Crisps of Bygone days

I miss OXO crisps

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An early example of “Hedgehog Flavoured Crisps” there - the brand was withdrawn from sale in 1982 when the Office of Fair Trading alleged a breach of the Trade Descriptions Act 1968 as the product was flavoured with pork fat and herbs and contained no actual hedgehog - the product was remade with specified ingredients and rebranded as “Hedgehog Flavour Crisps”.

Each packet sold meant 1p donated to the hedgehog conservation charity called Tiggywinkles, which benefited hugely from the deal … :hedgehog:

Hedgehog Crisps (History, Marketing & Pictures) - Snack History.

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I loved curry flavoured crisps, and if my memory serves me correctly,tomatoe ketchup flavoured ones.

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@Furryanimal I have missed the original Smiths since they were swollowed up by another manufacturer.
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Tudor crisps were great.

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Remember potatoe puffs 3d a bag from the tuck shop

Lush

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The little dark blue bags of salt were a good idea and I always used them, even though the salt had already been added to the recipe, anyway!

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I remember Hedgehog crisps Omah, they were really quite nice :slightly_smiling_face:

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I hope Gary Lineker don’t get to hear about this thread! :smiley:

Beef and Onion was my favourite.

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The girls at my school had a craze for shrinking crisp packets by carefully exposing them to a naked flame, probably the gas hob. I suppose early 70s crisp packets were made of a different material than today’s varieties. The point was to make them small enough to pin on to the lapels of their blazers.
Quite creative in a way.

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That’s Crisp Porn :smiley:

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Indeed! Let’s not make any bones about it.

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My favourite at the moment, I eat the fishes and give the chips to the dog :icon_wink:

I think they are bygone, they went and came back

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SNAP!!

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OMG, that is uncanny!!

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IIRC, they were “peppery” and moreish … :thinking:

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Tyrell’s reflect upon bygone days:




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Not so long ago, these were on post-Xmas sale at my local Home Bargains:

I resisted the temptation … :no_good_man:

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Armstrong Way?

No … not Southall or York or Willenhall … :grinning_face_with_smiling_eyes:

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