Originally Posted by Calypso Red
Lived in Twickenham. Saturday morning pictures were a must. A drink came with a straw in a sealed paper cover. Wait for the lights to go down, tear the top off the cover and shoot it by blowing up the straw towards the screen. Simple pleasures. Did anyone else get Jubley pains? A Jubley (?spelling) was a pyramid shaped block of frozen orange juice with a waxed cardboard cover. Snip one corner and suck on it hard. Pains in the back of your chest followed quickly. Jamboree Bags? A paper bag with pictures of boy scouts on it, sweets and treats inside. A sort of Kinder egg in a bag, with no chocolate!!! Politically incorrect sweets called Black Jack's with a picture of a go*ly w*g on the wrapper.
It was more than a mile walk, unaccompanied, to school everyday. If I set off home very slowly, I could jump on the back of the green grocers horse and cart as he returned from market and swing my legs all the way home. His shop was opposite our house and he kept his horse stabled in his backyard just like Steptoe. Different Times.


The Black Jack and Fruit Salad chews are still available - no longer a farthing each though Black Jack & Fruit Salad mix.

We used to have those paper bags with treats and a plastic toy in, ours were called Lucky Bags and a great favourite at the time.


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2009 4/4 Sport Henrietta
1999 Indigo Blue +8
2009 4/4 Sport Green prev
1993 Con Green +8 prev