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Very British! Memorable Images 5

Callum Fairbairn By Callum Fairbairn
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Very British! Memorable Images 5

Chocolate and Sweet Nostalgia

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For several years, this was the view from my bedroom window in Hasbury, Halesowen in Worcestershire (before Edward Heath changed the county boundaries). The Bluebird Toffee Factory was at the hamlet of Hunnington near to Romsley.

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Cadbury’s and Fry’s merged in 1919. Five Boys was introduced in 1902, priced 6d and remained until 1971 when it was sold a 7d. Other Fry’s products included Turkish Delight (1914), Crunchie (1929), Tiffin (1937), and Picnic (1958).

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Advert c.1905. Five Girls want Five Boys and will have no other.

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Callum Fairbairn

Callum Fairbairn spent two decades on regional newspapers in Scotland, mostly in council chambers and at budget statements, before writing about the economy, politics and the day's news for Sterling Times. He likes to read the actual documents before he reads the reaction to them. Away from the desk he walks the Pentland Hills with a flask of tea and a very old waterproof.