Good Old Days

In the late 60's I used to remember my old aunt buying quart bottles of beer (Watneys I think) that had a strange stopper. It was made of a sort of black Bakelite material that felt like polished stone with a knurled top. It had a rubber washer where the spiral of the stopper ended and the top started this allowed you to screw in the cap and get a perfect seal. I have tried to find an instance of it on the net with no luck. Anybody else remember them?

Texan
Galaxy Counters
Cabana
Frys Five Centres
Milk Tray Bar
Goldmine
Golden Cup
Pyramint
Bitz
Dainty Bars
Boxes of Weekend
Carousel
Mint Cracknell and Lime Cracknell.
Lime Barrels in Milk Tray selections.
Gooseberry Creams in Quality Street selections.
Old English Spangles.
Opal Mints (or if you must - Pacers).
Opal Fruits
Amazin Raisin bars
Spangles
Jolly Rancher
Aztec
Wispa Mint, Wispa Gold, Wispa Bite
Biarritz (boxes)
Ice Breaker
Lime Aeros
Orange Aeros!
Tiffin
Old Jamaica
Ovaltine Bars
Cadbury's Country Style
Savanna
Banjo

Any more?

1) Blue Peter or Magpie?
Even in my formative years I fancied Susan Stranks so it has to be Magpie

2) What was your favourite comic?
Used to read Topper, but when I could afford them it was Marvel or DC comics.

3) What was your favourite sweet of all time?
Still love them today. 'Army and Navy Paragoric'

4) Ever set light to something with a magnifying glass?
Yep, was a little sod....

5) How did you cover your school books?
Couldn't afford 'sticky back plastic' so used either wallpaper or brown paper.

6) Favourite lesson?
Has to be Technical Drawing, always wanted to be a draughtsman

7) Were you ever a monitor, prefect, headboy/girl?
Was a stair monitor, and playground monitor and was a bit like the SS in my approach.

8) Ever represented your school at sports?
Never good at competitive sports but was part of the Archery Team.

9) Ever played an Instrument?
Does a Kazoo count?

10) What did you play in the Nativity?
Shepherd number 2, normally hiding behind the stage curtain

Did you have one or all of the following:

A Candlewick Quilt?

Winceyette sheets?

Starched Cotton Sheets?

Nylon sheets?

Valance?

Patched Quilt made from fabric swatches?

Ex-RAF Blankets?

Or in my case (in the winter), the contents of my coat cupbaord?

In 1973 they introduced ring-pull cans for Coke etc, but for the life of me I cannot remember cans without them. Did we have to use those strange openers that we used on Party 7 cans?

This Group comes about due to a conversation we had at dinner last night. We always have something to drink with our dinner, and as I have given up alcohol for lent we all drank the kids fizzy pop.

We have taken to buying Morrison's 'Best' range and last night was 'Spanish Mandarin Crush'. It was then that I reminisced about a fizzy drink of my youth called Cresta. I was trying to describe it to the kids without simply saying 'It's Frothy Man'...

Couldn't be sold now as it was full of Tartrazine and other e-numbers that made it glow in the dark. But considering the alternative was either coke or R White's Lemonade, this was the height of sophistication.

Anybody else want to reminisce?