Sweet Shops

[Loopyloo]

Do you remember 'proper' sweet shops? My favourites as a child were the Chocolate Box on Colne Road, and Lena's on the corner of Waterbarn Street.
The 'penny tray' was always popular; penny arrow bars - a chewy strip in toffee, spearmint (pink) and I think liquorice flavours, shrimps, sugary jelly dummies, liquorice pipes etc..
Coconut tobacco, golf ball and anglo bubblies, traffic light lollies, monkey nuts and sherbert dib dabs, zoom ice lollies, 'funny face' ice cream lollies, mivvi's..boxes of 'weekend' chocolates, mint cracknel....any more..?

[lancslass]

My grandma used to own the Chocolate Box back in the 1960's
I used to help out on the weekend...What a treat for a 12 year old hehheheh

[Kiki]

I had forgotten about penny arrows! Cadbury,s chocolate bars at tuppence, fry,s creme bars with all flavoured fruit. Loved nibits and owl spearmint chewing gum!

[Sweetpea]

My Nan owned one for 45 years, but in London.

[Kiki]

My Nan who died when i was tiny ,was also a shop owner ! but sold fabrics and sewing stuff in Burnley and Colne.

[grannyclaret]

who remembers Spangles,,,,,,,

[WillowTheWhisp]

I loved Spangles. There were some really great flavours.

[Sweetpea]

Not a great lover of then, except the black and red. I loved chews. Remember Milk Chews? Black Jacks, fruit Salad

What about chocolate tobacco and knickerbocker glories?

[Loopyloo]

I loved spangles too, I think the black ones were 'Old English' flavour, weren't they.

I used to like ice pops in summer too, although once you'd slurped all the juice out of them you were left with just a stick of ice!