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the Heroes?
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MrLongbeard wrote: Mon Aug 05, 2024 12:03 pm Lemon puffs, bloody love 'em buy can't buy them for love nor money.

We found a Tesco over 40 miles away that stocked them so i bought a few packs every time i passed. Step daughter used to get me them also but Diagnosed as Coeliac killed them off for me.

Oh. Sainsburys https://www.sainsburys.co.uk/gol-ui/pro ... &gclsrc=ds
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Felix wrote: Mon Aug 05, 2024 2:19 pm
MrLongbeard wrote: Mon Aug 05, 2024 12:03 pm Lemon puffs, bloody love 'em buy can't buy them for love nor money.

We found a Tesco over 40 miles away that stocked them so i bought a few packs every time i passed. Step daughter used to get me them also but Diagnosed as Coeliac killed them off for me.

Oh. Sainsburys https://www.sainsburys.co.uk/gol-ui/pro ... &gclsrc=ds
That ain't them, same name but naff in comparison
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The future? Oops it's now a thing of the past......ad nauseam :obscene-birdiedoublered:
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cheb wrote: Mon Aug 05, 2024 3:18 pmThe Likely Lads
Beat me to it.

How fucking old are we? :lol:
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gremlin wrote: Mon Aug 05, 2024 4:16 pm
cheb wrote: Mon Aug 05, 2024 3:18 pmThe Likely Lads
Beat me to it.

How fucking old are we? :lol:
I know what happened to one of them. :D James Bolam lives in Wisborough Green and I see him going shopping quite often. He used to go in the bathroom/tile shop for a chin wag and to blag a cuppa until the shop changed hands. Saw him with his missus (Susan Jameson) a couple of times but haven't seen her for ages. Mind yew, they are both 89. :shock:
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DefTrap wrote: Mon Aug 05, 2024 2:13 pm
Mr Moofo wrote: Mon Aug 05, 2024 1:37 pm ... Lion's Midget Gems (though I am not sure you can call them "midget" anymore)
Cotter pins for bicycle cranks - most of my youth was wasted trying to fit those
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The Shakesperos?
I dunno about Lions (Lyons?) Midget Gems but you can certainly get Maynards ones, and I'm sure I've see Asda / Tesco ones.
Cotter pins for bicycle cranks are best left burning in a fiery hell along with all crank assemblies that involve loose bearing and finesse adjustment (See also Sturmey Archer 3-speed gears)
Lions MIdget Gems were made in a small factory in Cleckheaton. Very formal, very correct - and you were always refered to as "Mr ..." . And served tea in China cups.
They made gums with the hardest gel strength in the world. They were utimately bought by Cadbury
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Mr Moofo wrote: Mon Aug 05, 2024 5:12 pm Lions MIdget Gems were made in a small factory in Cleckheaton. Very formal, very correct - and you were always refered to as "Mr ..." . And served tea in China cups.
They made gums with the hardest gel strength in the world. They were utimately bought by Cadbury
Must be a regional thing I spose as I was very familiar with sweetie shops as a youngster and those ones would have very much been on my list.
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The Martian wrote: Mon Aug 05, 2024 12:25 pm "There's nothing worse than some old bugger on the internet reminiscing about turns of phrase that are no longer popular" :banana-dance:
Yeah, that's literally the end of civilisation as we know it. ;)
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v8-powered wrote: Mon Aug 05, 2024 2:00 pm .....white dog shit?
Caused by undernourished dogs. Now they all get fed proper and not on just salt laden scraps
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gremlin wrote: Mon Aug 05, 2024 4:16 pm
cheb wrote: Mon Aug 05, 2024 3:18 pmThe Likely Lads
Beat me to it.

How fucking old are we? :lol:
Not as old as Yorrick
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MrLongbeard wrote: Mon Aug 05, 2024 12:03 pm Screw caps you could take off a bottle, I create more plastic waste pulling the new ones off than I ever did with a good old fashioned removeable ones.
Only just noticed these recently, yeah shite aren't they.