Does anyone remember the sherbert squares made by Carters, Attercliffe

[stpetre 12]

There used to be a dozen or so painted signboards spaced out in a line on the side of the building, each one depicting a different product. I think the building is still there.

 

Was it Carter's that did "Sailor Boy" custard powder?

 

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Is this the same Carters that started by making casterets for bowel movment if so got a kids story to tell

, remember them?

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Now then what smell, worked as a machine builder for O-Pee-Chee (bubble gum)for 20 yrs on leaving saw one of my old girl friends waiting at the bus stop so offerd a lift ,the smell of grape bubble gum in my car was overpowering it was in my car for a month:D:D:D:gag:

 

Don't know about Carter's and Casterets but they're was a similar product called 'Bona-Mints', remember them?

 

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Just curious as to 'sherbet squares' didn't sherbet come in a tube with licorice sticking out of the top?

[arabella 10]

hello stpetre thankyou for your reply,yes the custard powder was called sailor boy,also they did make jelly babies which were delicious.my mother worked in packing her name is doreen.

[alf1956 10]

My best mates wife worked at Carters for many years, her name was Sandra Wilkinson the became Sandra Scott married to my mate Terry Scott

[arabella 10]

hello alf1956 my mother worked in packing in 1950s and early 60s,her name is doreen greenwood.She worked with bill north bill turner elsie hudson,jeff goodrich who was an electricion there.

[alf1956 10]

hello alf1956 my mother worked in packing in 1950s and early 60s,her name is doreen greenwood.She worked with bill north bill turner elsie hudson,jeff goodrich who was an electricion there.

 

I will get Sandra's daughter Vicki to show her this thread as she does not do computers! Maybe she will remember your Mum&a few others

[arabella 10]

hello alf56 i would be interested to know if Sandra remembers my mum and the others too.There was a lady called grace who worked there also.I used to call for my mum when she was leaving work if i was off school,through the loading bay.

[katerina 10]

I worked at Carters when I left school. Was on the top floor, the desks were very high, like something out of a Scrooge movie.  Worked updating huge ledgers which weighed a ton. Was all the Salesmen  records.  The Directors, mainly family, think one was Justin Carter, used  to call on a buzzer. I plodded down a corridor and was told  which ledgers they wanted to view. Sometimes as many as three and I could hardly carry them. The office boss was Miss Dubin, looked about 70 and really obnoxious. Girls who I worked with were nice but can't remember names as I only stayed a few months.

 

one part of the office had just gone computerised. The first Hollerith machines which were huge, looked like a factory.  Used to buy a lot of stuff as we got a discount. I liked the sherbet, humbugs etc. Grandmother used to take Carters little liver pills. I remember having to go into parts where stuff was made in huge vats.

 

does the place still exist?

[speleo1 10]

Katerina no the Carters building is long gone now,

My father worked at carters then carter bond,he was a long distance lorry driver there then eventualy moved into the warehouse as he got tired of driving,he worked there for years 50s 60s 70s+,until he got made redundant,

Remember all the sweets and stuff he brought home our house was like a candy shop well there was six kids to keep happy.

[FIRETHORN1 58]

I remember Lemfizz  cubes! They were my favourite sweetie when I was at primary school, in the mid-to-late 60'S.

You got two Lemfizz cubes for one old penny. They were great. You could either nibble on them as soon as you bought them -  and have that lovely, sharp, sherbety taste in your mouth.....or you could take them home, dissolve them in a glass of water and make a really nice fizzy drink.

 

My dad got paid on Thursdays, so he would give my brother and I an old threepenny bit every Friday morning. to spend on sweets on our way home from school.  ( That's 1and a half pence in today's money). I would always spend 2 of my pennies on 4 Lemfizz cubes - one each of Lemon, lime, orange and raspberry.  With the other penny, I would either buy a Penny Arrow bar (a sort of very thin strip of toffee wrapped in greaseproof paper) or I'd buy "Fruit Salad" or "Blackjack" chews, or "Sports Mixture" gums.....which all sold at 4 for an old penny!

 

Hah! Is it any wonder that I grew up to be overweight.....and with bad teeth!!

😁

 

[chrishall 10]

My dad used to swear by Carter's Little Liver Pills, small white and globular in shape, came in little tubes. 

Edited March 27, 2019 by chrishall

[glitterkat 10]

Does anyone remember Jean Lyons who worked at Carter's in packing? 🙂

[daffodil123 10]

I worked at carters in 1945 I was 14 started in the gravy salt room my wage was 14 shillings   & one penny seven 70 pence in today’s money that was my weekly wage,went on to work in ink room eucalyptus &cough mixture bottling,health bench packing chocolate laxative it did’nt pack much of a punch sweets were on rationing we ate it as chocolate never kept us on the move.😳 I left there just before I was 15