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Spangles were square Boiled Sweet s, bought in a paper tube with individual sweets Cellophane wrapped. They were manufactured by Mars Ltd in the United Kingdom from the mid-fifties to the early eighties. They were distinguished by their rounded corners and a circular depression on both sides, into which one would slide one's tongue when sucking them. REGULAR SPANGLES The regular Spangles tube (labelled simply "Spangles") contained a variety of translucent, fruit flavoured sweets: strawberry, blackcurrant, orange, pineapple, lemon and lime. Originally the sweets were not individually wrapped, but later a waxed paper, and eventually a cellophane wrapper was used. The tube was a bright orange-red colour, bearing the word "Spangles" in a large letters. In the seventies a distinctive, seventies-style font was used. Over the production period many different, single flavour varieties were introduced including Acid Drop, Barley Sugar, Blackcurrant, Liquorice, Peppermint, Spearmint, and Tangerine. OLD ENGLISH SPANGLES The Old English Spangles tube contained traditional English flavours such as liquorice, mint humbugs, cough candy, butterscotch and pear drops. One of the flavours was an opaque mustard yellow colour, and one was striped. 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 specific clientele than the regular variety. MYSTERY SPANGLES At one point a mystery flavour was released where the wrappers had question marks on them and one was invited to guess the flavour. It is not known whether this flavour was ever officially revealed. DISCONTINUED Spangles were discontinued in the early eighties, and briefly reintroduced in 1995. There are many nostalgic references to them on Internet message boards from children who grew up with them in the sixties and seventies, now middle-aged. Today the Tunes brand is the only remaining relative of the Spangles brand, sharing the shape and wrapping of the original product. In the UK, Tunes no longer have the Spangles style packaging, and they are now lozenge-shaped. IN POPULAR CULTURE Spangles were mentioned in the Kinks hit song "Art Lover". In the UK, Spangles are associated with the 1970s and they, like Space Hoppers , have become shorthand for lazy Nostalgia , as in the phrase "Do you remember Spangles?". |
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