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Member Since: June 2003 Posts: 16,458 Send Message	Dawnieher3headaches	Report	10 Jun 2008 13:49
	you'll have to be quick though as the pot is going down very quickly must move them or I'll have no teeth left.
	Researching: Dove,Call,Trudgett,Andrews,Fossett,Milton
Member Since: January 2004 Posts: 5,603 Send Message	Sharron	Report	10 Jun 2008 13:50
	No thank you.I have some sour boot laces from Lidl,the red ones.
Member Since: February 2007 Posts: 733 Send Message	Teresa L.A.	Report	10 Jun 2008 13:51
	Fruit salad please, black jacks turn your tongue black and i am at work thank you very much Dawnie. xx
Member Since: June 2003 Posts: 16,458 Send Message	Dawnieher3headaches	Report	10 Jun 2008 13:53
	Sharon never liked them lol Teresa good job I dont work isnt it lol
	Researching: Dove,Call,Trudgett,Andrews,Fossett,Milton
Member Since: June 2003 Posts: 16,458 Send Message	Dawnieher3headaches	Report	10 Jun 2008 13:54
	Maz am plodding on had bad day yesterday and head still pounding but just got to get on and do things as hubby working so cant rely on him. d x
	Researching: Dove,Call,Trudgett,Andrews,Fossett,Milton
Member Since: February 2007 Posts: 733 Send Message	Teresa L.A.	Report	10 Jun 2008 13:56
	Talking of sweets does anyone remember parma voilets- i think that's what you call them- always tasted like perfume to me. LOL
Member Since: January 2004 Posts: 5,603 Send Message	Sharron	Report	10 Jun 2008 13:57
	Just as well you don't like them.No chance of me sharing.Not my bootlaces.Oh dear no.
Member Since: June 2003 Posts: 16,458 Send Message	Dawnieher3headaches	Report	10 Jun 2008 13:57
	Still get them didnt like them much either.
	Researching: Dove,Call,Trudgett,Andrews,Fossett,Milton
Member Since: February 2007 Posts: 733 Send Message	Teresa L.A.	Report	10 Jun 2008 13:59
	And the red sweets in Tootie Fruitie's always tasted like medicine? LOL Memories eh? Hope your'e feeling better soon Dawnie. x
Member Since: June 2003 Posts: 16,458 Send Message	Dawnieher3headaches	Report	10 Jun 2008 14:01
	had a packet of tootie frooties the other day. Thank you Teresa sure when I get to see the neurologist he will be able to sort my headaches out but seems to be taking forever for appointment to come through.
	Researching: Dove,Call,Trudgett,Andrews,Fossett,Milton
Member Since: January 2004 Posts: 5,603 Send Message	Sharron	Report	10 Jun 2008 14:01
	Parma Violets were a funny shape weren't they? Had a frog in them like a little house brick.I would share them if I had some.
Member Since: June 2003 Posts: 16,458 Send Message	Dawnieher3headaches	Report	10 Jun 2008 14:04
	Parma violets we had were little rounds you could get fizzy fruity ones the same shape as well.
	Researching: Dove,Call,Trudgett,Andrews,Fossett,Milton
Member Since: February 2007 Posts: 733 Send Message	Teresa L.A.	Report	10 Jun 2008 14:06
	I thought they were violet and very small.. am i thinking of something else then? Hope you get to see the neurologist very soon. xxx
Member Since: January 2004 Posts: 5,603 Send Message	Sharron	Report	10 Jun 2008 14:07
	Refreshers were the fizzy fruity jobs but we had the bricky Parma Violets. It was all that Fortnum and Mason stocked.hem hem.
Member Since: June 2003 Posts: 16,458 Send Message	Dawnieher3headaches	Report	10 Jun 2008 14:11
	nooooooooooo refreshers were biger than the little fizzy ones and refreshers had a gold/silver foil wrapper under the paper wraper the others were in clear paper as were parma violets, the brick shapped ones were peps and you could get a dispenser for them
	Researching: Dove,Call,Trudgett,Andrews,Fossett,Milton
Member Since: June 2003 Posts: 16,458 Send Message	Dawnieher3headaches	Report	10 Jun 2008 14:14
	if you go to the website aquarterof.co.uk you should be able to see parma violets
	Researching: Dove,Call,Trudgett,Andrews,Fossett,Milton
Member Since: February 2007 Posts: 733 Send Message	Teresa L.A.	Report	10 Jun 2008 14:14
	Yes thats right, sometimes they had animal head on the top that you could pull back and a sweet came out, They were shaped like bricks. Any other old favourites that you remember ?
Member Since: June 2003 Posts: 16,458 Send Message	Dawnieher3headaches	Report	10 Jun 2008 14:17
	cabanas and pacers yummy
	Researching: Dove,Call,Trudgett,Andrews,Fossett,Milton
Member Since: February 2007 Posts: 733 Send Message	Teresa L.A.	Report	10 Jun 2008 14:19
	Dawnie just been on the website, gosh memories, Anglo Bubbly, where you could blow gigantic bubbles that stuck onto your face LOL ! Sherbet dib dabs, fizzers were the sweets that were like parma violets.
Member Since: January 2004 Posts: 5,603 Send Message	Sharron	Report	10 Jun 2008 14:19
	No,that was later. I can remember having Rowntrees Butterscotch Gums at Christmas.Wish I was having some now. Those tiny violet things were violet cashews.

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