in the 70s my brother collected 30 bags of fangs and bones to receive a wicked mask ! well he ended up having to wait months for delivery...... and after all that waiting it turned out to be a crappy cardboard one LOL
This takes me back... thank goodness Frazzles and Chipsticks still exist, but what happened to Rancheros? They were a rarity in the Welsh Valleys and consequently a treat, but they disappeared around 1981 if my memory serves me correctly...
@julesthemadman You can still get Rancheros in Ireland, we had a 1970s themed party for my wife's 40th, complete with projected music and TV clips on to the wall and a John Cleese/Basil Fawlty impersonator, and people LOVED the Rancheros and kept commenting they wished they could still get them in the UK. They still taste just as great as they did back then!
I found a shop that sells the Bazooka Joe gum the other day and bought a dozen of them and to my suprise they still tastes the same [for at least a couple of minutes before turning to a tasteless pink glob of hard rubber,as they used to do]
Truly wonderful took me back in time to the 80's.... Space Dust next on the list and i'm willing to take my dental chances.
Jelly tots, Wrigley's spearmint and chipsticks still going, of course.
"Horror Bags" were amusing - fangs and bats were a good start with the obvious Dracula theme, but they were scraping the barrel a bit with "ribs". Hardly anything to do with horror movies is it? More like what you get at the chinese takeaway!
my blocal joe daki still sells all these for 10p each 27 tears out of date but i still buy them some times its all out the back old stock from his closed shop in harrow
@hellomcflyy - sadly as a 9 year old growing up in the 1970's I didn't have the foresight to begin collecting sweets and crisp wrappers so my trip down Memory Lane comes courtesy of researching other people's collections on the Internet, the local Library and Robert Opie's mercurial collection of memorabilia. The music for the video is on an LP which I do own, bought in a local charity shop.
oh boy, so hungry after vewing these(space dust ,hmmmm ill stick to ketamin)
jeanniedee1000 1 day ago
MCM = 1900 lol, good job though!
TraceyRBurns 6 days ago
Space Dust was banned in my secondary school. Some kids OD'd on the stuff hehe.
radio53 1 week ago
Costco sell jars of blackjacks and fruit salads I have some here now
40Deeful 3 weeks ago
in the 70s my brother collected 30 bags of fangs and bones to receive a wicked mask ! well he ended up having to wait months for delivery...... and after all that waiting it turned out to be a crappy cardboard one LOL
rottielovergirl1 1 month ago 3
@rottielovergirl1 - LOL!
gills4thrills 1 month ago
what about spangles
1middlesbrough 1 month ago
I suddenly remembered the 'Horror Bags'- 'Fangs' for the memory !
simonellson 2 months ago
This takes me back... thank goodness Frazzles and Chipsticks still exist, but what happened to Rancheros? They were a rarity in the Welsh Valleys and consequently a treat, but they disappeared around 1981 if my memory serves me correctly...
julesthemadman 2 months ago
@julesthemadman You can still get Rancheros in Ireland, we had a 1970s themed party for my wife's 40th, complete with projected music and TV clips on to the wall and a John Cleese/Basil Fawlty impersonator, and people LOVED the Rancheros and kept commenting they wished they could still get them in the UK. They still taste just as great as they did back then!
DrMarcusKane 1 month ago
@DrMarcusKane - sounds like a blast! Wish I could have been there. Rancheros were great
gills4thrills 1 month ago
@DrMarcusKane Yum yum in my tum... I am envious.
julesthemadman 1 month ago
I found a shop that sells the Bazooka Joe gum the other day and bought a dozen of them and to my suprise they still tastes the same [for at least a couple of minutes before turning to a tasteless pink glob of hard rubber,as they used to do]
Truly wonderful took me back in time to the 80's.... Space Dust next on the list and i'm willing to take my dental chances.
Lynn xXx
lynnissohot 6 months ago
Jelly tots, Wrigley's spearmint and chipsticks still going, of course.
"Horror Bags" were amusing - fangs and bats were a good start with the obvious Dracula theme, but they were scraping the barrel a bit with "ribs". Hardly anything to do with horror movies is it? More like what you get at the chinese takeaway!
StanPomeray 7 months ago
@StanPomeray - Lol
gills4thrills 6 months ago
You lucky thing! Best get down there and buy some!
gills4thrills 7 months ago
my blocal joe daki still sells all these for 10p each 27 tears out of date but i still buy them some times its all out the back old stock from his closed shop in harrow
vania1013 7 months ago
haha! yes, you can still get it but its called Fizzwizz now - freely available down your local dental surgery!
gills4thrills 10 months ago
space dust, the old ivory rotter,many a dentist earned a few quid off this beast
ZINCOVIX8754 10 months ago
hmm - is this your collection or just pictures found on the web?
hellomcflyy 11 months ago
@hellomcflyy - sadly as a 9 year old growing up in the 1970's I didn't have the foresight to begin collecting sweets and crisp wrappers so my trip down Memory Lane comes courtesy of researching other people's collections on the Internet, the local Library and Robert Opie's mercurial collection of memorabilia. The music for the video is on an LP which I do own, bought in a local charity shop.
gills4thrills 11 months ago
Music courtesy of JEM
gills4thrills 2 years ago