Remember when Mars bars & Taytos were 30p

bonzodog2 · 28-05-2012 05:43PM

I remember Mars bars going up from 4d to 5d.

FanadMan · 28-05-2012 05:47PM

Chipsticks for 6p.....yummy!

harmoniums · 28-05-2012 06:14PM

When they packaged Mr Freezes, the would trap the liquid in between adjacent tubes in a sort of perfect mini-Mr Freeze tube, orthogonal to the standard size Mr Freezes.
I would cut them off and give them to my Action Force figures and wonder if the red cobra troopers were really just repurposed Nazi soldiers.
They had the same helmets and gas mask boxes.

3rdDegree · 28-05-2012 06:19PM

Beruthiel wrote: »

I remember when Tayto was 3p.

Me too. Remember when they went up to 5p ("silver money"), we though Jesus's return was just around the corner!

DEFTLEFTHAND · 28-05-2012 06:20PM

Talking to a guy over the weekend who was telling me that cigarettes were 20p a pack when he started smoking.

3rdDegree · 28-05-2012 06:20PM

storker wrote: »

So do I.

I remember being able to take 50p to the shop and getting a packet of Tayto (starter), a Mars Bar (main course) and a quarter of Wine Gums (dessert).

Happy days those.

Stork

50p!!!!! What kind of rich kid were you?

tuxy · 28-05-2012 06:27PM

This thread reminded me of this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEwVpWFyy3M

genfoley · 28-05-2012 06:49PM

ahhhh tuxy the tears are ROLLIN' down me face !!!!! thanks for sharing x

Warden13 · 28-05-2012 07:32PM

1992 The Paddock Pub Naas two pints ten silk cut purple and a box of matches and five pence change out of a fiver oh happy days

harmoniums · 28-05-2012 07:57PM

Warden13 wrote: »

1992 The Paddock Pub Naas two pints ten silk cut purple and a box of matches and five pence change out of a fiver oh happy days

yeah but back then a fiver was like 3 blowjobs or 7 hand shandies

Warden13 · 28-05-2012 08:04PM

As far as I am concerned this discussion was about nostalgia not your sad disgusting vulgarity

little swift · 28-05-2012 08:16PM

a bus into fairview to the pic's was 2p a marsbar was 8p and a bottle of milk i think 15p a packet of mayday was 5p and i remember buying a bag of broken snacksbars for 10p.

cold case · 28-05-2012 08:24PM

I feel so old! I remember getting a newspaper cone of bon bons for 1d (yes, 1 'old' penny). The old lady in the shop (she was probably 40!) used to roll up squares of paper into a cone shape, and fill them up with sweets! Happy Days!

crazygeryy · 28-05-2012 08:35PM

cold case wrote: »

I feel so old! I remember getting a newspaper cone of bon bons for 1d (yes, 1 'old' penny). The old lady in the shop (she was probably 40!) used to roll up squares of paper into a cone shape, and fill them up with sweets! Happy Days!

1d.......old pennys.......... I'm sorry but you ARE old if u used them.

harmoniums · 28-05-2012 08:37PM

Warden13 wrote: »

As far as I am concerned this discussion was about nostalgia not your sad disgusting vulgarity

I apologise, I keep forgetting that the open discussion of self prostitution prices is still considered vulgar in certain parts.
I'm "new money" you see.

dotsman · 28-05-2012 09:12PM

Beruthiel wrote: »

I remember when Tayto was 3p.

Yeah, but there was a 50/50 chance of getting killed by a sabre-tooth tiger on the way back from the shop.

mikemac1 · 28-05-2012 09:15PM

I remember when the Irish Independant was a respected and quality newspaper

Those days are long gone

cold case · 28-05-2012 09:58PM

crazygeryy wrote: »

1d.......old pennys.......... I'm sorry but you ARE old if u used them.

That's so funny! I am only 50! The 'new' money came in in 1971! When you are 50, you will realize that it's not so bad!

crazygeryy · 28-05-2012 10:02PM

cold case wrote: »

That's so funny! I am only 50! The 'new' money came in in 1971! When you are 50, you will realize that it's not so bad!

oh no i didnt say it was bad and im not far behind you lol but i dont remember 1 d and old pennys!

looksee · 28-05-2012 10:04PM

cold case wrote: »

I feel so old! I remember getting a newspaper cone of bon bons for 1d (yes, 1 'old' penny). The old lady in the shop (she was probably 40!) used to roll up squares of paper into a cone shape, and fill them up with sweets! Happy Days!

ah phooey - I was going to say I win 'cos I remember when a Mars bar was 6d and completely out of reach when the sweets allowance was 3d. I do however still have a sweets ration book...

cbyrd · 28-05-2012 10:10PM

I remember Tayto being 7 1/2 p . . i also remember eating paper and viscount bars that came in mint or honeycomb flavour. . they were amazing.. white mice.. and they were massive cola bottles were bigger too . . i'm on a very restrictive diet at the moment and this is not helping at all at all . .

Namlub · 28-05-2012 10:17PM

I don't remember any of these things.

cold case · 28-05-2012 10:18PM

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!

ClosedAccount · 28-05-2012 10:19PM

Craebear wrote: »

Do penny sweets cost 1c these days?

My local shop sells those fizzy strawberry jellys for 15c each...

Warden13 · 28-05-2012 10:54PM

Is by new money you mean you got rich from pimping prostitutes or you just discovered the decimal point

Archeron · 28-05-2012 11:08PM

I remember for 10p you could get a square box of edible letters that appeared to he made out of chalk and earwax.

TerrorFirmer · 28-05-2012 11:13PM

Anyone remember Crunchos? They were the absolute business. Wasn't even that long ago - 10 years maybe? Little more? Hard to even find anything about them on the internet, which surprises me.

Warden13 · 28-05-2012 11:18PM

Oh I remember them and washing them down with a super can of fanta followed by a fat frog (the ice pop)

Jimoslimos · 28-05-2012 11:23PM

Maybe I'm not old enough but i never remember a time when Tayto's were close to 10p. Must be poor but Tayto's and Mars bars were always out of my price range growing up.

Burger bites, Chickatees, Meanies , Wheelies and my favourite Banshee bones (mmmm, lip tingling!) along with Roy of the rovers, desperate dan, Frosties and washed down with those little cadet bottles

stovelid wrote: »

Back when crisps were actually called Cheese and Onion and not things like Orkney Cheddar and Caramelized Shallot.

I like to call it the M&S rule of food morketing
Place name (usually exotic) + adjective + food = sales

Smidge · 28-05-2012 11:27PM

TerrorFirmer wrote: »

Anyone remember Crunchos? They were the absolute business. Wasn't even that long ago - 10 years maybe? Little more? Hard to even find anything about them on the internet, which surprises me.

LOVED Cruncho's, hot dog flavour iirc.

Also does any one remember "Sam Spudz" crisps when they first came out?
It was like "feck you Tayto and King we have found a new mistress":D

Oh and "Patsy Pops". They were orange ice pops and I have never tasted anything quite as good as them since

Remember when Mars bars & Taytos were 30p

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