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It's amazing how things change yet remain the same, if that makes sense.

Liquorice toffees were often cylindrical - I wonder why? Treacle toffees and rum and butter were also among my favourites.

Fibromyalgia is a horrible thing to have, Smudger. The left-over Easter eggs being sold for half price in Waitrose reminded me that Rackhams used to break up any left-over eggs and sell them as broken chocolate.

I used to like Fry's Chocolate Sandwich, but don't remember them looking quite like this. Last had one in the mid-70s which I bought on New Street Station. More recently, Marks Spencer used to make one that had layers of plain, white and milk chocolate.

It wasn't a false memory, then! The collection at the Pen Room is huge.

I went there with my husband this week, and found it far more extensive than I'd imagined, with masses of exhibits. The volunteers are very knowledgeable and friendly, and spent a lot of time with us, helping us to make nibs (mine wasn't very good!). Has it always been where it is now? I have a...

It's snowing in the south east as well, Viv! I don't think I ever went into the shop, but I remember the balcony (I think). A mysterious place, somehow.

Would there be any point in writing to the Evening Mail and asking if anyone has a photo of the house?

There seemed a lot of Tom Jones! Glad they included Donovan. There was an article in the Waitrose weekly paper about the programme, which said that the mother had been quite ill at one point from eating a lot of bread. She doesn't usually eat white flour, apparently, and in the earlier...

Chloroform!! Crikey. I remember Famel cough syrup, which was horribly sweet. And speaking of coughs, can you still buy cough candy?

It really doesn't look very nice, does it?

Sweet tobacco...I think so. Weren't the packets yellow? You can still buy it from the retro sweets places online, I think.

I suppose the roots were what William and his gang used to make licquorice water. I also like the soft kind, Viv. Tincture of licquorice is said to be good if you have low blood pressure, according to herbalists.

I've seen marzipan fruits in Waitrose, Viv. I hated Buttered Brazils myself. Banana split toffees were great, Elmdon Boy. There were also plain ones that had a white whirl...I don't know what they were called.

I had a very "hands on" father, which is odd because he hadn't known his own. He had a couple of uncles who were role models, I think, and a grandfather. One of the uncles taught him to play the piano.

I can sort of remember these as being quite nice. Today I saw licquorice root in Holland and Barrett, several sticks in a bag for 99p. (Didn't buy any).

We had one in the 1960s.

It didn't look very nice! I suppose they were put up in the nearest Travel Lodge or equivalent.

The bit where the mother said that the stuff cooked in a jar was like dog food was quite funny! I'm sure I've seen the bacon roll recipe somewhere. Do you think they actually spend nights in the house (we haven't seen upstairs), and can't have baths and what have you?

I like the idea of a Festival of Fitness!