Opal fruits

[Shelly]

The other day I said to my grandson .........
I've got you some opal fruits in the cupboard .......
He looked at me confused
He said are there so new sweets out nanny .......
We both looked at each other ......
Then I realised what I'd said
How many years have opal fruits been called starburst
I knew what I meant .......
What's in a name any-way they are still opal fruits to me ......
Like snickers are marathons lol ........

 

[GazHyde]

Thank you Shelly!

Just rolled out of bed in a less than enthusiastic mood, and that's got me smiling!

 

[Shelly]

That's good Gary
Have a good smiley day
I like to make people happy

 

[oldcarman]

Was Opal the company name Shelly? And you do make people happy, I'm sure more than you realize. JIM

 

[Shelly]

The company who made opal fruits was called The wrigley Company .......
A subsidiary of Mars .........

 

[Shelly]

Do you have starbursts Jim
Or what name do u call them

 

[oldcarman]

Do you have starbursts Jim
Or what name do u call them

Yup we do. Where does opal come from in the name I wonder?? JIM

 

[Shelly]

Maybe because they are mouth watering and full of flavour and a bright colour
But if you google opal it's nothing like I'm describing

 

[Shelly]

When opal fruits came out .......
The company ran a competition to name the sweets
Peter Pfeffer won the competition and he was given £5.00 for his prize
So now we know why opal fruits are or we're called opal fruits

 

[Shelly]

Didn't think for one minute Jim when I got up this morning .......
That I'd be talking about opal fruits
They say you learn something every day ......
And now we know the history of opal fruits

 

[Jack Ratt]

How many of you old fogey's can remember Spangles?

 

[Shelly]

Yeah I used to luv spangles
They were the hard boiled sweets
This is bringing back some memories of my childhood

 

[Jack Ratt]

My dad used to bring us Opal Fruits, Spangles and Blue Bird Toffees when he got paid on Fridays.
Used to love Barley Twist sticks too

I know, I know, I'm an old fogey too

 

[Shelly]

Yummy the old sweets are the best ,
Barley twist I can remember them yummy
But when they bring them back round again they never taste the same
What was the chocolate called with the toffee in the middle .......
Maybe I can google it and have a look ......
Be back soon

 

[hard top]

Just had a quick look to see what brand names were/are used over here and this game popped up........LINK: http://www.funtrivia.com/html5/untimed.cfm?qid=248316

 

[Shelly]

Just came across a caramel bar it was something like that
But couldn't find what I was looking for
But I did come across chocolate crisp that was another favourite

 

[Shelly]

Here goes now going to do the quiz ........
Thanks HT

 

[NeRo]

Opal Fruits made to make your mouth water

 

[Shelly]

Here is my score .......
How did you get on ......

 

[Shelly]

How do you put item like videos on my ipad to this site .......
Any help please
Thanks