Where is everybody.....?

I was in Bolton and Manchester over the weekend. Love my family.

scottjames30 wrote:

bwfc71 wrote: I was out both Friday and Saturday, plus been ever so slightly busy over last couple or so weeks!

Loads of drugs and booze?

Don't do drugs apart from cocoa and caffeine, as well as alcohol!

Plus don't drink that much nowadays - normally its about 4 or 5 pints and that's it!

The only thing I overindulge in now is Kendal mint cake. Can't get enough of it. Or cough candy. Discovered a site called 'The Gobstopper' and I'm rapidly firing in orders for some old favourites,Aniseed balls,Blackjacks,Chomp,Fry's chocolate cream to name but a few. I'm fearing a dental disaster.

My wife came home from Bolton the other week with a small bag of those pink shrimp toffees you used to get as a kid, because we'd been talking about them and I'd said I hadn't seen any for years.

It cost her £1.80 for a bag containing 16 sweets which, in my day, were classed as penny chews.

How's that for inflation?

They sell shrimps Bread,£1.99 for a 200g bag. £38 for a 3 litre jar if you're hard core.

boltonbonce wrote:The only thing I overindulge in now is Kendal mint cake. Can't get enough of it. Or cough candy. Discovered a site called 'The Gobstopper' and I'm rapidly firing in orders for some old favourites,Aniseed balls,Blackjacks,Chomp,Fry's chocolate cream to name but a few. I'm fearing a dental disaster.

You're heading for  a fecking heart attack. Cut out all  off that shit now or your heart will explode

boltonbonce wrote:The only thing I overindulge in now is Kendal mint cake. Can't get enough of it. Or cough candy. Discovered a site called 'The Gobstopper' and I'm rapidly firing in orders for some old favourites,Aniseed balls,Blackjacks,Chomp,Fry's chocolate cream to name but a few. I'm fearing a dental disaster.

You should visit "Ye Olde Sweet Shop" on St Anne's Square in Manchester - talk about a melody of old favourites in jars and ready to be measured in weight!

Cheers, Bonce, I'll check it out.

And ignore Rammy, he's just jealous cos he's no teeth left and he can't eat toffees anymore!

Now then, where can I find a block of that Jamaica Rum & Raisin chocolate that they used to do in the 70s that everybody thought was dead posh....?

bwfc71 wrote:

You should visit "Ye Olde Sweet Shop" on St Anne's Square in Manchester - talk about a melody of old favourites in jars and ready to be measured in weight!

There is one in Lancaster as well. They even do Acid Drops. I've sent a jar down to Nige at UKIP HQ.  I like the shrimps and the bananas but they are full of colourings and sweeteners and too many bloody E numbers.

bwfc71 wrote:

boltonbonce wrote:The only thing I overindulge in now is Kendal mint cake. Can't get enough of it. Or cough candy. Discovered a site called 'The Gobstopper' and I'm rapidly firing in orders for some old favourites,Aniseed balls,Blackjacks,Chomp,Fry's chocolate cream to name but a few. I'm fearing a dental disaster.

You should visit "Ye Olde Sweet Shop" on St Anne's Square in Manchester - talk about a melody of old favourites in jars and ready to be measured in weight!

I'll check it out.

We've actually got one in Bolton.

That's where the wife bought the shrimps.

http://www.yeoldetoffeeshoppe.com/

Anyone know if you can still get 'Spangles'?

I used to like nougat but you rarely see it in shops nowadays.

boltonbonce wrote:Anyone know if you can still get 'Spangles'?

Sadly they were completely wiped out during the Great Confectionery War of '82.

They eventually succumbed to a sustained and vigorous attack on their position by a company of Chewits and a detachment of the Texan Bar Cavalry.

It was a right sticky mess.....

Breadman wrote:Cheers, Bonce, I'll check it out.

And ignore Rammy, he's just jealous cos he's no teeth left and he can't eat toffees anymore!

Now then, where can I find a block of that Jamaica Rum & Raisin chocolate that they used to do in the 70s that everybody thought was dead posh....?

Fecking liar- I've got about 28 of my own left - only a few plastic ones. and I'm chewing a Cadbury's chocolate éclair while I'm sending this. Everything in moderation ,chaps!!

Those eclairs are right bastards. Once they stick to yer teeth it's a right job gettin em off. I'm going for the spearmint chew option. Followed by a Turkish Delight.

Especially if some of yer teeth are courtesy of the NHS

rammywhite wrote:Especially if some of yer teeth are courtesy of the NHS

My dentist in Wogden went private some years ago,and I was told to join in or piss off and find an NHS dentist. I stayed but it still gets my goat that some people are struggling to find decent NHS dental care.

this place is like a morge, bonce get your coffin ready.

It's creepy!