Cape Grace F&B Marketing & Research Executive, Mandy Rutherford, reminisces about days gone by.

Remember when you were little and there were no worries of MSG, ADD or obesity? When bread was wholesome and milk came from a cow… in only one flavour?

An all-time summer favourite has to be – what can only be referred to as – iced Granadilla Balls. I remember travelling in my grandfather’s ancient Hiace Combi to our holiday house on the West Coast with a customary stop at the General Trading Store in Darling to get one. They seemed so much larger then or maybe we just couldn’t get through it fast enough before the syrupy juices streamed down our chins. Ahh, good times!

Let’s have a little fun seeing which foods you miss most – if we’ve missed some, let us know by adding a comment.

SWEETS

Sour balls – in the tin

Toffolux

Candy and chocolate cigarettes

Fireballs

Sherbet fountain

Sen-sen

Wicks bubble gum

Chiclets chewing gum

Those rocket shaped dispensers that popped out bubblegum balls

Fruity tokens

Twister toffee

Candy necklaces and bracelets

Dirkies filled with condensed milk

Pick ‘n mix sweets

CRISPS

Bugles

Chipsticks

Creoles

Hula Hoops

Riviera vinegar twigs

COOLDRINKS

Fresca

Cherry Coke

Milk and orange juice delivered to your door by the milkman!