Annewiggy
Tamworth
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Mon 16th Apr 2018 6:49pm
They had some in the sweet shop at Crich Tramway Museum last week so you must still be able to get it. |
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coventry49
Budleigh Salterton, Devon
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Mon 16th Apr 2018 7:33pm
Thanks Anne. I can't imagine a child of today being happy to eat it, or bread and dripping! |
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Roger T
Torksey
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Tue 17th Apr 2018 12:08am
On 16th Apr 2018 6:23pm, coventry49 said:
Sticks of liquorice wood were popular as they were 1d each and lasted for ages! These we bought from a chemists on the opposite corner to the sweet shop. I wonder if you can still buy liquorice wood?
"Sticks of Liquorice wood were bought from chemists"
Should have added wings to their running on their way home - gives great meaning to spending a penny
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Dreamtime
Perth Western Australia
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Tue 17th Apr 2018 4:35am
Did someone mention 'dripping'. Water more like, genuine dripping is a thing of the past.
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scrutiny
coventry
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Tue 17th Apr 2018 5:06am
Not in this house, Dreamtime, the only thing you cannot eat on a pig is its squeak. You can't beat pork dripping on bread or toast. |
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Annewiggy
Tamworth
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Tue 17th Apr 2018 8:58am
Agree scrutiny, especially if there is a bit of jelly and don't forget a sprinkle of salt, so healthy. You can keep the liquorish wood though. |
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Dreamtime
Perth Western Australia
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Tue 17th Apr 2018 1:16pm
On 17th Apr 2018 5:06am, scrutiny said:
Not in this house, Dreamtime, the only thing you cannot eat on a pig is its squeak. You can't beat pork dripping on bread or toast.
Don't forget the crackling scrutiny.
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scrutiny
coventry
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Tue 17th Apr 2018 1:24pm
Hi Dreamtime, nothing wasted, the crackling is savoured when first cooled and crisp. |
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Kaga simpson
Peacehaven, East Sussex
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Wed 18th Apr 2018 8:51am
scrutiny. What about the blood? The days we ate dripping on toast up to the end of the war, pigs - the snout was lassoed then their feet were hog tied, then throat slit, then the legs were cut loose to let them pump out the blood, this was thought to be better meat and better dripping, but I doubt it - laws were brought in to stop this way of killing, and the dripping was still the same. The last time I saw this happen was about 1941 but a butcher would know. |
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scrutiny
coventry
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Wed 18th Apr 2018 9:45am
Aha! Fried Black pudding is a must with breakfast, there again, can also be eaten on its own. |
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Kaga simpson
Peacehaven, East Sussex
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Thu 19th Apr 2018 11:30am
Syrup of figs, castor oil, goose grease, blackcurrant cordial, a hot brick wrapped in a blanket, all on a cold winter's night, ugh! |
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Tricia
Bedworth
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Thu 19th Apr 2018 7:46pm
On 16th Apr 2018 6:23pm, coventry49 said:
These we bought from a chemists on the opposite corner to the sweet shop. I wonder if you can still buy liquorice wood?
I used to buy liquorice wood from that chemist coventry49, in my day it was owned by Mr Pinson. (I also used to buy Horlicks tablets from there.) |
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Midland Red
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Thu 19th Apr 2018 8:54pm
Wasn't it Leedham's at some stage? |
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Primrose
USA
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Sun 22nd Apr 2018 6:20pm
On 16th Apr 2018 12:17pm, scrutiny said:
The main little sweet shop was on the corner of Swan Lane / Burlington Road.
The sweet shop was a newsagents as well. We knew it as "Biggses". It certainly got a lot of business from us Freddies kids. |
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Primrose
USA
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Sun 22nd Apr 2018 6:26pm
On 19th Apr 2018 7:46pm, Tricia said:
On 16th Apr 2018 6:23pm, coventry49 said:
These we bought from a chemists on the opposite corner to the sweet shop. I wonder if you can still buy liquorice wood?
I used to buy liquorice wood from that chemist coventry49, in my day it was owned by Mr Pinson. (I also used to buy Horlicks tablets from there.)
MR is correct, it did become Leedham's at some point in the sixties. I left Freddies Juniors in 1968 and it had changed hands by that time, I'm sure. Pinson's, as I recall, had a lot of merchandise in it and was a little old-fashioned. Once Leedham's took over it got a lot brighter and more self-service, as was the trend in the late 60s. |
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