Cadbury's smash, parma violets,babycham. What do they make you think of?

I know every single one of them and my initial feeling is yuck because you mentioned parma violets which are also known here as soap sweets. They have to be the foulest tasting sweet in the history of confectionary. But you also mention babycham that takes me back to when I was about 8 and I remember when ever my sister had a party (she is much older than me), they would all have some babycham. Although I have never tried it, just the name takes me back to those carefree days where the stresses of life were still to discover me. As for Fray Bentos pies, trifle, love hearts and jammy dodgers well they are all still favourites of mine but again they all provoke memories of growing up. Especially the trifle made by mum by using the Birds packet mix. And to finish with Smash and my immediate thoughts are not of the food but of the wacky robots which featured in the TV commercials and the catchphrase which was “For Mash Get Smash”. One of my favourite food memories would have to be of my mums beef casserole, I absolutely adored it as a kid and although it was made with a packet mix it was heaven. Unfortunately the mix has changed and nothing comes close to it these days.

Hello Thea. Do you remember Lyle's Golden Syrup? Well, my favourite after scool sandwich was that spread thickly on bread and butter. I'd still eat it now, but I know what the calories would do to my already overloaded waistline, so I desist. Whoever thought of putting fat, calorie and sugar content on packaging should be hung, drawn and quartered. We were all much healthier when we ate what we fancied!