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Sugar Rush? Sweet Tooth? Retro Sweets
are back!
Friday the 5th of February 1953 may not stand out in your
mind but when you think about it this date actually probably had a BIG
impact on your childhood; why? Because it marks the day when the Government
ended sweet rationing of course!
Welcome to the
Retro Sweet Shop!
Black jacks, cola bottles, dolly
mixtures, caramac bars, drumstick lollies, flying saucers, love hearts,
fruit salads, dip dabs, milk bottles and much more – Did you think they’d
disappeared? Think again! All of your favourites are now back, ready for you
to re-live the old days.
I bet the mere mention of the above has
taken you down memory lane and dug up concepts of your childhood; I know it
has for me! Going to the tuck shop in your break time to buy rainbow drops,
trips to the corner shop to pick up some gobstoppers, walking home from
school with a bag of cola cubes and hanging out with friends sharing all
your favourites; sweets have been a part of our childhood and we all had our
favourites but why should we abandon these sweet delights just because we
are older? Let’s carry on the tradition and start satisfying our sweet tooth
again!
Thanks to the Internet boom there are
now websites emerging that provide you with a huge range of retro chews,
chocs, lollies, yummy gummies, treats and bubblegum as well as retro bars.
The choice is so big that it is guaranteed to satisfy even the sweetest
tooth and best of all they can make the perfect gift.
Treat your loved ones with
traditional, retro sweets
Whether you are looking to buy for
yourself or someone special, retro sweets are sure to put a smile on
anyone’s face. A prime example of when they make the perfect gift is a 21st
or 30th birthday of one of your oldest friends, someone who you
used to go to the corner shop with to buy sherbet sticks. Buying a gift pack
of retro sweets will bring back all the childhood memories of all the time
the two of you spent together; what a perfect way to celebrate!
Maybe you are looking to treat your
special other half? Love hearts, Parma violets and strawberries and cream
hard boiled sweets are a cute, romantic way of staying I love you.
If you are looking to say thank you to a
family member, such as your Grandma then think back to when you were young
and how she always carried your favourite traditional sweets in her bag; why
not repay the favour? Create your own selection of sweets, which includes
all of her favourites and all of those classic sweets she used to keep
especially for you. Not only does this provide her with lovely treats but it
also demonstrates how much you appreciate everything she used to do for you
and how much you love spending time with her.
What if the person you are buying the
retro sweets for doesn’t really have any memories of them from their
childhood? Maybe they were too young or just never really indulged. In cases
such as this I say let them start to create some memories now! Introduce
them to the sweets that meant a lot to you when you were growing up because
remember your never to young or too old to get stuck into some sweets.
If you are looking to treat someone with
a selection of sweets then DON’T rush out to your local shop; all you’ll
find there are a limited selection of modern sweets, what you need to do is
simply buy online, you will be amazed at what you can find. All the classics
and all your favourites will be available; all that’s left for you to do
then is to pick which ones you want, so start looking now and create the
perfect gift and trip down memory lane.
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