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Jim gm4dhj ...

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Feb 4, 2023, 12:21:46 PM2/4/23
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I am remembering there was a cheaper bar than Cadbury's that was a
cheaper alternative if you were skint....it was made with skimmed milk
and had a taste all its own...lightish colour wrapper...anybody got an
idea what it was called... or a picture

Andy Bennett

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Feb 4, 2023, 12:38:28 PM2/4/23
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Caramac?

Jim gm4dhj ...

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Feb 4, 2023, 12:44:46 PM2/4/23
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nope

Colin Bignell

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Feb 4, 2023, 1:22:50 PM2/4/23
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On 04/02/2023 17:21, Jim gm4dhj ... wrote:
There was the Fry's Five Boys bar in the 1960s, but I don't know whether
it used skimmed milk, nor what it tasted like.

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charles

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Feb 4, 2023, 1:30:13 PM2/4/23
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In article <trm476$229f3$1...@dont-email.me>,
Fry's ?

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Tim+

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Feb 4, 2023, 2:55:47 PM2/4/23
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I wonder if he’s thinking of Caramac bars?

Tim

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Colin Bignell

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Feb 4, 2023, 3:10:54 PM2/4/23
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That isn't a chocolate bar.

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jim.gm4dhj

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Feb 5, 2023, 3:08:21 AM2/5/23
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On 04/02/2023 17:45, charles wrote:
> In article <trm476$229f3$1...@dont-email.me>,
> Jim gm4dhj ... <kinvig...@ntlworld.com> wrote:
>> I am remembering there was a cheaper bar than Cadbury's that was a
>> cheaper alternative if you were skint....it was made with skimmed milk
>> and had a taste all its own...lightish colour wrapper...anybody got an
>> idea what it was called... or a picture
>
>
> Fry's ?
>
no

jim.gm4dhj

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Feb 5, 2023, 3:08:46 AM2/5/23
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not that

jim.gm4dhj

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Feb 5, 2023, 3:09:02 AM2/5/23
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On 04/02/2023 19:55, Tim+ wrote:
no

jim.gm4dhj

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Feb 5, 2023, 3:12:16 AM2/5/23
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On 04/02/2023 17:21, Jim gm4dhj ... wrote:
no mention of it on the internet just like Ayton sandwiches

Andy Bennett

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Feb 5, 2023, 3:30:47 AM2/5/23
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On 04/02/2023 17:21, Jim gm4dhj ... wrote:
Milky Bar? - although I don't remember it as any cheaper.

Colin Bignell

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Feb 5, 2023, 3:45:11 AM2/5/23
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Perhaps it was a regional product that wasn't released nationally.


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jim.gm4dhj

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Feb 5, 2023, 4:00:25 AM2/5/23
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could be like the ayton sandwich made by Beaties biscuits Drumchapel
Glasgow... The choco bar it was rectangular with a ridge on the edges

jim.gm4dhj

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Feb 5, 2023, 4:00:40 AM2/5/23
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no

jim.gm4dhj

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Feb 5, 2023, 4:01:17 AM2/5/23
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On 04/02/2023 17:21, Jim gm4dhj ... wrote:
no Glasgow punters about ? ...

jim.gm4dhj

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Feb 5, 2023, 4:04:48 AM2/5/23
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https://www.scotsman.com/news/glasgow-graffiti-hits-out-price-freddo-bars-1507681

jim.gm4dhj

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Feb 5, 2023, 4:13:58 AM2/5/23
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On 05/02/2023 09:01, jim.gm4dhj wrote:
https://kidr77.blogspot.com/2012/04/anyone-remember-monster-bars.html

no it wasn't an MB bar either

Pamela

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Feb 5, 2023, 8:30:14 AM2/5/23
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Galaxy was launched in 1960 and I believe it cost less than Cadbury's.

Other contenders ... https://www.pinterest.co.uk/pin/764274999247477776/

Custos Custodum

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Feb 5, 2023, 9:00:56 AM2/5/23
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The original Galaxy? It certainly had a different taste.

https://www.pinterest.co.uk/pin/my-childhood--546061523550860056/

(Lots of long-forgotten products and packaging on that page.)

inri

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Feb 5, 2023, 12:45:57 PM2/5/23
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Ex-Lax

jim.gm4dhj

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Feb 5, 2023, 3:23:31 PM2/5/23
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On 05/02/2023 13:26, Pamela wrote:
> On 09:13 5 Feb 2023, jim.gm4dhj said:
>> On 05/02/2023 09:01, jim.gm4dhj wrote:
>>> On 04/02/2023 17:21, Jim gm4dhj ... wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I am remembering there was a cheaper bar than Cadbury's that was a
>>>> cheaper alternative if you were skint....it was made with skimmed
>>>> milk and had a taste all its own...lightish colour
>>>> wrapper...anybody got an idea what it was called... or a picture
>>>
>>> no Glasgow punters about ? ...
>>
>> https://kidr77.blogspot.com/2012/04/anyone-remember-monster-bars.html
>>
>> no it wasn't an MB bar either
>
> Galaxy was launched in 1960 and I believe it cost less than Cadbury's.

I remember the launch....
>
> Other contenders ... https://www.pinterest.co.uk/pin/764274999247477776/

none of them

jim.gm4dhj

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Feb 5, 2023, 3:23:50 PM2/5/23
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On 05/02/2023 14:00, Custos Custodum wrote:
> On Sat, 4 Feb 2023 17:21:41 +0000, "Jim gm4dhj ..."
> <kinvig...@ntlworld.com> wrote:
>
>> I am remembering there was a cheaper bar than Cadbury's that was a
>> cheaper alternative if you were skint....it was made with skimmed milk
>> and had a taste all its own...lightish colour wrapper...anybody got an
>> idea what it was called... or a picture
>
> The original Galaxy? It certainly had a different taste.

nope

jim.gm4dhj

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Feb 5, 2023, 3:28:59 PM2/5/23
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nope

Andy Bennett

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Feb 6, 2023, 2:45:35 AM2/6/23
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On 04/02/2023 17:21, Jim gm4dhj ... wrote:
Home and Colonial Value Chok-o-blok?

Bob Martin

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Feb 6, 2023, 2:48:11 AM2/6/23
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Haha, but not as funny as first appears. When I went to the cinema in
the mid-40s, during sweet rationing, I bought Zubes or Rennies.

Jim gm4dhj ...

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Feb 6, 2023, 7:46:48 AM2/6/23
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On 06/02/2023 07:45, Andy Bennett wrote:
> Home and Colonial Value Chok-o-blok
could be could be...picture ? ....

Andy Bennett

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Feb 6, 2023, 8:00:06 AM2/6/23
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They were so yummy none are left to be photographed.

jim.gm4dhj

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Feb 6, 2023, 3:02:07 PM2/6/23
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oh right

jon

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Feb 8, 2023, 6:25:28 AM2/8/23
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I would often buy a quarter of cheese and a bag of broken biscuits instead
of sweets, when going to the pictures during the late forties.

Sargan

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Feb 14, 2023, 3:16:12 AM2/14/23
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On 06/02/2023 07:45, Andy Bennett wrote:
> Home and Colonial Value Chok-o-blok
Remember Home & Colonial usd to do a great bar 'Waifa'

Similar to a kit kat but the strips were wide and flatter ...
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