Blast from the past - remind us of a thing
Discussion
tim0409 said:
Does anyone remember Sunquick? I lived in Iran when I was young and it was the diluting orange juice my mum used to buy for us. It was like a thick syrup concentrate, and I remember my mum making up jugs of it and keeping it in the fridge. It was available in Asda in the UK around 25 years ago but I haven’t seen it since.
Still available in most Asian/Middle Eastern supermarkets. I buy it all the time, and it's deliciously unhealthy diluted in sparkling water.blueg33 said:
andybebop said:
blueg33 said:
Hate to spoil things for you, it was Hugh, Pugh etc
No, the Pughs were twins.http://www.t-web.co.uk/trumptmp.htm
tim0409 said:
Does anyone remember Sunquick? I lived in Iran when I was young and it was the diluting orange juice my mum used to buy for us. It was like a thick syrup concentrate, and I remember my mum making up jugs of it and keeping it in the fridge. It was available in Asda in the UK around 25 years ago but I haven’t seen it since.
we used to have something very similar to this green 'pull-tag' to open, drop frozen concentrate into a jug to mix (3:1 / 4:1?) - was definately a treat
MikeT66 said:
Does anyone else remember The Herbs? Ran from 1968 to 1972 apparently, so I must have been very young watching this.
Yes, I quite liked it, though aimed at a quite young audience iirc.Saturday mornings were Banana Splits time https://youtu.be/B92iagLJDFE?si=BLRQJ8wpCmVeGwJ_
dickymint said:
Sticks. said:
FiF said:
Sticks. said:
New to me but would've wanted one.
Don't remember that cream but it reminds me of what we called shaving foam at school, a kind of mock cream on some puddings. I dread to think what was in it.
Dream Topping?Don't remember that cream but it reminds me of what we called shaving foam at school, a kind of mock cream on some puddings. I dread to think what was in it.
https://www.sainsburys.co.uk/gol-ui/product/birds-...
Very white, not particularly sugary. 
Purosangue said:
daqinggregg said:
I’m sure when I was a nipper, salt & vinegar crisps ‘blue’ cheese & onion crisps ‘green’; when did it change? Or am I wrong?
Lidl still sell Cheese and onion crisps ( snaktastic) in blue bags Salt & Vinegar... Blue (because... ummm... salt comes from the sea and that is sometimes blue..)
Cheese and Onion... Green (Because... well... onions are a plant and plants are green... if cheese is green however.. probably best avoided?!)
It makes perfect sense to me anyway. Walkers are nutters.
Steamer said:
Same as Aldi - Perfectly logical:
Salt & Vinegar... Blue (because... ummm... salt comes from the sea and that is sometimes blue..)
Cheese and Onion... Green (Because... well... onions are a plant and plants are green... if cheese is green however.. probably best avoided?!)
It makes perfect sense to me anyway. Walkers are nutters.
Absolutely. I really thought Brexit was going to stop Walkers' nonsense. Salt & Vinegar... Blue (because... ummm... salt comes from the sea and that is sometimes blue..)
Cheese and Onion... Green (Because... well... onions are a plant and plants are green... if cheese is green however.. probably best avoided?!)
It makes perfect sense to me anyway. Walkers are nutters.
When I first moved to England in 1991 and had my first experience of Walker's I will admit to being deeply confused about them having Salt and Vinegar and Cheese and Onion the wrong way round.
Since then I've become institutionalised by the fact their Salt and Vinegar are bloody lovely compared to the Golden Wonder etc I'd had before. So for me Salt and Vinegar should be green.
Since then I've become institutionalised by the fact their Salt and Vinegar are bloody lovely compared to the Golden Wonder etc I'd had before. So for me Salt and Vinegar should be green.
WrekinCrew said:
Flavoured crisps! When I were a lad you just got plain crisps, with the salt in a twist of blue paper.
(Maybe somewhere up north the salt was in a twist of green paper).
You also got the slices of about five potatoes’ worth rather than the two plus air in modern packs.(Maybe somewhere up north the salt was in a twist of green paper).
Jordie Barretts sock said:
Incidentally I have a friend who lives in Plumpton in Sussex. Trumpton, Camberwick Green and Chigley are supposedly based in that area.
I also have the complete boxed set of them all.
In similar vein, who remembers the (I think) Half Man Half Biscuit song The Trumpton Riots. "Time flies by when you're the driver of a train, heading out of Trumpton with a cargo of cocaine'...I also have the complete boxed set of them all.
dontlookdown said:
Jordie Barretts sock said:
Incidentally I have a friend who lives in Plumpton in Sussex. Trumpton, Camberwick Green and Chigley are supposedly based in that area.
I also have the complete boxed set of them all.
In similar vein, who remembers the (I think) Half Man Half Biscuit song The Trumpton Riots. "Time flies by when you're the driver of a train, heading out of Trumpton with a cargo of cocaine'...I also have the complete boxed set of them all.
steady on im only getting over Dillon the spaced out rabbit
A Scottish thing, The Eric Liddell Club, in the mould of the Boys Brigade,
Scouts and Cubs, a club for young lads that instilled Eric's
christian beliefs and love of sport.
It predates the film Chariots of Fire by a few decades,
it was short lived, and it faded away as coloured TVs
came along and as far as I know it never incurred
whispers of beastliness that other boy's sports clubs
sometimes had.
Skinned knees, jumpers for goalposts and sherbet fountains.
Scouts and Cubs, a club for young lads that instilled Eric's
christian beliefs and love of sport.
It predates the film Chariots of Fire by a few decades,
it was short lived, and it faded away as coloured TVs
came along and as far as I know it never incurred
whispers of beastliness that other boy's sports clubs
sometimes had.
Skinned knees, jumpers for goalposts and sherbet fountains.
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