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Hard Black Lickorish

mw0njm.

mw0njm.

A Brummie Dude
Each day mom gave me a few penny`s to buy sweets at lunch time,my favourite was hard black lickorish.sorry i can`t spell it.any how i got my goodies,and so did my mate,in no time he had scoffed his,so he would scroung mine,bless him,one day i found a old drill bit and saved it,waiting#for him to say give us a bite,he had a bite ok,and nearly broke his jaw,Sorry old friend i know i should not have done it. :crying: pete
 
PETER. I don't know about spell it, I could not even say it. Even today I would say " Lickadish ". Doe's that sound about right ? My wife says something like Liquorish. English. Liquorice. American. Licorice. The taste remains the same simply UNIQUE !!
 
re lickrish

ERNIE.dont know what ever way its spelt,did not alter the great taste of if.i love the stuff.
 
licorice. liquorice

Two words for the same plant
loved the stuff,Yummmmmmmmmmmmmy..:) there is a shop (up country) as we say down this neck of the woods that sells all the sweets of yesterday someone on here will know or you will find it on the net. Cat...:)

Also used in medicine as a laxative
 
NOWADAYS its sad but I have to look for the sugar free variety, nice thing is the taste has not altered, but that sweetner stuff they put in doe's act as a laxative.
 
re lickrish

Dont have that problem ernie,in fact op.that stuff they put in sweets now spoils the taste,i think so.the only way it can rot my teeth is to pur it in the glass. pete
 
Licorice Can't get the black stuff now I hear, well surprise you can get it from Lakeland yes Lakeland with your Kitchen gadgets its from Australia.:)
 
Liquorice

I remember liquorice which came in the shape of a Catherine Wheel with pink bits in the centre of the "hub", does anyone else remember this.
 
re liqu/blackstuff

Nick.i was dribbling just looking at the stuff.80p wow is that 16bob old money?how many could i have had back then hey.dribble dribble.
 
Yes Sylvia the wheel had a hard Red ball in the middle which turned White, happy days, I even tried it again in the 80s when my Lads got them.:)
 
I remember the wheels with a red sweet in the centre, Sylvia, I still love liquorish now, as a treat I'm sometimes given a bag of Pontefract Cakes, but if I have All Sorts my faves are the ones covered in little pink 'bits'

The hard black stuff we got from a chemists shop in The Broadway, Witton we called it Spansih Liquorish. :)
 
And then there was liquorice root. I just loved that stuff and would chew it all day - making sure I was never too far from the loo!
 
Hi everyone, wow what a great link, used to love "lickerice" used to be a little old chemist shop on Summer Lane (town end) that sold all sorts. I used to love the cheroot stick too , well thats what we called it, felt like you were chewing a wooden stick but the flavour was yummy, I would suck it all day! Guess it wouldn't be PC nowaday eh? Oh and anniseed balls heaven !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Poor kids today they aint lived have they?
 
re licorish

charlie.that root was horrible.i bought some real liqu.from the chemist,ow dear i had to wear pampers all day. pete
 
FRENCH, LIQUORICE root

The French bring it here every year when they have their annual market week............Yummyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy...:)...Cat
 
liquorice root.

:D Catkin. Did the root go all stringy when chewed?. Have I got the right thing. Can't stand the hard black stuff. TTFN. Jean. :D
 
Stringy

Jean,
Yes, yellow and stringy,:D:D:D i liked the hard stuff as well but down this neck of the woods you are lucky to get anything like that. Not even from the health shops:(.....Cat....:)
 
Childhood memories.

:biggrin: When I was very young charabang trips used to go to Bewdley. You could either spend the day there or carry on to the village of Arley by the river severn. At that time there was a little boat that ferried you to the other side. No bridge then. We would have sandwiches at the Harbour Inn. We now have a caravan at upper Arley and visit the Inn frequently. I got into a conversation with the landlords about the sight and found that San has been a member for a few years. She talked about Ted Rudge and said how good he is. We will have to get a mini bus up and have a day out there. TTFN. Jean.:biggrin:
 
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