Kerrangaroo   10 #13 Posted October 2, 2012 it wasn't that the crusts were awful, it was just that you had to go through the crust to savor the fry's chocolate spread. we were very poor, lived in a shack within 20 ft of the trains; so when my mum gave me chocolate spread sandwiches i felt like a princess in a beautiful house and with lovely clothes. now i live in southern california within 1/2 mile of the pacific ocean. a bit different from hackney's ellingfort road!  Bet you miss that shack though Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Kerrangaroo   10 #14 Posted October 2, 2012 gosh, i remember him; and we loved radio luxemburg. we never had a tv until 1954 so the four of us used to sit a listen to the radio every evening. a true family life; so different from my grandchildren using their ipads etc., i also remember that there was a weekly serial on the radio; i have forgotten the name but it was enthralling. oh, one more thing; my mum loved mrs. dales diary -- yuck.  Hahahaha for me and my brother our 'yuck' was Sing Something Simple on a Sunday afternoon. It followed the top twenty countdown...total contrast. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Saffy   10 #15 Posted October 2, 2012 My husband won a Bits and Pieces at a Radio One Roadshow .. he was 14, the youngest ever winner. lol Emperor Rosco I think it was that was DJ'ing. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
RJRB Â Â 688 #16 Posted October 2, 2012 This is all very interesting but it doesn't help us get back the original recipe for Frys Chocolate spread. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Kerrangaroo   10 #17 Posted October 2, 2012 This is all very interesting but it doesn't help us get back the original recipe for Frys Chocolate spread.  The theory is if we continually talk of the past it will open a temporal rift and we can go back there. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
poppet2 Â Â 13 #18 Posted October 9, 2012 Remember these chocolate bars from the 70's? Â Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Bypassblade   10 #19 Posted October 9, 2012 The theory is if we continually talk of the past it will open a temporal rift and we can go back there.  Do you know for some thing's it would be brilliant, not all though Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
tossup   10 #20 Posted October 9, 2012 okay, going away from fry's chocolate spread. i live in southern california and the chocolate here is absolutely awful. i sometimes go to the british shop and get some nestle's or cadbury's but it's bloody expense, about $3.00 a bar! That's my thought for the day -- you're lucky to have really good chocolate. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Highflyer48 Â Â 10 #21 Posted April 20, 2015 Boy, do I remember it! I've no idea how many pots I got through over the years. The last time I can clearly remember eating it was sometime in 1974. I was in the army and always took in some Chocolate Spread sarnies when I was Duty Driver and would you believe that on one occasion the Guard Commander also brought some in following my example. The only trouble is that he had Chocolate Spread and Daddies Sauce sandwiches! I might have a look for the Waitrose product and check it out. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Bodley Fludes   0 #22 Posted February 17, 2020 (edited) RJRB - yes, I do remember. It was in looking to see if by the faintest chance Fry's Chocolate Spread is available via some on-line store that I arrived at this Internet discussion. Sadly, I see it isn't available anymore. They are right, the present pretenders to chocolate spread do not compare. So much of what was available and enjoyed when we were kids is unobtainable now, or replaced by some higher profit, lower quality, pretend product. Another lost treat of my younger days was the Lyons Maid choc ice. Hey, and whatever happened to Jennings at School and Toytown and all those wonderful BBC radio Drama Repertory Company productions? Young minds have been retuned and self-servingly reprogrammed by various species of greedy forces hiding in the shadows, it seems to me. But I'm hoping that, while wearing my expensive, high quality, wellness bracelet, no harm can come to me.   Edited February 17, 2020 by Bodley Fludes carelessness Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
RJRB   688 #23 Posted February 17, 2020 Good to see that the CFRFCS (Campaign For Real Fry’s Chocolate Spread) continues and has a worldwide following. I used to make triple decker sandwiches for supper,and can still occasionally recollect the taste. Perhaps they could resurrect their 5 boys as well.  Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...