Whatever happened to...

SarahJ · 15-09-2008 8:06pm #1

Ya know when things just randomly disappear, and ya don't think of them until ages after?

Like, whatever happened to those blackhead strips that ya stuck on your nose? They were big news for a while a few years ago.

And my God, whatever happened to Topdecks???
My Friends mam was in South Africa a while ago, and they still have them over there! She brought back a few bars, but they weren't the same!!

15-09-2008 8:14pm

They still have those blackhead strips....I don't know if they actually work though.

What happened to McCambridges brown bread ice-cream.

SarahJ · 15-09-2008 8:20pm

That was unusually delicious!!

GirlInterrupted · 15-09-2008 8:31pm

SarahJ wrote: »

And my God, whatever happened to Topdecks???
My Friends mam was in South Africa a while ago, and they still have them over there! She brought back a few bars, but they weren't the same!!

I had forgotten of the existence of Topdecks...now I want one:D.

Nevyn · 15-09-2008 8:37pm

Fay Ray, that delicate satin draped frame.....

Ahem

Futurecrook · 16-09-2008 1:11am

Care bear bars... *sigh*

Does anyone else remember them or are they just a figment of my imagination?

monkeyfudge · 16-09-2008 1:20am

Pac-man Rub-Off Games...

Dear lord... haven't thought of them in over 25 years....
:pac::pac::pac:

Gary ITR · 16-09-2008 1:22am

Postman Pat sweets!!

Creamy Goodness · 16-09-2008 1:29am

Thaedydal wrote: »

Fay Ray, that delicate satin draped frame.....

Ahem

i love this stuff.

everytime i go to america i bring back tons of it.

Kotick · 16-09-2008 4:16am

I used those back head strips once, they didn't work, or at least I have zero blackheads. Could be either or.

Whatever happened to scratch and sniff stickers? Those were awesome!

Punchesnpeaches · 16-09-2008 9:02am

Aw man, now I want some 'big red' chewing gum. Love that stuff.

SarahJ · 16-09-2008 9:13am

Kotick wrote: »

I used those back head strips once, they didn't work, or at least I have zero blackheads. Could be either or.

Whatever happened to scratch and sniff stickers? Those were awesome!

I remember getting them free with Top of the pops mag. I think one sticker was Mark Owens feet. Nice

Karen_* · 16-09-2008 9:14am

Laser bars? They were gorgeous. And no shops do the apple drops that used to come in 1/4 lbs and in a brown paper bag.

skittle_fingers · 16-09-2008 10:30am

Karen_* wrote: »

Laser bars? They were gorgeous. And no shops do the apple drops that used to come in 1/4 lbs and in a brown paper bag.

have you tried Kavanagh's on Georges/Aungier/Wexford/Camden st? (i never remmeber where one ends and one begins)
but they up until recently did 1/4 bags of stuff

Karen_* · 16-09-2008 10:59am

I did indeed try it and they do everything but the flippin apple drops:(

Madame Razz · 16-09-2008 11:03am

Karen_* wrote: »

Laser bars? They were gorgeous. And no shops do the apple drops that used to come in 1/4 lbs and in a brown paper bag.

Ya can still get them in a wee place in Tuam(if you're ever in Tuam)

I noticed Drifter bars disappeared there for a while, but have made a reappearance!!!

White chocolate mice with the gooey pink centre are a thing I haven't seen in an age!!!

RuailleBuaille · 16-09-2008 2:54pm

Fancy paper!
Don't remeber Topdecks, somebody help me here?
Also I LOVED Once Upon A Time...Life, you know the cartoon that explained how the inside of your body works? That should still be on, instead of this Ben 10 and Bratz shite that's on nowadays.
Nostalgia rocks on a miserable day like this, good call Sarah J!

SarahJ · 16-09-2008 3:04pm

Ha thanks, its one of those things were everyone has something that they remember!

Its really a sign of getting old haha

WindSock · 16-09-2008 3:07pm

This thread is more suited to the all things ruutro forum :pac:

SarahJ · 16-09-2008 3:09pm

Ha prob is now yea, started off with those black head strips!

Plus I don't know anyone in All Things Retro!! scary

MBC · 16-09-2008 4:25pm

Big Dippers........anyone remember them........shape of a dolphin and were covered in some white powery stuff.........15p i think.........um i miss them.

Also Jolly Rancher sweets..........used to love slying them in me gob in class in skool.

trout · 16-09-2008 7:17pm

Pink Panther Bars ... man, they were tasteh

There was also a Battle of the Planets bar ... can't remember what that was like though.

byte · 17-09-2008 8:25pm

Do the likes of Wham bars or Stinger bars still exist? Used to love those back in the day.

Frosties sugar coated sweets.

Firetrap · 18-09-2008 10:20pm

Instant tea. Does that still exist? I remember they brought over Derek and Mavis from Coronation Street to promote the stuff. I think the tea was like coffee granules and you just poured boiling water over the stuff. No need for tea-leaves or teabags.

120_Minutes · 18-09-2008 10:52pm

those rubber things that hung from the back of your car..what were they for? static or decoration????

illiop · 19-09-2008 9:16am

Remebet Nerds?? I used to love them. And there were Dwebs too, they were the same I think. They still have nerds in america, i brought back, like, eight giant boxes with me

GabiP · 19-09-2008 9:32pm

You can still get those strips for your nose Biore clear pore strips cost a packet but do a great job of mens noses (I never had black heads) the ex's nose was gross though so I bought some and left them where he could'nt miss them yeuck it worked but the relationship did'nt ha ha

Does anyone remember Wham! bars? Sheesh we had an obsession with them goin back to school in 5th year, they were killer pink toffee with madsour bits in them you could'nt help but screw your face up when a sour bit hit your taste buds - not an easy thing to camouflage in front of the nuns:D

Obsession when I go to America = Cinnamon flavoured tic tac they're a brilliant crowd puller!

Wishbone Ash · 19-09-2008 9:51pm

Whatever happened to Radion...........

Firetrap · 20-09-2008 11:14am

There was a thread about Radion a few months ago. It seemed to be good at giving people rashes. God knows what sort of chemicals were in it..

SunnyP · 20-09-2008 3:42pm

You can get a lot of retro type sweets on handycandy.co.uk Me thinks they might even do apple drops

I know they still do chocolate cigarettes yummy!

Brigantia · 24-09-2008 11:13am

what about Teddy Ruxpin, is there anywhere you can buy him in ireland now.

monkeyfudge · 24-09-2008 12:08pm

Brigantia wrote: »

what about Teddy Ruxpin, is there anywhere you can buy him in ireland now.

He was one creepy bastard!

gogo · 24-09-2008 12:09pm

You can get the apple drops in Morrisseys pub in abbeyleix by the quarter. if you leave them overnight, they still stick together and stick to the brown bag, and ..well ..yum.

oh, and I love that everybody knows the boire pore blackhead strips, but no one has had black heads.

:D ah, I have this 'friend' that used them..

bullets · 24-09-2008 1:00pm

Regal Sour apple drops. In a Roll individually wrapped in wax paper.
Cant be got anyplace anymore. They used to have fruit and cherry ones too.
Used to get them when I was around 7-8 years old. Nothing yet has compared to them.
(along with the standard round apple drops 2 for a half penny)

Jolly Ranchers I was addicted to, Have not seem them in years or since the 90's

A particular type of odd shaped foam sweet called the penny peach.
At the age of 13 I found a fiver on the street and bought 500 of them!
Girl at shop got sick of counting out the sweets and just tipped a load of them into
a bag.

Speaking of which...when your a kid getting a selection of penny sweets I must
of drove the shop keepers nuts!!! 10 of these, 5 of those, 50 of them, 25 of that.....

~B

thejuggler · 24-09-2008 1:12pm

Cherry Coke and supercans are both gone from Ireland for a long time - since the early 90s I reckon. I guess the plastic bottle replaced the supercan as the container of choice for carbonated beverages.

Never liked cherry coke much - they tried to launch it here but it never took off. You can still get it in the USA though. Also is doctor pepper still available here? They did a big launch for that a few years back too - awful stuff.

Another one is sunkist - I don't think that one is around any more either.

Brigantia · 24-09-2008 5:48pm

monkeyfudge wrote: »

He was one creepy bastard!

aw, poor teddie. he was just misunderstood

bullets · 24-09-2008 10:26pm

Brigantia wrote: »

aw, poor teddie. he was just misunderstood

Those creepy eyes!!!!! A Teddy bear should not have
eyes that move and follow you around.

The Cassette tape shoved up his ass was just wrong.

There was a cartoon I think at some stage too.

~B

Brigantia · 25-09-2008 3:44pm

bullets wrote: »

Those creepy eyes!!!!! A Teddy bear should not have
eyes that move and follow you around.

The Cassette tape shoved up his ass was just wrong.

There was a cartoon I think at some stage too.

~B

oh i don't know, i can think of some artist's that people would love to shove their tape's / cd's up their ass

(there are just so many possiblities)

:o

but seriously, can you still buy one here, and if so where?

and again being serious, its a bit dangerous the tape up his ass, what if kids started copying that:eek:

_blank_ · 25-09-2008 9:46pm

thejuggler wrote: »

Cherry Coke and supercans are both gone from Ireland for a long time - since the early 90s I reckon. I guess the plastic bottle replaced the supercan as the container of choice for carbonated beverages.

Never liked cherry coke much - they tried to launch it here but it never took off. You can still get it in the USA though. Also is doctor pepper still available here? They did a big launch for that a few years back too - awful stuff.

Another one is sunkist - I don't think that one is around any more either.

lol

Everything you mentioned in that post, apart from SuperCans, is still available here. SuperCans were, of course, replaced by the contour bottle.

Remember it used to be Green plastic instead of clear?

Cherry Coke can be had in Boots in the Jervis Centre, and I always make a point of buying it when I go that far down Henry Street.

Dr. Pepper can be got in about 50% of Newsagents around Dublin. I love the stuff, fairly similar to Cherry Coke.

And finally Sunkist is available at 5 cans for €2 in the 2Euro shop on Abbey Street, just near the Luas shop. I'm actually drinking a can of it right now.

thejuggler · 26-09-2008 9:48am

This must be a Dublin only thing. I genuinely haven't seen cherry coke in Ireland since the 80s

bullets · 26-09-2008 10:59am

thejuggler wrote: »

Cherry Coke and supercans are both gone from Ireland for a long time - since the early 90s I reckon. I guess the plastic bottle replaced the supercan as the container of choice for carbonated beverages.

Now bottles have petaloid bases so they can self stand.
Before the used to have round bottoms with a seperate base.

I remember when the ends of the plastic bottles stopped appearing.

You used to be able to get bottles with a flat bottomed plastic cap in the end of it.
As a kid we used to cut the top off a bottle, then cut strips down the length of it
and fold them into the bottom cap making a flower pot! now you cant do that anymore!

~B

DublinWriter · 26-09-2008 2:16pm

SarahJ wrote: »

Like, whatever happened to those blackhead strips that ya stuck on your nose? They were big news for a while a few years ago.

They haven't gone away you know.

They were originally called "Biorè" strips, but some other company manufactures them now.

I see them in the Chemists' every time I go in for manly supplies, like razors and um, more razors.

arybvtcw0eolkf · 29-09-2008 6:50am

Anyone remember that little treaure throve called 'The Candy Shop' on North Frederick St?..

Although I can't remember buying much in it, I'd browse the window for an hour without getting bored.

Dyr · 29-09-2008 8:02am

Its more of a cafe now, wasnt it called something else back then? I went to school beside it and I used to stare in the window mos mornings...but i was looking at the german WWII medals :pac:

DublinWriter · 29-09-2008 9:08am

Mairt wrote: »

Anyone remember that little treaure throve called 'The Candy Shop' on North Frederick St?..

Although I can't remember buying much in it, I'd browse the window for an hour without getting bored.

I remember that was one of the places my Grandad used to take me at ten years of age back in 1981 when we went into town.

Amazing place and I was sad to see it go only a couple of years ago.

I'm not sure if the person who dealt in the memorabilia owned the shop or just a share in it. Anyone know what happened to him? He must have been going a long time.

fixiepixie · 30-09-2008 6:55pm

aquarterof.co.uk
lots of old sweets and bars you can order
yum!!!

darling.x · 31-10-2008 7:36pm

Whatever happened to:
Nutfeast (cereal),
Ribena orange (the dilutable bottle),
OE (ladies deorodant).

dSTAR · 02-11-2008 4:55am

Whatever happened to those cream pies that were filled with that fake white cream you used to get in most sweet shops?

Snowball that alcoholic beverage in those little bottles?

ASIL1983 · 02-11-2008 1:17pm

Futurecrook wrote: »

Care bear bars... *sigh*

Does anyone else remember them or are they just a figment of my imagination?

I do,i do. I was beginning to think i was imagining them too!!Nobody ever knows what im talking about. Were they strawberry or orange flavoured or both??

mollydolly271 · 02-11-2008 11:11pm

oh supercans we only got them for special occasions like a birthday party

mollydolly271 · 02-11-2008 11:14pm

RuailleBuaille wrote: »

Fancy paper!
Don't remeber Topdecks, somebody help me here?
Also I LOVED Once Upon A Time...Life, you know the cartoon that explained how the inside of your body works? That should still be on, instead of this Ben 10 and Bratz shite that's on nowadays.
Nostalgia rocks on a miserable day like this, good call Sarah J!

FANCY PAPER I LOVED IT I STILL HAVE LOADS OF IT IN MY ATTIC I EVEN MADE MY DAD A COLLECTION SO WHEN I HAD TO COME IN AT NIGHT I USE TO MAKE HIM SWAP IT WITH ME AHH THE THINGS PARENTS DO!!

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