what ever happened to golly bars ?

Rubberlegs · 26-03-2011 06:08PM

Golly bars are gone to golliwog heaven like that marmalade with the golliwogs on the jar( think was Robinsons), and the golliwogs in the Enid Blyton books:(

arybvtcw0eolkf · 26-03-2011 06:08PM

stovelid wrote: »

Our neighbours had a black Alsation called n*gger. This was around 81-82 and they always called him loudly without a second thought.

That was fairly common too, even dark skinned Irish people were typically given the nickname 'The N*gger' - ie 'The N*gger Murphy'.

Another un-pc memory - when I joined the army we were issued with an item of kit known as 'The House Wife'.. It was a simply uniform repair kit with spare buttons, needle & thread, wool and other bits and bobs.

MrsMcSteamy · 26-03-2011 06:13PM

Golly bars were discontinued and hb brought out vanilla ice cream tubs instead, these too seem to have now been discontinued.

My all time favourite had to be loop the loop that was until they messed with the green part and added cabbage to get the green colour so there was no artificial preservatives and all that crap. Yucky now !!!

stimpson · 26-03-2011 06:27PM

Racist culinary marketing enthusiasts can take some comfort from the fact that there is a Cafe Sol van going around Dublin with "Sambos" plastered down the side of it. Never knew it was a slur until I asked a friends black girlfriend for one.

stovelid · 26-03-2011 10:36PM

Floodric wrote: »

You're not from around Ballyfermot no?

No, but like Maki says, I've heard of other examples!

Rory Lemon Pollution wrote: »

That was fairly common too, even dark skinned Irish people were typically given the nickname 'The N*gger' - ie 'The N*gger Murphy'.

Aye, I remember a white guy with really dark skin being called darkie (in a friendly nickname sense) as a kid in Tallaght.

davyjose · 26-03-2011 10:45PM

OutlawPete wrote: »

Golly Bar wrapper.

Jazz hands and all. Magic!

sonic85 · 26-03-2011 11:05PM

what happened to smiley bars? used to love those

senorwipesalot · 26-03-2011 11:41PM

Theres a woman in my town called the white n****r.

26-03-2011 11:59PM

My parents were telling me recently about an old shoe polish which was called N*gger Brown.

Humans eh! · 29-03-2011 12:03PM

Rory Lemon Pollution wrote: »

That was fairly common too, even dark skinned Irish people were typically given the nickname 'The N*gger' - ie 'The N*gger Murphy'.

Yeah I knew two Irish guys at school called N*gger.
Also the eight ball in pool was always referred to as "Potting the N*gger.

We never thought it was racist or offensive though, we just never thought about it at all.

candy-gal1 · 29-03-2011 12:07PM

Oh yeah!! used to love those!

And what happened to ice creams and ice pops costing like 50p, and an "expensive" one was like 90p

Islander13 · 06-03-2013 07:38PM

I know I'm raising an old thread but they're back! Under a different name! Big Bite Vanilla!

ToddyDoody · 06-03-2013 07:44PM

lucozader wrote: »

they were lovely

Recalled. Cause cancer. Contentious litigations ongoing.

RainMaker · 06-03-2013 08:18PM

They were renamed to "Giant" bars for a while.
It got a bit confusing then as I think both Dale Farm and HB had "Giant" bars on the market...

According to Wiki they are still available, but I got for a Brunch these days instead

Degag · 06-03-2013 08:25PM

Brunches are lovely but they messed with the coating on that a few years ago too. Can't bate an aul' '99.

Pumpkinseeds · 06-03-2013 08:56PM

I remember my parents regularly buying golly bars for their collie x. We all loved that dog, I'm convinced that if they'd had him before us, we'd never have been born:)

06-03-2013 09:08PM

I won't be happy til they bring sky ice creams back.

what ever happened to golly bars ?

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