Author Topic: Reward (Read 6648 times)

oldspice · « **on:** July 25, 2005, 09:39:38 am »

Does anyone remember a chocolate assortment called Reward? They were available in the 60s and 70s but I can't remember the last time I saw them. Probably late 70s/early 80s.White box with coloured writing I think Cadburys?

What other now defunct chocolate assortments can people remember?

smurfboy · « **Reply #1 on:** July 25, 2005, 10:48:19 am »

Do Harlequin chocolates still exist? They were like a downmarket Quality Street. Our gardner always used t buy my sister and I a box each at Christmas.

loulou · « **Reply #2 on:** July 25, 2005, 01:19:57 pm »

you had a gardener?

smurfboy · « **Reply #3 on:** July 25, 2005, 03:02:08 pm »

We did. He was Romanian.

loulou · « **Reply #4 on:** July 25, 2005, 09:44:10 pm »

That's nice. Did you have a big house and a big garden? What was his name? Was he very old?

goldencup · « **Reply #5 on:** July 25, 2005, 09:50:43 pm »

Now that's got me thinking. When I was a child we had a cleaner (only a few hours a week!) who every Christmas bought me and my sisters a box each of these horrible mint creme things. I wonder what they were? I seem to remember a green box. Any ideas Oldspice?

loulou · « **Reply #6 on:** July 25, 2005, 10:34:27 pm »

I don't know, gardeners, cleaners....all we had was a window cleaner.

Beaner · « **Reply #7 on:** July 26, 2005, 03:58:44 am »

Do they still make Dairy Box? What was the difference between those and Milk Tray?

« **Reply #8 on:** July 26, 2005, 08:53:17 am »

A Romanian gardener - sounds rather romantic.

oldspice · « **Reply #9 on:** July 26, 2005, 10:19:57 am »

Goldencup - did they have chocolate on them? Needlers mint cremes came in a brown and green, odd-shaped box. If no chocolate, they could have been Clarnico mint cremes which i think you can still buy loose.

Re domestic help - we had a home help because my mother was very ill (she was called an invalid in those days) but we used to have to rush round cleaning up before the home help came!

Re Dairy Box and Milk Tray - they were made by different companies (Rowntrees made Dairy Box, Cadburys made Milk Tray). Dairy box used to be my favourites until those global terrorists and ban-the-taste monkeys NESTLE got their hands on them. Now I think they are CRAP. Milk Tray were always a bit special but suffered from Cadburys mucking around with the contents. Everyone I know of my age is begging Cadburys to BRING BACK THE LIME BARREL!!!!!!!

Sorry folks, feeling a bit intense this morning !!!!

smurfboy · « **Reply #10 on:** July 26, 2005, 10:40:52 am »

Quote from: loulou

That's nice. Did you have a big house and a big garden? What was his name? Was he very old?

His name was Mr Binder and he looked about 100, but I think he was about 70 by the time he retired. My parents' house isn't massive but the garden is quite big and complicated. It all got too much for the poor old soul in the end and my parents were very relieved when he retired because they didn't want to have to let him go.

The gardener we had before him died (I don't really remember him), and the two we had after both ended up with terrible health problems! I think it was a poisoned chalice!

goldencup · « **Reply #11 on:** July 26, 2005, 10:46:23 am »

Thanks Oldspice, I think they were indeed Needlers Mint Cremes.

loulou · « **Reply #12 on:** July 26, 2005, 01:13:04 pm »

Smurfy I think you should write a book and include all about Mr Binder. I would buy it.

smurfboy · « **Reply #13 on:** July 26, 2005, 02:49:22 pm »

I would love to do that. I'd put my great-grandmother in it too. She committed suicide after a dispute over the family pub.

loulou · « **Reply #14 on:** July 26, 2005, 04:17:55 pm »

That's sad. Do feel free to elaborate. I feel I need to read this book.

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