School Milk

School Milk

Anyone else remember having school milk? I remember in nursery and thereafter for some years having these very small bottles of milk every morning at school. They could of been no more than a third of a pint.   Good kids were milk monitors - what was it like to be one? No idea! Some kid had a ...

Pez Dispenser

Pez Dispenser

How wierd were Pez dispensers? Kind of collectible and yet a little novelty that wore off after a few dispenses. Dispense, dispense, dispense, then what?   History of Pez PEZ apparently was first marketed as a compressed peppermint candy in Vienna, Austria. The candy was invented in 1927 in Vienna by a confectioner named Eduard Haas III. Haas invented ...

Old Sweet Shops are Making a Return

Old Sweet Shops

It appears in my town that old "Sweet Shops" are making a returnHaving spent a weekend at the branding museum in London. England still has some excellent packaging on the old sweets that used to pave each shopping area. Surprisingly the sweet jars seem to be making a swift comeback with two in my local ...

Rosie and Jim lunchbox

Rosie and Jim

Adorable Rosie and Jim lunchbox with flask was recently shown for sale on Amazon. Rosie and Jim lunchbox is known as "Born To Play" Featuring embossed design of The Ragdoll , with cheeky Rosie and Jim and DUCK!! Aparently this fetchs good money as it's rare. Rosie and Jim, being two ragdolls, have no memory at all. Everything ...

60s Cracker Jack Candy Commercial

60s Cracker Jack Candy Commercial

Now what was it they would say in the 'Cracker Jack' commercial & theme song? Known as Americas favorite confectionery, they then said "The more you eat, the more you want" Lip-smacking' Whipcrackin' Paddywhackin' Olagazackin' Infolackin' Alliganackin' Crackerjackin' Cracker Jack! Apparently they stopped putting the toys in the Cracker Jack boxes because parents were suing the company after their kids tried eating the boats and ...