20p!

kowloon · 19-06-2008 07:48PM

jester77 wrote: »

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

All the power of greyskull can't help you now he-man! <maniacal skeletor laugh>

kowloon · 19-06-2008 07:50PM

GAAman wrote: »

And i remember when getting money i would get some monster munch (which now taste nowhere near as good as then) and it had the "monster fact file" on the back which was always the cyclops! Lazy crisp bag designers

LOL

So true

miamigal · 19-06-2008 08:58PM

In work reading this and it brought on a massive sugar craving! So when I was in the shop I bought a wham bar and a couple of refresher lollies for the bargain price of 30p

They definitely don't taste as nice as they used to

eclectichoney · 19-06-2008 09:02PM

Lazer bars ftw! Those toffee ones with the 'white chocolate' covering

Then a Robin Hood / Rocket / mr Freeze

mental07 · 19-06-2008 09:18PM

A packet of Frosties and two 5p lollipops

or

twenty penny sweets

or

two of either Roy of the Rovers, Dan Bar, Macaroon, Fruit Salad...etc

Ruu_Old · 19-06-2008 09:20PM

There was also Drumsticks that went with Refreshers, they were on a small stick but not really suitable if you have any loose teeth.

TomCo · 19-06-2008 10:04PM

Postman pat chews mother****er!

MissHoneyBun · 19-06-2008 10:17PM

Ahhhh Postman Pats were the job!!! :pac:
For me though was 10p crisps (tough choice between super hoopers, banshee bones or meanies) and a macaroon bar.
Tbh usually had 50p or a pound though so there'd usually have been a brunch and a bag of white bonbons and a few strawberry whips thrown in too. Then back to my friends house to watch The Fresh Prince on Sky all day

Pj! · 19-06-2008 10:18PM

Probably 2 woppa bars (the cola ones @ 5p each), 2 refresher sweets (@ 2p each) and six penny sweets (possibly 2 eggs, 2 fizzy cola bottles and 2 bananas).

Or my old trick of getting say 18p worth of sweets, bringing it to the counter, when they say 18p please just say oh sorry, don't bother with the change, ill just grab 2 more sweets on the way out. I'D GRAB AROUND 5!!!!!!! Worked for years.

Jigsaw · 20-06-2008 12:25AM

I would buy a cigarette off one of the big boys at the bus stop.
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Xavi6 · 20-06-2008 02:17AM

Cola flavoured Woppa bar would be number 1 on the list. Was never a fan of the spearmint ones though.

Cola frosties, postman pat and fruit salad sweets, Wheelies and Chickadees would all come into consideration too.

I fuckin LOVE Chickadees.

thefinalstage · 20-06-2008 02:28AM

Macaroon bars! I loved them! Only a few years ago I could get them for 10p each

Andrewf20 · 20-06-2008 02:57AM

2 x tenpenny bag of sweets in the brown bags.

Either that or save for one of those watches that ran on water. Wonder how many remember these!

The dip daps I quite liked as well.

genie_us · 20-06-2008 08:17AM

OrangeDaisy wrote: »

When i was feeling really rich i used to get a push pop- they were only new out and we all thought we were so cool saying 'don't push me, push a push pop'

ha ha i remember that! and whistle pops were so cool as well lol

20-06-2008 09:20AM

Does anyone remember the black lick bars?

Lord Nikon · 20-06-2008 10:05AM

TomCo wrote: »

Postman pat chews mother****er!

How cool would it have been if Samuel L. Jackson said that in Pulp Fiction?

The whistle pops were so cool, with the little red stick to make the tune, and when you finished the pop I would put the stick in someones ear.

Wheelies were so cool, Monster Munch were better though.

I remember there was a World Cup chewing gum with the mascot for worldcup in the packet, wow, that was in 1986 I think and 10p too, ****in' bargain.

jester77 · 20-06-2008 10:18AM

Anyone remember the 10p lucky bags??
I used to get these and can't remember what was in them!

The Bollox · 20-06-2008 10:25AM

neuromancer wrote: »

How cool would it have been if Samuel L. Jackson said that in Pulp Fiction?

The whistle pops were so cool, with the little red stick to make the tune, and when you finished the pop I would put the stick in someones ear.

Wheelies were so cool, Monster Munch were better though.

I remember there was a World Cup chewing gum with the mascot for worldcup in the packet, wow, that was in 1986 I think and 10p too, ****in' bargain.

that was 1990 iirc. I only remembered them when you mentioned them though

genie_us · 20-06-2008 10:30AM

sometimes my friends and I would club together our 20p's and ask the girl in the shop for 100 penny sweets or more just to see the dirty look she'd give us ha ha

TeletextPear · 20-06-2008 10:40AM

the ould wan in our local shop didnt have bags, she used to roll the parish newsletter up into a cone and give us our penny sweets in that... you could only get about ten sweets into each cone so if you wanted more you'd be wandering around with loads of copies of the parish newsletter sticking out of your pockets

jjbrien · 20-06-2008 10:42AM

The Bollox wrote: »

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)

i used to do this too we dug our base out and put branches over it to make it look lke it was not there liitle knackers used to try and distroy it brings back memories

used to get a bag of burger bites, a giant cola bottle for 5p and a wham or sometimes chicatees or refreshers or mr freeze as well

Nickibaby* · 20-06-2008 10:49AM

Ah this thread takes me back

but I felt like an oul wan reading it at the same time. You could get loads of stuff for 20p 'in my day' ..... ahh

The Bollox · 20-06-2008 11:06AM

jjbrien wrote: »

i used to do this too we dug our base out and put branches over it to make it look lke it was not there liitle knackers used to try and distroy it brings back memories

used to get a bag of burger bites, a giant cola bottle for 5p and a wham or sometimes chicatees or refreshers or mr freeze as well

I live just across the road from the Ballest pit in Skerries which was a haven for base building. every summer we would construct our base in some ditch by bashing down a 'door' and then we would claim our parts in the base itself. man those were the days

Jay P · 20-06-2008 12:16PM

I got fifty penny sweets twice in my life and both times the shopkeeper nearly had a heart attack

With 20p it varied. I usually got those bars like cola bars, black jacks and fruit salads, although I can remember the days when I got Wappos!

Steve_o · 20-06-2008 12:37PM

Deleted User wrote: »

Does anyone remember the black lick bars?

If there the ones i'm thinking of, they were awful!!!

The Bollox · 20-06-2008 12:45PM

Jay P wrote: »

I got fifty penny sweets twice in my life and both times the shopkeeper nearly had a heart attack With 20p it varied. I usually got those bars like cola bars, black jacks and fruit salads, although I can remember the days when I got Wappos!

I completely forgot those ever existed. they were amazing! iirc they have massive sugar crystals in them and stuck to your teeth/roof of your mouth like no other bar in existence, but you still loved them.

anyone else feel this belongs more in All Things Retro?

anniehoo · 20-06-2008 01:04PM

The Bollox wrote: »

anyone else feel this belongs more in All Things Retro?

Yeh was thinkin that meself...

sebastianlieken · 20-06-2008 01:08PM

oh god...frosties....awww....fond memories

KBarry · 20-06-2008 01:57PM

I'd get a couple of packs of stickers for my Panini football album. I think they were 10p a pack.

jjbrien · 20-06-2008 02:29PM

TeletextPear wrote: »

the ould wan in our local shop didnt have bags, she used to roll the parish newsletter up into a cone and give us our penny sweets in that... you could only get about ten sweets into each cone so if you wanted more you'd be wandering around with loads of copies of the parish newsletter sticking out of your pockets

i remeber i was on holiday in in the late 80's in tralee i was about 7 at the time i got £1 from my mums friend and i though i was stinking rich i went next door to the shop and asked for £1 worth of penny sweets the one in the shop didnt want to sell me 100 penny sweets :rolleyes:

20p!

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