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Frantic
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Does anyone remember Fry's five boys chocolate bars? they used to have different faces on the wrapping with a description. Does anyone remember the descriptions?
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Frantic
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That's it Postie, Where on earth do you find these things? ;D I used to love that chocolate . It was dark chocolate with a white cream filling. Yum O0
Alf
Gone but not forgotten. R.I.P.
Have a look at this
https://www.advertisingantiques.co.uk/Default.aspx?tabid=945
There's lots of reminders signs of days gone
Wicked
https://www.advertisingantiques.co.uk/Default.aspx?tabid=945
There's lots of reminders signs of days gone
Wicked
Alf
Gone but not forgotten. R.I.P.
Check this one out friends
https://www.cadbury.co.uk/EN/CTB2003/about_chocolate/history_cadbury/cabury_fry/jsfry_brans.htm
https://www.cadbury.co.uk/EN/CTB2003/about_chocolate/history_cadbury/cabury_fry/jsfry_brans.htm
ELIZABETH1
master brummie
Alf,
Thanks for that - what a nice story the Cadbury story is!!! :smitten:
Very good company wasn't it in changing so many social standards of living etc.. - I read loads of this years ago and was amazed by how forward thinking they were!! I always loved the Cadbury story as they were so good for the people who worked for them.
My Grandmother always used to bring me a tiny quarter pound box of Milk Tray chocs when she came to visit us when I was little - it was always such a nice treat as a little girl (rather than sweets) - a proper grown up treat!! I think I was about 5 years old when she bought me my first tiny box of Milk Tray chocs - and what a big decision drooling over which one to eat first :smitten:
I guess Cadbury's will always be my favourite!!
Can anyone remember the Milk Tray bar of choclate - like a box of chocs in a bar?? I haven't seen one in years - but loved it and miss it !!! Wish they'd bring that back on sale again!!
Thanks for that - what a nice story the Cadbury story is!!! :smitten:
Very good company wasn't it in changing so many social standards of living etc.. - I read loads of this years ago and was amazed by how forward thinking they were!! I always loved the Cadbury story as they were so good for the people who worked for them.
My Grandmother always used to bring me a tiny quarter pound box of Milk Tray chocs when she came to visit us when I was little - it was always such a nice treat as a little girl (rather than sweets) - a proper grown up treat!! I think I was about 5 years old when she bought me my first tiny box of Milk Tray chocs - and what a big decision drooling over which one to eat first :smitten:
I guess Cadbury's will always be my favourite!!
Can anyone remember the Milk Tray bar of choclate - like a box of chocs in a bar?? I haven't seen one in years - but loved it and miss it !!! Wish they'd bring that back on sale again!!
We are getting away from Frantiic's original post but being a chocolate lover I am sure he won't mind. When I was young my mother always got a box of Cadbury's chocolates for Christmas. A big flattish box made of strong cardboard with overhanging edges. Always there would be a fresh art scene on top. A painting not a photograph; mostly a winter scene with snow and horses. We would eat them sparingly over the festive season and be so disappointed when the last one was consumed. I still believe the they were the best chocolates ever. For some years I was able to obtain these chocolates for my own family at Christmas time here in Canada but for some reason they are no longer available. The plain blue boxes that we now can obtain are well, very plain. The product is not the same made in the US I believe. The chocolate seems to have a more glossy appearance and is not as desirable in my opinion. I just wish that the original great product was available I am sure that people would pay a premium to obtain it.
Regards.
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Frantic
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Yes Rupert, I remember those too, It seems that Cadburys makes chocolate in almost every major country. Elizabeth1 was saying that she can't get the cadburys milk tray in a block anymore, but we still have them in Australia. Maybe we can start an import/export service on the forum. I'll send you some Kangaroo bars (if I can catch one), and you can send me some Canadian Chocolate Moose :2funny:
Michael_Ingram
gone but not forgotten
Here are scans of my Five Boys folding ruler
Yes Mike, maybe antiques road show?
Frantic, you may not want to have much to do with moose here. The problem is that they are rather large and have little road sense. Rather than run away when you approach in your car they have a tendency to wait on the side and run out in front of you just as you get there. Strange. Usually ends up with a dead moose, written off car and sometimes loss of life. Yes I have fond memories of Cadburys. I have not had a fruit and nut in recent years but they were good. Well there is a chocolate factory in Smiths Falls just north of Brockville here. It's called Hersheys and I am told that they used to send bars over to Blighty during the war. I don't think I had one then. However their chocolate is very similar to Cadurys at it's best in my opinion. We will be going down that way to visit my wife's 95 year old mum this weekend but I don't think I will have time to drop in. There is a big stuffed pike on display in a restaurant close to Prescott and I have promised to try and get a photo.
When we toured New Brunswick two years ago we toured Ganongs chocolate factory in St.Stephen. They are still going strong and their ad on TV is the owner talking about the old factory and their motto : "It may cost a little more but it's worth it" I always thought that quality was.
Regards.
Frantic, you may not want to have much to do with moose here. The problem is that they are rather large and have little road sense. Rather than run away when you approach in your car they have a tendency to wait on the side and run out in front of you just as you get there. Strange. Usually ends up with a dead moose, written off car and sometimes loss of life. Yes I have fond memories of Cadburys. I have not had a fruit and nut in recent years but they were good. Well there is a chocolate factory in Smiths Falls just north of Brockville here. It's called Hersheys and I am told that they used to send bars over to Blighty during the war. I don't think I had one then. However their chocolate is very similar to Cadurys at it's best in my opinion. We will be going down that way to visit my wife's 95 year old mum this weekend but I don't think I will have time to drop in. There is a big stuffed pike on display in a restaurant close to Prescott and I have promised to try and get a photo.
When we toured New Brunswick two years ago we toured Ganongs chocolate factory in St.Stephen. They are still going strong and their ad on TV is the owner talking about the old factory and their motto : "It may cost a little more but it's worth it" I always thought that quality was.
Regards.
jennyann
Gone but not forgotten. R.I.P.
Rupert, if you are looking for imported Cadbury items in your area, the rule of thumb I have always used is to look along the bottom of the wrapper and it will tell you where it is made. If it's Bournville, England...then you know you are getting the real thing. If it says Toronto then, of course, it is made there. I think the same goes for Mars Bars although I haven't found that much difference in taste between the the ones made here and the ones made in England.
I guess it's the boxes of chocolates that I am dissapointed with Jennyann. They don't come from England any more and neither the chocolate or centres seem to be the same. It's been many years now since I have been able to buy a box from Bournville. Also sometimes you long for the old days and the box and the winter scene and the horses. Maybe I am just sentimental.
regards
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