Today saw the birthday of one of my office colleagues and, in the common office tradition, cakes and candy were brought in to mark the occasion. The starving throng descended upon them with gusto - and within minutes of the spread being laid out. No point in standing on ceremony.
Many calories were consumed across the day and by the end of it, the table was bare.
Included within a bag of sweets was the item that has prompted this post – a Swizzels Matlow double lolly. I may be in my forties but I have to admit that these lollies appeal as much now as they did in my childhood. Today I sucked and crunched my way through two or three and enjoyed every calorie.
You’ll appreciate that Halloween was only a short while ago; I accompanied my children around our Daventry estate whilst they trick or treated. Much candy was collected and amongst all the chocolate, Haribo and drumsticks was the occasional double lolly. My offspring, well versed in my candy preferences, even handed a few of these over to me without much complaint. Wonders will never cease!
The following weekend I descended upon my sister who lovingly filled a sandwich bag for me of double lollies instead of giving them all to the kids. Happy days!
Candy might be at the top of the music charts thanks, or rather no thanks, to that awful Robbie Williams song, but this week candy for me is about nostalgia. A double lolly takes me back to the days when you could still buy Spangles and Texan bars, when Snickers were Marathons and Starbursts were Opal Fruits; and I am sure that the lollies taste a little better for the whiff of the seventies.
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Many calories were consumed across the day and by the end of it, the table was bare.
Included within a bag of sweets was the item that has prompted this post – a Swizzels Matlow double lolly. I may be in my forties but I have to admit that these lollies appeal as much now as they did in my childhood. Today I sucked and crunched my way through two or three and enjoyed every calorie.
You’ll appreciate that Halloween was only a short while ago; I accompanied my children around our Daventry estate whilst they trick or treated. Much candy was collected and amongst all the chocolate, Haribo and drumsticks was the occasional double lolly. My offspring, well versed in my candy preferences, even handed a few of these over to me without much complaint. Wonders will never cease!
The following weekend I descended upon my sister who lovingly filled a sandwich bag for me of double lollies instead of giving them all to the kids. Happy days!
Candy might be at the top of the music charts thanks, or rather no thanks, to that awful Robbie Williams song, but this week candy for me is about nostalgia. A double lolly takes me back to the days when you could still buy Spangles and Texan bars, when Snickers were Marathons and Starbursts were Opal Fruits; and I am sure that the lollies taste a little better for the whiff of the seventies.
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