20p!

genie_us · 19-06-2008 01:33PM #1

When you were a kid and you got 20p to spend in the shop what did you buy?

Mine was always a 10p bag of crisps - meanies, and a packet of frosties or a Time bar.

If you were lucky enough to get 50p then we'd get a packet of king for 13p, a good bar like Mars for 32p and penny sweets!

tribulus · 19-06-2008 01:34PM

Two Cola bars, or two Dan bars or two Roy of the Rovers bars , or a combination of them.

My poor teeth.

LadyE · 19-06-2008 01:39PM

As much as I could generally.

If I was given the 20p in Ireland I would get a sparkler icepop and the rest penny sweets.

In the UK I would get two 10p sweet bars, like highland toffee or wham or something.

When ever my neighbour sent me to the shop, she used to give me 20p. Thought I was rich

jester77 · 19-06-2008 01:45PM

Depending on the weather, warm weather there were Mr Freezes and Sparkles with the remainder going on refreshers, chocolate mice & fizzy cola bottles. On the colder days there would be macarooms, time bars, smileys, stingers, wham bars and packs of frosties!

Dudess · 19-06-2008 01:47PM

Heh, lovin' this. Twenty of those mint golf ball chewing gums was a favourite of mine. However, one day the bag had a hole in it and I only ended up having about five of them.

Bastard shopkeeper!

The Bollox · 19-06-2008 01:47PM

it really depended. if it was the summer I would get a Mr. Freeze (and hope to get one of the special numbers for a free one) then one or two of those bubble gums with the 'tattoos in them and the rest in penny sweets.

if it was the winter I would get a load of teeth-disolving bars like Dan, Wham, freshers, blackjack etc...

god dammit now I'm really nostalgic. I wish I was back in those times! best years of my life were those summers when we would leave our 'base' for a little while to get supplies (see above) and then return while on the lookout for the enemy (little knackers)

Gone West · 19-06-2008 01:47PM

I had to walk 4 miles to the shop through broken glass and famine everywhere in my bare feet just to try begging the shopkeeper to sell me a 20p scoop of flour!
Rich kids!

disland · 19-06-2008 01:47PM

time bar or a Kalypso bar. remember the kalypso? kardest toffee you could get. lasted for hours. I used to get £1 note and had to walk 1 mile to the shop after mass on a sunday. memories!

genie_us · 19-06-2008 01:50PM

jester77 wrote: »

Depending on the weather, warm weather there were Mr Freezes and Sparkles with the remainder going on refreshers, chocolate mice & fizzy cola bottles. On the colder days there would be macarooms, time bars, smileys, stingers, wham bars and packs of frosties!

I agree, but used to hate the way mr freezes sliced the corners of your mouth off!!

Pompey Magnus · 19-06-2008 01:53PM

A chomp and a packet of Frosties (Red or Green). Those were the days.

TeletextPear · 19-06-2008 01:54PM

cola bar and ten penny sweets, or else four 5p lollies, you'd be sucking all day

disland · 19-06-2008 01:56PM

oh yeh and whoppa bars - 5p

The Bollox · 19-06-2008 01:57PM

TeletextPear wrote: »

cola bar and ten penny sweets, or else four 5p lollies, you'd be sucking all day

so... tempted... must resist urge

dade · 19-06-2008 01:58PM

ah lads 12 responses and no one said yore ma.

stovelid · 19-06-2008 01:59PM

Finger dab of heroin.

TeletextPear · 19-06-2008 01:59PM

The Bollox wrote: »

so... tempted... must resist urge

nice restraint

Starmix · 19-06-2008 02:03PM

Smiley Bars! Like chomp but with an orange middle!

also wheelie crisps

Loved those golf ball chewing gums

flying saucers with sherbert in the middle

double dip

jester77 · 19-06-2008 02:06PM

Starmix wrote: »

also wheelie crisps

I had forgotten about those, and there were also the burger bites, sam spuds and those nasty chicatoos (or at least I think thats what they were called), they had more e's in them than a 90's rave disco!

Beetlebum · 19-06-2008 02:06PM

Used to love fat frog ice pops for 15p and 5 fizzy cola bottles..

Or bruiser bars, black jacks or fruit salad bars...also used to love stinger bars

genie_us · 19-06-2008 02:07PM

Starmix wrote: »

Smiley Bars! Like chomp but with an orange middle!

also wheelie crisps

Loved those golf ball chewing gums

flying saucers with sherbert in the middle

double dip

your name sounds like something I could've bought for 20p!:p

Call Me Jimmy · 19-06-2008 02:08PM

It's a tough one but I'de have to go for 2 packs of looney tunes candy sticks.

Niamho! · 19-06-2008 02:08PM

ALWAYS a 10p Cool pop. Mr Freeze. and ten penny jellies.

or sometimes the cool pop and vary between,
Animal Bar
Macaroon Bar
Mint Crisp bar

haha, i remember the day one of the girls got 50p and the rest of us were all SICK!
god when you think of what you were able to get for such a small amount!! ...

mikemac · 19-06-2008 02:09PM

Bags of Taytos will always be 12p in my mind

You could Roy of the Rovers magazines for 10p too.

disland · 19-06-2008 02:09PM

I think mars/marathon bars were approx 26p in those days - so just outside budget!

Ruu_Old · 19-06-2008 02:09PM

A-team crisps (they were 5p each), Desperate Dan bars (orange with black sugar crystals in them) or Roy of the Rovers (pineapple flavour I think).

Niamho! · 19-06-2008 02:10PM

Starmix wrote: »

Smiley Bars! Like chomp but with an orange middle!

also wheelie crisps

Loved those golf ball chewing gums

flying saucers with sherbert in the middle

double dip

oh YEAH!!! god the things you forget!!! used to love them!

TeletextPear · 19-06-2008 02:12PM

oooh does anyone remember he-man and care bear bars, they were in squares with pink stuff in the middle and had a blue wrapper???

Starmix · 19-06-2008 02:13PM

genie_us wrote: »

your name sounds like something I could've bought for 20p!:p

Never mind the bring back wispa campaign......BRING BACK SMILEY BARS!!

Niamho! · 19-06-2008 02:15PM

TeletextPear wrote: »

oooh does anyone remember he-man and care bear bars, they were in squares with pink stuff in the middle and had a blue wrapper???

yeah i remember them!!

thoe Jellies that were individually wrapped and a little bit dearer, remember them?? normally half one colour and hgalf another. had to peel them out of the plastic. they were so sugary and fake. haha.

jester77 · 19-06-2008 02:15PM

TeletextPear wrote: »

oooh does anyone remember he-man and care bear bars, they were in squares with pink stuff in the middle and had a blue wrapper???

And they had he-man designed into the bar, I always bit his head first!

TeletextPear · 19-06-2008 02:15PM

Starmix wrote: »

Never mind the bring back wispa campaign......BRING BACK SMILEY BARS!!

there's a shop on parnell st that sells chomps and smileys, saw em there the other day.
never mind that, my local shop is selling starbars - TWO YEARS after they were taken off the market :eek:

20p!

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