[Rubecula]

Originally Posted by Jellybaby1

I need someone else to remember Choffees, because no-one else I know does. My dad used to bring us to the flicks on a Saturday morning usually to see a cowboy film, we'd go to the shop across the road for sweet and I loved Choffees. They were chocolated coated toffees wrapped in orange cellophane papers. Please tell me you remember them, and I'm not delusional!

Bloody things pulled out a filling or two.

[deisemum]

Originally Posted by Jellybaby1

I need someone else to remember Choffees, because no-one else I know does. My dad used to bring us to the flicks on a Saturday morning usually to see a cowboy film, we'd go to the shop across the road for sweet and I loved Choffees. They were chocolated coated toffees wrapped in orange cellophane papers. Please tell me you remember them, and I'm not delusional!

I've a vague memory of choffees and think they may have been made by Oatfields.

[Jellybaby1]

Originally Posted by Rubecula

Bloody things pulled out a filling or two.

I didn't have any fillings at that age so was never a problem for me.

[Stheno]

Originally Posted by Rubecula

Never see bottles of Kaolin and Morphine now either.

You can still get kaolin

[Mollywolly]

Originally Posted by Rubecula

Automatic chocolate machines on the outside wall of shops for when the shop was closed.

God, I'd forgotten about those machines. One of my treats when we used to visit my aunt was a box of Paynes Poppets chocolate raisins while we waited for the bus home - think they were thruppence (that's 1p to you pretty young things!). The machine was next to the bus stop so 'twas very handy

[Rubecula]

Originally Posted by Mollywolly

God, I'd forgotten about those machines. One of my treats when we used to visit my aunt was a box of Paynes Poppets chocolate raisins while we waited for the bus home - think they were thruppence (that's 1p to you pretty young things!). The machine was next to the bus stop so 'twas very handy

Those little cardboard boxes of poppets. I think the chocolate covered toffees were in the brown one? I never bought the yellow box, so I am not a hundred percent sure what they were...Peanuts?

[Mollywolly]

Originally Posted by Rubecula

Those little cardboard boxes of poppets. I think the chocolate covered toffees were in the brown one? I never bought the yellow box, so I am not a hundred percent sure what they were...Peanuts?

I think you're right! I do recall there being three columns in the machine with purple, brown and yellow boxes, but I was only interested in the purple ones 'cos I liked the raisins the best

[Jellybaby1]

Thought this might be the right place for this.

Sweet Memories from Irish Childhood
Bealtaine Festival 2012, Wednesday 23rd May 7pm
National Library of Ireland - No Booking required.

Join Damian Corless, author of "You'll Ruin Your Dinner: Sweet Memories from Irish Childhood" as he takes us from the heyday of Cleeve's toffee to the birth of the Tayto Cheese & Onion crisp, and transports us back to the days when sweet shop windows across the country boasted tempting confectionery displays, when summer was heralded with a visit from the ice-cream cart, and when Grafton street was the sweet shop capital of Ireland.

D'ya think they'll give out free sweeties? See you there!

[Jellybaby1]

Finally found this thread again. Now I don't know why I did this, I really don't........but I popped into Easons' the other day and asked for pen refills. I was directed to fountain pen refills, and I said, no, no, not those refills - these refills, and I whipped out a spare refill for a Bic/Biro type pen. She looked at it obviously mystified and said no, we don't sell those. I got to wondering, don't the more expensive pens like Cross and Parker need refills these days, or are we supposed to throw them away too!

Over the years I've accumulated a lot of those freebie pens you pick up at exhibitions and now they are all dry. It would be nice to get refills for them.

[annieoburns]

You could try the Pen Shop. Is it still there? Nassau Street? or a good office supplier/print shop.... one opposite Stillorgan Shopping Centre. It would an item that would be handy to get 'online' as post friendly.

[paddyandy]

The 6d Cane that reminded us as it hung on the edge of his desk .It was all that kept the peace really .

[Mollywolly]

I saw an ice cream van go past the window the other day and it was all done up to look like a real old-fashioned van - looked really good.

But it brought back a memory of growing up in the 60's when the ice cream was brought round by a man with a horse and cart. He had a hand bell that he used to ring to get our attention! There was a huge container of ice cream on the back and how he kept it frozen on really hot days I'll never know.

I dunno if it's just me, but I seem to be reminiscing a lot more these days - and there was I promising meself that I wouldn't turn into my mother, always rambling on about the good old days

[looksee]

Originally Posted by Mollywolly

I dunno if it's just me, but I seem to be reminiscing a lot more these days - and there was I promising meself that I wouldn't turn into my mother, always rambling on about the good old days

The older you get the more you have to reminisce about! I have to laugh (in a condescending way ) about the young ones reminiscing about the 90s!

[paddyandy]

People are saying what lovely weather ......no insects at all on stephens' green in dublin.

[Spread]

Stephen's Green? I remember when that was all field