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[Jo1313]

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@Enufstuff wrote:

@Jo1313   You were a very lucky girl! I bet you had alot of friends.

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Yes I was and still am..no so many friends left.

My candy was free!..LOL

[Enufstuff]

@QVCkitty1  Correct! And those 5 cent bars were larger than the ones you see today for ten times the price, or more.

[Meowingkitty]

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@Enufstuff wrote:

@Meowingkitty   Tax on foods? Wow! We fortunately have never had a tax on food(Except restaurants) in Massachusetts.

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Yup. In Arizona in the 60's it was 4%.

[On It]

@Enufstuff I remember penny candy, but for the life of me I cannot remember what I bought. Weren't there little brown  paper bags that look like miniature grocery bags that held the candy we bought?

[Mombo1]

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@Jo1313 wrote:

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@Enufstuff wrote:

  Back in the 50s-60s, every neighborhood had a little variety store. They sold milk, bread, newspapers, comic books, popsicles, soda and small toys like yoyos.

  But the treat that children would mostly go for was the penny candy and there were so many kinds in that big glass case. For 25 cents, you could get a small bag full.

  If you are old enough to remeber that, what were some of your favorites?

  Mine were Mint Juleps, Malted Milk Balls, Tootsie Rolls and Tootsie Pops, Jelly Orange Slices, Smarties, Bazooka Gum, Nonpariels and toffees that were wrapped in red paper, twisted at each end.

I just remembered couple more, those banana flavored Circus Peanuts and little licorice Candy Records, with the little pink candy ball in the center.

I remember all of that..My parents owned the store! Also with hand packed Breyer's Ice cream!

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@Enufstuff    I sure do remember... everything you mentioned.  The little licorice records were one of my favorites.  How great that your parents owned the store.  

[Effie54]

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@Enufstuff wrote:

@Effie54   We are referred to as "Taxachusetts", very high on property and everything else, except food.

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@Enufstuff  Yup, I hear ya! My husband used to work in MA before he retired, and he said the same thing. I read an article where it said Connecticut was the third highest taxed state. Ugh! At least in MA you have so many things to see and do. 

[Enufstuff]

@On It @Carmie  Yes, tiny brown paper bags, so cute.

             Some of those candies were even 2 or 3 for penny!

           In 2014, my house turned 100 years old and I had a 1914 garden party. We all dressed in 1914 styles. We had 1914 music and food from that era.

        For each guest, I made up little paper bags of the penny candies, that would have been available in 1914.

     The first candy massed produced, Necco wafers, was first made for Civil was soldiers, (before New England Confectionary Company, "NECCO" bought the equipment from the inventor) was one that I included.

    Another old time candy was Mary Jane and that was named after the aunt of the manufacturer. Hershey Kisses came along in 1912.  I included those firsts along with several others from 1914.

    I gave the children 1914 pennies.

[ciao_bella]

Mary Janes 

Tootsie Rolls 

Bonomo Turkish Taffy (vanilla, chocolate or strawberry put in the freezer and then cracked into pieces)

Necco Wafers

JuJu Bees

Dots 

Black, Brown and Red Licorice

JawBreakers (my brother liked those)

Red Hots

[Alsace Gal]

I remember all of it.

In California, wrapped candy was taxed.  In the 60's it was a penny per twenty cents.

[dancingwoman]

I remember a roll of Lifesavers was a nickel..popcorn at the movies was 10 cents... Afternoon movies were 35 cents on Saturday to get in...a dime for popcorn and a nickel for lifesavers.   My mom gave us 50 cents each...every Saturday we'd walk downtown to the theater... I think it was worth it to my mom to get 4 kids gone for the afternoon..lol...DW