A History of Sweets in 50 Wrappers

A History of Sweets in 50 Wrappers
Steve Berry

Phil Norman

A super-sweet guide to all your favourite sweets from years gone by.A History of Sweets in 50 Wrappers is a colourful and comical history of sweets and chocolates.If you ever dreamt of being the Milkybar Kid, if you remember when Snickers were Marathons and Double Deckers had raisins in them, if you ever checked the colour of your next Fruit Pastille before offering it out, this book is for you. It will lead you down memory lane until you reach the corner shop and load up a 10p mix-up bag.Fully illustrated, with hundreds of classic wrappers and adverts, A History of Sweets in 50 Wrappers is packed full of memories, fun facts, historical research …… and lots and lots of sweets!

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Image cedits Confectionery collections: Lucy Bernstein, John Estlea, (http://bit.ly/lyonsmaid)Dan Goodsell, Darren Wallington. (http://bit.ly/70sCrispPackets) Comic pages: Combom, Steve Hearn, Alistair McGown. Badges: Frank Setchfield (http://www.badgecollectorscircle.co.uk).

First published in Great Britain in 2014 by

The Friday Project

An imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers

77–85 Fulham Palace Road

London W6 8JB

www.harpercollins.co.uk (http://www.harpercollins.co.uk)

Some of the content of this book originally appeared in The Great British Tuck Shop, published by The Friday Project in 2012

Copyright © Steve Berry and Phil Norman 2014

The right of Steve Berry and Phil Norman to be identified as the authors of this work has been asserted by them in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988

A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library

ISBN 9780007575480

All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, transmitted, or stored in a retrieval system, in any form or by any means, without permission in writing from The Friday Project.

Cover design by Luana Gobbo

Illustrations by Jumping Bean Bag Ltd

Ebook Edition © 2014 ISBN: 9780007575473

Version: 2014-09-23

Dedication (#ube6128a6-b902-52f7-817c-040e65478f59)

For Suzy, Joanna & Joanne

Contents

COVER (#u2e292e33-f4a3-54a0-8dea-7076579571c5)

TITLE PAGE (#u14634d43-00d7-5476-ab0b-33f325689776)

COPYRIGHT

DEDICATION

INTRODUCTION

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AZTEC (#ulink_dbf3df9f-9aef-57a9-a965-228848a296c7)

BOUNTY (#ulink_0305f360-1469-5ac1-bc12-b8b67236c83c)

CADBURY’S CARAMEL (#ulink_3235a0f3-9ac0-5f35-8ec8-3ab6de12f5fe)

CARAMAC (#ulink_8957f1f2-df11-5d4a-94f8-f6bbd261fe9d)

CHEWITS (#ulink_d0628c07-8e3d-5ad7-8fa8-4945e1f6edf6)

COUNT DRACULA’S DEADLY SECRET (#ulink_75a4a8ec-6a91-5687-b31a-8ae3f6540c28)

CREME EGG (#ulink_2179896a-a1ca-57c1-8aff-1abd6e06b0c2)

CRUNCHIE (#ulink_994de367-284f-5f3f-8a14-bfa44b974cac)

CURLY WURLY (#ulink_a2b8481d-7a37-5f18-8dc2-2097e790d24a)

DAIRY MILK (#litres_trial_promo)

DIME (#litres_trial_promo)

DOUBLE AGENTS (#litres_trial_promo)

DOUBLE DECKER (#litres_trial_promo)

EXTRA STRONG MINTS (#litres_trial_promo)

FAB (#litres_trial_promo)

FLAKE (#litres_trial_promo)

FOX’S GLACIER MINTS (#litres_trial_promo)

FREDDO (#litres_trial_promo)

FRY’S FIVE CENTRES (#litres_trial_promo)

GOLD RUSH (#litres_trial_promo)