What happened to Old English Spangles?
Spangles were discontinued in 1984, and briefly reintroduced in 1995, including in Woolworths outlets in the UK, though only four varieties were available – tangerine, lime, blackcurrant and Old English. There are many nostalgic references to them from children who grew up with them.
They were taken off the market back in the early 1980's but they were re-introduced in the 1990's due to pupular demand. However it seems that the buying public then remembered why they had not bought Spangles in larger quantities first time around and the sweets were withdrawn again.
Spangles were square boiled sweets, bought in a paper tube with individual sweets cellophane wrapped. They were manufactured by Mars (foods) in the United Kingdom from 1950 to the early eighties. They were distinguished by their shape which was a rounded square with a circular depression on each side.
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Spangles were discontinued in 1984, and briefly reintroduced in 1995, including in Woolworths outlets in the UK, though only four varieties were available – tangerine, lime, blackcurrant and Old English. There are many nostalgic references to them from children who grew up with them.
In 1995 the confectionery formerly known as "Mintola" (near-identical in appearance to Munchies, but consisting of plain chocolate with a mint fondant centre) was renamed "Mint Munchies". In 2006, Mint Munchies were again renamed, this time as "After Eight Bitesize".
The brand was discontinued in 1985.
Opal Fruits are back to make your mouth water all over again. The brand, which Mars changed to Starburst in 1998, returns for 12 weeks only in the four original flavours of strawberry, orange, lemon and lime. The chewy treats with the catchy “made to make your mouth water” jingle, were launched in 1960.
Unfortunately, Frosties sweets were discontinued by Barratt back in 2015 and you can no longer buy them today.
Some sources that make a distinction describe a spangle as a sequin with the hole at the top edge, rather than in the centre. Other sources describe a sequin as any decorative disk, while spangles must be metal – so all spangles are sequins, but plastic sequins (as we get today) are not spangles.
What is another word for Spangle?
| sparkle | twinkle |
|---|---|
| fulgurate | effulge |
| phosphoresce | incandesce |
| glare | luminesce |
| spark | blaze |
The debate over the change of name from Opal Fruits to Starburst has revealed once again the strength of emotion certain brands, especially in confectionery, seem able to stir up in us.
