28-Jul-2002, 09:46 PM
Corcoran's ice-cream had those lovely chunks of ice in it, didn't it, I'd forgotten all about it!
I used to buy midget gems from a sweet shop on the row of shops near Booth's, they also sold cherry lips, a bit similar, perfumy. The grocer's at the cross used to sell the excellent Invalid Butter Toffee, I remember wondering if I should be buying it , as I wasn't ill, and I thought I might say it was for Mum if they cross- examined me! Are there any sweet shops left anywhere, I wonder?
And did anyone go in any of those dens of vice- Coffee Bars, when they were popular? There was one at 7 Stars, and , very early on, a Milk Bar next to the dreaded Grundy's.......
I used to buy midget gems from a sweet shop on the row of shops near Booth's, they also sold cherry lips, a bit similar, perfumy. The grocer's at the cross used to sell the excellent Invalid Butter Toffee, I remember wondering if I should be buying it , as I wasn't ill, and I thought I might say it was for Mum if they cross- examined me! Are there any sweet shops left anywhere, I wonder?
And did anyone go in any of those dens of vice- Coffee Bars, when they were popular? There was one at 7 Stars, and , very early on, a Milk Bar next to the dreaded Grundy's.......

