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Toffees

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maggiewinchester

maggiewinchester Report 9 Oct 2014 19:36

I used to love McCowan's Highland Toffee. :-D

Wouldn't risk eating it now, though.

I think the Edinburgh Woollen mill sometimes has it.

Researching:
Henry Floyd (g x 4 grandad) Allegedly the heaviest man in England in 1842

SuffolkVera

SuffolkVera Report 9 Oct 2014 19:33

Do you remember Palm toffee? It came in a block and you had to bash it with a hammer to break it into pieces. Dad bought some every weekend - no wonder I've got such rotten teeth.

Gwyn in Kent

Gwyn in Kent Report 9 Oct 2014 18:04

Mother-in-law always keeps her toffees in the fridge. She says they last longer in the mouth, that way.

Gwyn

LaGooner

LaGooner Report 9 Oct 2014 16:17

My Nanna's home made stickjaw did it for me :-D :-D :-D. She reckoned it wqs the best thing to shut us up for a while, and it was :-D :-D :-D :-D

Robert

Robert Report 9 Oct 2014 15:31

Dobsons Chocolate Caramels.

Foggy

Foggy Report 9 Oct 2014 15:09

Thorntons chocolate covered toffee does it for me :-D

OneFootInTheGrave

OneFootInTheGrave Report 9 Oct 2014 11:47

My mother used to make toffee - when we got noisy she would say "here have some toffee" silence would then reign as our jaws ended up stuck together :-D

Researching:
I am researching the Wotherspoon family from the Old/New Monkland areas of Scotland, some moved to the Leslie and Kelty areas of Fife and I'm having problems linking the Wotherspoon's from Leslie and the Wotherspoon's from Kelty. I am also researching the Clusker family from Co. Meath in Ireland who moved to West Lothian and from there to Fife............"Vita non est vivere sed valere vita est"

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it Report 9 Oct 2014 11:29

I like the chocolate flavoured toffees They used to be very hard so a long time to savour the flavour

Not seen them for a long time either

Toffee brittle to is another favourite

Researching:
Surname Fahse. Germany. Essex .South East London My avatar is one of our wedding photos of 1957

Graham

Graham Report 9 Oct 2014 10:33

http://www.bluebird-electric.net/blue_bird_toffees.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Bird_Toffee

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Bluebird-Liquorice-Toffees-750g/dp/B00EN2DF5S

Yes you can still get Bluebird toffees on Amazon :-)

Sharron

Sharron Report 9 Oct 2014 09:58

It is hard to get a decent toffee these days because I need toffees.

I don't smoke, drink or do drugs and they are my prop at the moment. The doctor knows and approves but he won't prescribe them!

A lot of them are more like fudge and I hate fudge. My mother used to eat it!

Can you still get Bluebird toffees?