Boxes of broken biscuits was my favourite, which we bought at the Home & Colonial stores for one!

It was always a lovely surprise to find what biscuits you had. It was like a pick & mix of your favourite biscuits
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Aah I remember that very well indeed Lizze - it's just brought back memories of Annie Lennox's corner shop.
Salter weighing scales, Berkel food slickers, sides of proper bacon (covered in stockinette ) vast pieces of cooked ham covered in yellow crumb and lines upon lines of sweetie jars containing treats such as clove rock, brandy/aniseed balls, Army and Navies, sherbet bombs, Riley’s toffee rolls, flying saucers, Victory V lozenges and on and on.
Robbie the Co-Op milkman who was able to carry several pint bottles of milk by their necks between his fingers, Reggie the Baker and the very long trays of freshly backed goods pulled from the back of his electric van and a legion of other traders who brought their wares to the door step.
Memories of a time within a vastly different country.