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# When did they change these?
They used to be in cardboard tubes didn't they?!



huge HUGE version here i.imgur.com/xJyWo.jpg
(I helped save b3ta! magictoast, Wed 20 Jul 2011, 12:24, archived)
# They indeed used to be in cardboard tubes.
Although it's unclear what material the tube is in your pic.

Edit: And the liquorice was very nom.

Edit Edit: Ah, those were the days:
(I helped save b3ta! J Peasemould Gruntfuttock Alpha Mike Foxtrot, Wed 20 Jul 2011, 12:26, archived)
# 0_0
I am 90% certain ^that^ exact same packaging was used for dodgy "nightclub" condoms in the late 80s....
(I helped save b3ta! The magic of chutney Shakes it like an Instagram filter!, Wed 20 Jul 2011, 12:42, archived)
# I'm going to bow to your superior knowledge on that one.
;-)
(I helped save b3ta! J Peasemould Gruntfuttock Alpha Mike Foxtrot, Wed 20 Jul 2011, 12:54, archived)
# ha ha
:D
(I helped save b3ta! The magic of chutney Shakes it like an Instagram filter!, Wed 20 Jul 2011, 13:02, archived)
# Should imagine they would be dodgy for 2p.
(I helped save b3ta! Lord Kronos Go Team Pachyderm, Wed 20 Jul 2011, 12:55, archived)
# ^ this, also
(I helped save b3ta! J Peasemould Gruntfuttock Alpha Mike Foxtrot, Wed 20 Jul 2011, 12:55, archived)
# is "nom" a fucking adjective now
 
I just can't keep up with this banter
(I helped save b3ta! Rapitinui get in the cage and I'll give you a treat, Wed 20 Jul 2011, 12:47, archived)
# Bloody hell! I'd forgotten alll about those...
Cheers, JPG, you just gave me a small nostalgiagasm.
(I helped save b3ta! enceladus, Wed 20 Jul 2011, 13:34, archived)
# Are they not still?
I'm convinced smarties only started using the wider hexagon packets to stop people using the old tubes to make their cat walk like a robot.
(Lister of Smeg No talking. No smoking. Follow the orange line, Wed 20 Jul 2011, 12:28, archived)
# *Sends round RSPCA to fit you an electric collar*
(I helped save b3ta! edjogs Collared doves are shit., Wed 20 Jul 2011, 12:33, archived)
# Ha haaaaaa!
Love this. I really want to try that. Damn the ever changing confectionary design business!
(I helped save b3ta! magictoast, Wed 20 Jul 2011, 12:34, archived)
# Maybe
loo rolls and a fat bulldog?

Edit: www.youtube.com/watch?v=5VRklgMjr3E
(Lister of Smeg No talking. No smoking. Follow the orange line, Wed 20 Jul 2011, 12:49, archived)
# "Hammering the Sherbert Dip"
If that's not a euphemism, it really should be!
(I helped save b3ta! The magic of chutney Shakes it like an Instagram filter!, Wed 20 Jul 2011, 12:29, archived)
# mmmm...
(I helped save b3ta! J Peasemould Gruntfuttock Alpha Mike Foxtrot, Wed 20 Jul 2011, 12:32, archived)
# Hmmmmm
Now you're talking.
(I helped save b3ta! magictoast, Wed 20 Jul 2011, 12:35, archived)
# Those sweets are completely wonderful.
(I helped save b3ta! J Peasemould Gruntfuttock Alpha Mike Foxtrot, Wed 20 Jul 2011, 12:37, archived)
# Our tuck shop at school sold them.
Until they shut it on the grounds it was unhealthy.
I personally think 8 Refreshers for dinner is pretty good.
(I helped save b3ta! magictoast, Wed 20 Jul 2011, 12:39, archived)
# 3 more than your 5-a-day
/unhealthy eating blog
(I helped save b3ta! J Peasemould Gruntfuttock Alpha Mike Foxtrot, Wed 20 Jul 2011, 12:54, archived)
#
(I helped save b3ta! Colonel Boris "...a desperate Buzzfeed imitation...", Wed 20 Jul 2011, 12:39, archived)
# Superb
The pet you can eat between meals!
(I helped save b3ta! J Peasemould Gruntfuttock Alpha Mike Foxtrot, Wed 20 Jul 2011, 12:55, archived)
# Ta!
(I helped save b3ta! Colonel Boris "...a desperate Buzzfeed imitation...", Wed 20 Jul 2011, 13:00, archived)
# I used to work at Swizzels
My rucksack was always full of 'faulty' refresher chews, refresher bars yellow AND pink, and love hearts.

I was 22 :(
(robneymcplum spiced up his life on, Wed 20 Jul 2011, 12:56, archived)
# I love the concept of a penny chew being "faulty"
(I helped save b3ta! The magic of chutney Shakes it like an Instagram filter!, Wed 20 Jul 2011, 13:03, archived)
# you would be surprised
Often they came out malformed so couldnt be wrapped by the machines. Cant sell an unwrapped chew.
And if you tampered with the extraction nozzle you could make quite a few come out malformed before you 'noticed' and quickly rectified the problem.
(robneymcplum spiced up his life on, Wed 20 Jul 2011, 13:17, archived)
# ha ha :)
(I helped save b3ta! The magic of chutney Shakes it like an Instagram filter!, Wed 20 Jul 2011, 13:40, archived)
# I got my dad to bring a few back about 3 years ago and they were weird plastic things then so there's your marker
(I helped save b3ta! gronkpan @vomitinglarry.bsky.social, Wed 20 Jul 2011, 12:30, archived)
# Yeah they are!
Spent 5 mins trying to get he lid off!
(I helped save b3ta! magictoast, Wed 20 Jul 2011, 12:33, archived)
# I think they used to have Mark Porter on them
(actually, I'm forrin and have never seen one of these)
(I helped save b3ta! RedHouse over yonder, Wed 20 Jul 2011, 12:54, archived)
# the sherbet fizz I remember came in a little paper bag
but there was a shitty little liquorice straw in it, that always blocked up before you got half way through the bag

food acid + carbonate + sugar, a generally unsatisfying experience
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherbet_(powder)
(I helped save b3ta! Rapitinui get in the cage and I'll give you a treat, Wed 20 Jul 2011, 13:03, archived)
# This is nice.
And yes, they did. Pretty much all sweets were wrapped in paper or foil. I miss the more tactile packaging of yore.
(I helped save b3ta! enceladus, Wed 20 Jul 2011, 13:45, archived)
# Yay...
(The invisable man Is having a long lazy soak in search, Wed 20 Jul 2011, 16:57, archived)