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what ever happened to golly bars ?

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  • #32
    Rubberlegs
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,073 ✭✭✭Rubberlegs


    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:(


  • #33
    arybvtcw0eolkf
    Closed Accounts Posts: 24,608 ✭✭✭✭arybvtcw0eolkf


    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. :o

    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.


  • #34
    MrsMcSteamy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 609 ✭✭✭MrsMcSteamy


    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 !!!


  • #35
    stimpson
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,864 ✭✭✭stimpson


    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.


  • #36
    stovelid
    Closed Accounts Posts: 27,252 ✭✭✭✭stovelid


    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.


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  • #37
    davyjose
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,287 ✭✭✭davyjose


    OutlawPete wrote: »
    Golly Bar wrapper.

    Jazz hands and all. Magic!


  • #38
    sonic85
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,391 ✭✭✭sonic85


    what happened to smiley bars? used to love those


  • #39
    senorwipesalot
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,458 ✭✭✭senorwipesalot


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


  • #40
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


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


  • #41
    Humans eh!
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 403 ✭✭Humans eh!


    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.


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  • #42
    candy-gal1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,568 ✭✭✭candy-gal1


    Oh yeah!! used to love those! :D
    And what happened to ice creams and ice pops costing like 50p, and an "expensive" one was like 90p :confused::(


  • #43
    Islander13
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,218 ✭✭✭Islander13


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


  • #44
    ToddyDoody
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,417 ✭✭✭ToddyDoody


    lucozader wrote: »
    they were lovely
    Recalled. Cause cancer. Contentious litigations ongoing.


  • #45
    RainMaker
    Closed Accounts Posts: 459 ✭✭RainMaker


    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 :)


  • #46
    Degag
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,001 ✭✭✭✭Degag


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


  • #47
    Pumpkinseeds
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,635 ✭✭✭Pumpkinseeds


    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:)


  • #48
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 50,630 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


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


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