Remember when Mars bars & Taytos were 30p

tuxy

Most the time sterling was worth more.

DoesNotCompute

Yup, I remember a summer in Donegal during the mid nineties, visiting my cousins, I was shocked how the local shops accepted "English money" as well as our beloved punt.

HalloweenJack

There's a shop around the corner from me that sells Crunchie's for 7 Czech crowns, roughly 28c. In fairness, it is most likely left-over product from some UK shops but they're still in date and still gorgeous.

Mars and Snickers can be got for 10 crowns (about 40c) and Kinder Bueno's are about 16 crowns (64c).

Mr.Biscuits

Top Cat opens on Friday ..

I suggest an After Hours nostalgia trip to the flicks, stopping off at Mr Simms Olde Sweetshop on route.

Then here on the way home.

rgmmg

HalloweenJack wrote: »

There's a shop around the corner from me that sells Crunchie's for 7 Czech crowns, roughly 28c. In fairness, it is most likely left-over product from some UK shops but they're still in date and still gorgeous.

Mars and Snickers can be got for 10 crowns (about 40c) and Kinder Bueno's are about 16 crowns (64c).

Didn't know you were living in Ballaghaderreen too?

rubadub

Rabidlamb wrote: »

When did confectionery get so mad expensive ?.

I think its cheaper these days, but I only buy mulitpacks, you'd be mental to buy in a newsagent. In the 80's the price difference between multipacks & singles was nowhere near what it was today. Cheapest I remember twix being was 22p that is 28 euro cent, I have gotten 5 packs for €1.25 a fair few times, and €1.50 a lot of the time. 1.25 for 5 is 25cent a bar. Load of bars are pick & mix 5 for €2 in €2 shops.

Mr.Biscuits wrote: »

Truth be told: nobody will ever make a nicer pack of crisps than 'Ma Reilly's.

Mrs McGreedy could! the old woman in the rocking chair. And I remember sam spudz crinkly smokey bacon with the detective on the back.

I remember chipper bags of chips being 50p, supercans of lilt for 33p in dunnes

You can see old prices of guinness here
http://www.finfacts.ie/Private/bestprice/guinnessindex.htm

They compare them to the average industrial wage as a ratio, and it is pretty steady over the years. People moan about the price of pints but they are comparing it to off licence prices. The cheapest cans are cheaper now. ~18 years ago the cheapest cans were usually £1, €1.27

storker

cold case wrote: »

I remember you could get a slice of HB ice-cream between two wafers for 2p. For a rare treat you could get a really thick slice for 4p.
I also remember my mother getting 'a pounds worth of petrol', and you would get sheets of green-shield stamps with that!

Green Shield stamps...the memories...being given sheets of them and told, "lick those and stick them on that sheet" when my mother wanted to send off for a new pressure cooker, or whatever.

That reminds me, anyone remember the post office savings stamps with the cow on them? I think they were 5p.

Stork

evolving_doors

Jeez this thread is like the bleedin Ray Darcy show meets Neil Delamare ,,,

Here's a question for the OP

Do you remember when only yer granny would say "I remember when taytos were 3 and 6 pence " but alas now it's uber cool for thirty somethings to be nostalgic in a kind of shabby chic way.

It's called inflation people get over it.

It's obvious the "All things retro" forum has just gotten sooo passeee

Do ye remember the good old days when AH was about utter contempt for various OP's postings and Blastings of p**s... sigh...

Smidge

"That-Away" ice pops

They were red pointing fingers and were lush

''..................and the rest in jellies''


That's how every trip to the shop should end.

madmaxi

After posting last night, alot of happy memories came flooding back, my other half mentioned a particular website. So this evening we went back down memory lane and placed a delicous order for most of my childhood sweets here :):):):)

Smidge

Just thought of another two I loved


Panky bars and cinder toffee

Think I have put on two pounds just posting in this thread:o

kowloon

madmaxi wrote: »

After posting last night, alot of happy memories came flooding back, my other half mentioned a particular website. So this evening we went back down memory lane and placed a delicous order for most of my childhood sweets here :):):):)

Great site that. Has a few bits I haven't seen in a newsagent in years.

alie

I remember chewing gum in the shape of a record and the sleeve had song words on them

kennethsmyth

Speaking of drinking cool mr freezes before they where frozen, anybody remember tip top drinks that where in clear container with a sealed top that you pierced with the straw? ahhhhhhh:):):)

antomorro-sei

Anyone remember them golf ball chewing gum things? They were deadly, and proper cheap too.

Oh and chocolate coins. Quality stuff.

wyrn

I can only remember tayto at 10p. Last weekend I was home home and I ended up in the local sweet shop that has not changed in the last 20 years. I bought three Mr. Freezes (although they were fancy flavours, turns out yellow is not lemon but tropical!). It came to 75c! Just for the normal sized ones.

Although I was just happy that they were frozen. Remember the heat wave (96?), Mr. Frreze's flew out of the shop, so you'd have to wait until the new batch was frozen - they wouldn't sell them otherwise.

I had to laugh at myself because I found myself automatically checking the number before I opened it. A #10 would get you a free Mr. Freeze (or we called them frozen drinks). Another family owned sweet shop owner would hide them.

Oh and I'd kill for a packet of Worcester sauce Tayto!

mikemac1

wyrn wrote: »

Remember the heat wave (96?),

95
Clare won the All Ireland that year

mravaya

I remember getting a pack for threepence thats 3d when we had Pounds Shilling and pence
£ S D 12d was 1 shilling and 20 Shillings was £1 pre decimilisation which happened in 1971 I think

alie

mikemac1 wrote: »

wyrn wrote: »

Remember the heat wave (96?),

95
Clare won the All Ireland that year

My son was born Sept 17/09/95 , it was a Sunday and Dublin won the all Ireland football finals, we left hospital on the Thursday and the weather was glorious.

thomasj

Overthrow wrote: »

Burger Bites were a reliable 10p for a long time. Good ol Burger Bites.

And cheese puffs, from the same crew. Do you remember cheese puffs? 10p aswell

thomasj

Does anyone remember lucky lollies. They were 5p. They were in cola and toffee not sure about the other flavours. There was a small circle on the wrapper and if you got a 7 you would win a free lolly! I remember winning 5 times in the 1 day.

rubadub

wyrn wrote: »

Mr. Frreze's flew out of the shop,

I remember the Gi-normous Mr Freezes, the plastic wrapper was like a razor blade on the sides, you'd cut the mouth off yourself as it was so wide and end up looking like Heath Ledger as the joker