End of a childhood institution?

ballsymchugh · 21-09-2011 11:05PM #1

for those of us in our 30s, today could be a very significant day.
while REM have announced their break up, the company that makes wham bars has gone into administration.

those wham bars extracted most of my baby teeth themselves.

link

Highland Toffee and Wham Bar maker goes into administration
Marketing / UK
New McCowans, the makers of Highland Toffee, has gone into administration.

The company, which employs over 100 people, appointed administrator Grant Thornton last Friday.

As well as Highland Toffee, the company also produced Wham bars, Pan Drops and Bonbons.

The company was founded in the late 19th century and was sold to Nestle in the 1960’s. It underwent two other acquisitions, most recently through two management buy outs in the last decade.

karma_ · 21-09-2011 11:06PM

First piece of good news all day. (REM breaking up that is)

I will mourn for the Wham bars!

Handy11 · 21-09-2011 11:06PM

LOVED Wham bars. And Dan bars and Stingers. I was led to believe that Stingers gave you cancer. That made them more tasty

Temptamperu · 21-09-2011 11:08PM

Tis a sad day indeed

21-09-2011 11:10PM

**** off! No more Wham bars? Shhiiiiitt.

Kevin Duffy · 21-09-2011 11:10PM

I'm sure there's a name for this phenomenon, but I haven't wanted a Wham bar in years and right now I want nothing more

RonMexico · 21-09-2011 11:11PM

My delight at the end of those ***** REM has been somewhat ruined by this Wham Bar news.

pablomakaveli · 21-09-2011 11:12PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tim5nU3DwIE

Richard tea · 21-09-2011 11:16PM

I only bought 2 wham bars yesterday for the first time in about 15 years:(

nkay1985 · 21-09-2011 11:18PM

I had a Wham bar yesterday evening. Had I know it may be my last I would have savoured it!

Time to stock up I suppose.

21-09-2011 11:27PM

Richard tea wrote: »

I only bought 2 wham bars yesterday for the first time in about 15 years:(

It's people like you that have caused this...

Cool_CM · 21-09-2011 11:50PM

nkay1985 wrote: »

I had a Wham bar yesterday evening. Had I know it may be my last I would have savoured it!

Time to stock up I suppose.

Go! Go! Go!

I'll miss you Highland Toffee. You were so much better than Wham Bars, but not nearly as good as Roy of the Rovers.

darragh666 · 21-09-2011 11:52PM

Its the end of the world as we know it.

Ruu_Old · 21-09-2011 11:55PM

Handy11 wrote: »

LOVED Wham bars. And Dan bars and Stingers. I was led to believe that Stingers gave you cancer. That made them more tasty

The black sugar pieces in Dan bars were also a cause of cancer.

pablomakaveli · 22-09-2011 12:00AM

Ruu wrote: »

The black sugar pieces in Dan bars were also a cause of cancer.

Totally worth it though.:)

humbert · 22-09-2011 12:01AM

Does going into administration necessarily mean stopping production though?

buswankers · 22-09-2011 12:03AM

Ruu wrote: »

The black sugar pieces in Dan bars were also a cause of cancer.

I also had this nugget of info drummed into me as a child! they were yum regardless

Lidl have big bags of mini wham bars on sale at the minute....for those of you that want to stock up while you can & wish to possibly extract some of your big teeth!!

WindSock · 22-09-2011 02:08AM

Ah balls. Shame to see Wham split up. Not a fan of those REM bars though.

Yitzhak Rabin · 22-09-2011 02:18AM

darragh666 wrote: »

Its the end of the world as we know it.

I feel fine...

orourkeda · 22-09-2011 03:01AM

shiny happy wham bars

Bullchomper · 22-09-2011 03:08AM

Noooooooo!

I remember munching those and such was the might of the sugar rush that I fell off a wall in to a pile of nettles.......... but I came up smiling.

Handy11 · 22-09-2011 09:51AM

Ruu wrote: »

The black sugar pieces in Dan bars were also a cause of cancer.

I know!!! That made them all the more tasty!!

Temptamperu · 22-09-2011 09:52AM

I just bought a fivers worth of wham bars

a few fillings? sure its worth it

Phenomenally Phrank · 22-09-2011 12:20PM

We Should Remember Them For The Good Times and not the Bad. After all, it's not the end of the world.

ballsymchugh · 22-09-2011 01:18PM

humbert wrote: »

Does going into administration necessarily mean stopping production though?

not necessarily, but more than likely. even if they are bought, there'll be changes made, like when walkers bought monster munch, and made them smaller and started dicking about with the flavour. tayto eventually copped on and brought out mighty munch after a while.

kfallon · 22-09-2011 01:20PM

Wham Bars
Desperate Dan Bars
Roy Of The Rovers Bars
Stinger Bars

All fooking lovely. I actually bought two Stinger bars last weekend, oh the minutes of chewing on them I had were a throw back!

I'll miss the Wham Bars and I'll kinda miss R.E.M. too

kfallon · 22-09-2011 01:21PM

Temptamperu wrote: »

I just bought a fivers worth of wham bars a few fillings? sure its worth it

Where did you get them???

Gordon Gecko · 22-09-2011 01:28PM

Must say to lose Wham bars would be sad, but to lose Roy of the Rovers would be a tragedy

Cee-Jay-Cee · 22-09-2011 01:30PM

Did Wham split up???

Irish Guitarist · 22-09-2011 01:44PM

I'm trying to remember what a Wham Bar was and I can't envisage it. I remember Desperate Dan Bars though. I'm almost certain there was a Dennis The Menace Bar too. I could be imagining things but I remember getting a free one with a copy of The Beano comic.

Handy11 · 22-09-2011 02:27PM

Irish Guitarist wrote: »

I'm trying to remember what a Wham Bar was and I can't envisage it. I remember Desperate Dan Bars though. I'm almost certain there was a Dennis The Menace Bar too. I could be imagining things but I remember getting a free one with a copy of The Beano comic.

Pink chewy bar with multi-coloured "space rocks" in it (similar to Dan Bar's boulders).

om nyom nyom

Dennis the Menace bar was 2-tone (one flavour per side) - raspberry & blackcurrant

End of a childhood institution?

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