit, but hey, it's a small price to pay..

 

[Madmidwife]

I can't stand liquorish,

Sherbert dibdabs - was that the one with 3 compartments in the packet, 2 different colors and 1 dipping stick ? (for want of a better description).

Nooooooo- sherbert dipdab had a red lolly in it, and the one with 3 compartments was a Double Dip- one orange flavour, one cherry and a swizzle stick to eat it with!!!

Erm.......should I be ashamed at my knowledge of confectionary?????

 

[Kirstie]

Can anyone here bite all of the chocolate off the outside of a KitKat finger? And I mean the normal sized ones not the chunky ones?

I used to do it to Breakaways too. And I have also been known to dismember a jaffa cake...

 

[Chuffy]

Can anyone here bite all of the chocolate off the outside of a KitKat finger? And I mean the normal sized ones not the chunky ones?

I used to do it to Breakaways too. And I have also been known to dismember a jaffa cake...

But can you suck a golf ball through a garden hose?

 

[Graham O]

At the same time as enjoying a sherbert fountain at Saturday picture club, I also loved Old Jamaica Chewing tobacco, a dark brown chewing stringy sweet. I just can't understand why it is no long available?

 

[Fnaar]

Messing about with Sherbert Fountains is like taking away red phone boxes. Damn 'progress' we want soggy cardbboard! And if anyone does't want their licorice, -lll have it, I love the stuff!

 

[threebikesmcginty]

I also loved Old Jamaica Chewing tobacco, a dark brown chewing stringy sweet. I just can't understand why it is no long available?

I was trying to remember the name of the sweet tobacco - Old Jamaica, of course! - mmmm I loved that stuff. The sweetie fags were nice too. I've no idea why they stopped making them either.

 

[Fnaar]

I was trying to remember the name of the sweet tobacco - Old Jamaica, of course! - mmmm I loved that stuff. The sweetie fags were nice too. I've no idea why they stopped making them either.

Old Jamaica was a choccy bar (see pic) which is back by popular demand

The sweet tobacco stuff was Spanish Gold...

 

[Fnaar]

Yummy - and only 9p!

Yeah, i used to love it... I like the crossed out 10p on the pic

and the delightful imperial weight given

 

[wafflycat]

Messing about with Sherbert Fountains is like taking away red phone boxes. Damn 'progress' we want soggy cardbboard! And if anyone does't want their licorice, -lll have it, I love the stuff!

Gerroff! The liquorice is mine! Love the stuff. Sherbet Fountains... lick the liquorice, dip in the sherbet, suck licquorishy-sherbet... Repeat until sherbet & liquorice consumer. YUM!

 

[threebikesmcginty]

Hmph! - what was the sweet tobacco called then?

edit - just seen....dur!

 

[Alien8]

Hmph! - what was the sweet tobacco called then?

Do you roll your own?

 

[wafflycat]

Anyone remember Rowntree's (I think) 'Big One' with the advert that said, "Big one, sticks out a mile!" from the 1970s