Re: The Top 5, this week 50 years ago.

by Nightjar Fri Mar 08, 2024 7:59 pm

That was peerless slice of a cake that tasted a bit funny, Mummy.

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Fri Mar 08, 2024 7:59 pm

Nightjar wrote:This top 5 has such a whiff of Spangles about it it's unreal.

by Nightjar Fri Mar 08, 2024 8:01 pm

I note that Last FM have Rye Spangle as hailing from Leeds. Tee Hee

by Nightjar Fri Mar 08, 2024 8:01 pm

The Call of the Wendigo wrote:
Nightjar wrote:This top 5 has such a whiff of Spangles about it it's unreal.

Old English assortment. yes

by Nightjar Fri Mar 08, 2024 8:06 pm

In summary: early 1974...

The apogee of popular music.

It's like people in the early '70s just submitted to the sense of dissolution and moral chaos that ensued after the hippie dream collapsed with Manson and the 2nd Isle of Wight Festival.

Gert.

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Fri Mar 08, 2024 8:35 pm

Altamont made Alvin Stardust inevitable. yes

by Nightjar Fri Mar 08, 2024 8:37 pm

Leather, basically.

by Nightjar Fri Mar 08, 2024 8:42 pm

Which, I believe was one of the flavours available occasionally in Spangles Old English. yes

The Old English Spangles packet contained "traditional English" flavours.

The standard line-up was liquorice (black), mint humbug (brown), pear drop (orange/red), aniseed (green) and treacle (opaque mustard yellow), but other flavours appeared from time to time.

The sweets' individual wrappers were striped, distinguishing them from regular Spangles.

The tube was black, white and purple, and designed for a more mature and sophisticated clientele than the regular variety.

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