Saturday 10 April 2010

Nostalgia is a wonderful thing

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Way back in 1970, my parents bought their first ever business, a small sweetshop.

As i was only 6 at the time i would be in charge of selling the penny sweets, i loved it.

Today i discovered a sweet shop that has opened in Hull town centre, this shop used to be the tobacconist my Dad bought his pipes and speciality pipe tobacco’s from when i was a child.I remember it having wooden shelving and wooden drawers and used to love going in there in later years to buy Dad a new pipe for his Christmas present.

treat box

Anyway today its called “Treat Box” and sells all the wonderful sweets i used to when i was a child. talk about memories flooding back.The owners have even kept the old wooden draws and shelving i remembered and have jars of sweets to buy by per 100gram unlike when i sold 2  ounces, times change eh?

Some of the things they sell are:

Floral Gums

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Scented Satins

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Midget Gems

Bon Bons

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Traffic Light Lollipops

Sweet Tobacco

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Black Jacks

Fruit Salads

Kali & Lollipops (Kali is a Hull word for sherbert crystals)

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Sherbert Dib Dabs

Chocolate Mice

Lucky Bags

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If you remember a sweet from your childhood  i guarantee you’ll find it in this tiny shop. What i also loved about the shop was the way they wrapped up your purchases in clear plastic and tied with ribbon then finished with a cute Treat Box sticker.

This afternoon i had wonderful memories come flooding back of my childhood in my parents sweetshop, one happy bunny.

5 comments:

  1. oh!! it's superb! would love to go - when I come up there to the Dreaded North, we will! Such a lovely post :o)
    x

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  2. I don't get to see many shops like this anymore, this sure bring back some old memories

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  3. Wonderful to go down Memory Lane in that sweet shop.
    I used to love aniseed balls and sherbet lemons and liquorice sticks.

    Nuts in May

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  4. where is this shop then lol, would love to pay a visit x x

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  5. Jenny. its the corner of Hepworth Arcade opposite Primark x

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