Where are they now?

[mr_cellophane]

D.E.R.
Dunn - men's clothing shop. Only seemed to sell tweed suits, jackets and caps.

 

[ceepeebee]

Thanks, its difficult trying to remember so far back

it helps that my parents ran a corner shop, complete with wall covered in big jars of sweets. No wonder I've got such a sweet tooth is it?

 

[ceepeebee]

one for the S Yorks/N Derbys brigade - I really miss Redgates toy shop - I went back and took some photos last year - the building's very tatty and abandoned, most sad.

 

[PaulB]

Nostalgia; there's not as much of that about nowadays, is there?

Everyone reminiscing about 'the good old days', well those products your are getting all misty-eyed about are no longer around for an obvious reason. They were a shoad of lite!

Live in the modern world of greatness and superior products, like what I do.

 

[Fab Foodie]

Don't see too many of these about:

I used to love them.....perhaps I should frequent sweet shops a little more often

Children don't seem to like liquorice these days ....

 

[subaqua]

Children don't seem to like liquorice these days ....

very true. my eldest loves the sherbet but not the liquorice in these, although its not as rock hard as it used to be when i was a kid.

I still love Sherbet dip dabs , and can remember double dips too

 

[uphillstruggler]

Fabulous! I sneak down and get myself a WWII Mae West and a sheepskin flying jacket, Algie.

Edit: The Camden one was called Lawrence Corner or something and had shiny lettering on the shopfront?

forgive me if i am wrong but it was also a fancy dress shop near the end, it was along the road from the west side entrance of Euston Station.

 

[uphillstruggler]

Bazooka bubble gum.
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Sorry, I was racking my brains trying to remember the name, then it just came to me.

i could almost smell that!!

 

[redcard]

There must be one 'where are they now' thread on the internet that doesn't mention Spangles and white dog poop.

There must be. Somewhere.

 

[DiddlyDodds]

What familiar brands do you remember from your youth that are no longer around or around enough to be visible? For me it's:

• Duckhams oil - Still have down our way
• Pan Am airlines -One word ~ Lockerbie lest we forget (ok thats 4 words)
• Tizer drink - Going strong
• Radion washing powder - No Idea
• Compaq computers - My home laptop is a Compaq
• Commodore computers - Better listening to the Comodores songs than the computer
• Amstrad electrical equipment - Thank god they went down hill or Alan Sugar would want to be president by now
• Panda Cola - Love it , its in our local
• Michael Barrymore - yeah I know he aint a brand, but he was huge a while back. - Bad man

 

[GetAGrip]

That reminds me. As a toddler, Noddy was my favourite daytime program x

 

[slowmotion]

i could almost smell that!!

You had better book a dentist's appointment if you dare to venture into this site...
http://www.handycandy.co.uk/bazooka-bubble-p-741.html

They do Double Dips too

Warning: the liquorice section is not for the faint-hearted!

 

[rb58]

Saturday morning pictures. I think I was about six when I started to go to the Southend Odeon. On my own. Cries of "shut The Door" whenever someone went out is what I remember most.

 

[Davidc]

Bakelite! Thanks FF. Smelled blooming odd when it burned though.

There's a Bakelite museum at Williton, Somerset. (On the Taunton to Minehead road, and on the West Somerset Railway).

Went in there once. Very memory rich place.

 

[Headgardener]

Don't see too many of these about:

I used to love them.....perhaps I should frequent sweet shops a little more often

I could never get the sherbet out up the liquorice tube, I think it was because I tended to dribble down the tube and the sherbet would stick to it and clog up.