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The Great British Tuck Shop [Hardcover]

Steve Berry (Author), Phil Norman (Author)
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Book Description

Publication Date: 27 Sep 2012

The ultimate book of sweetie nostalgia!

A colourful, witty and irreverent encyclopedia of all the sweets and crisps of your youth. From Mojos to Rainbow Drops, Space Raiders to Trios, Corona to Kia Ora and everything in between.

Fully illustrated with hundreds of wrappers, ads and specially recreated packshots this book will lead you down memory lane until you reach the corner shop, load up a 10p mix up bag and rot your teeth on the contents.

The authors have been given access to the archives, factories and warehouses of some of the leading sweet and snack manufacturers in the country and have delivered a book that is packed full of fascinating historical research…

… and lots and lots of sweets.

WITH A FOREWORD BY JONATHAN ROSS.

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Product details

  • Hardcover: 384 pages
  • Publisher: The Friday Project (27 Sep 2012)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1906321450
  • ISBN-13: 978-1906321451
  • Product Dimensions: 23.2 x 19.2 x 3 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (38 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 15,874 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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‘A magisterial work of social history’ OBSERVER FOOD MONTHLY

‘A must-buy for sweet-eaters everywhere’ SUNDAY TIMES

‘The history of our favourite retro sweets’ THE SUN

‘A book which is all kinds of amazing.’ Alexis Petridis

About the Author

Steve and Phil were founder members of the TV Cream nostalgia website and have written several books on popular culture. They know lots about stuff from the 70s and 80s.

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4.9 out of 5 stars
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful coffee table book that brings back the memories 28 Sep 2012
By Gavin Griffiths
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Our school tuck shop was one of my earliest memories. My mum used to give me 5p to take in each day and i used to be able to get a new refresher for 1p. I'm in my forties now and this book brings back so many memories. I had forgotten about Quatro! Lovely book well researched with lots of little interesting side stories about the 'tuck' industry. A great present for that fourty-something you don't know what to buy for.
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5.0 out of 5 stars A monster munch of Proustian entertainment 10 Oct 2012
By Jack Kibble-White
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This agreeable new tome from Messrs Berry and Norman is a tour de force of sweet nostalgia hits. If I were to belabour the sweety metaphor I might make mention of each page being like a burst of space dust on the tongue - but I won't. Instead I will say that this is an incredibly beautifully illustrated and meticulously compiled piece of work. The gents have searched seemingly every dusty cranny to uncover all manner of obscure and exotic comestible ephemera. And it really is the ephemeral aspect of this book that makes it such a joy. Unlike TV shows or adverts that are easily accessed at anytime via You Tube, many of these confectionary designs have not fallen under my gaze since I was two foot shorter and waiting in line at the ice cream van outside the school gates.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Like a selection box you can read 8 Oct 2012
By Chris Hughes
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Leafing through the pages of The Great British Tuck Shop feels a bit like waking up, John Simm-style, in an immaculately preserved 1970s sweet shop. Chronicling the imperial phase of the British confectionery industry, this lovingly designed, researched and written book catalogues practically every chocolate bar, ice lolly, penny chew, crunchy snack and fizzy beverage of your formative years.

The brilliant thing is not so much reading about the stuff you remember, but the products you'd forgotten ever existed in the first place - Cadbury's Gambit, Trebor Double Agents and KP Sky Divers are all granted one final moment in the sun, not to mention the Wall's, er, Kinky. Even Fry's Five-Centres is here in all its decadent glory. Full of evocative images, wrappers, adverts and promotional material (and if the promise of a massive picture of Derek Griffiths shilling for Vimto doesn't reel you in, nothing will), The Great British Tuck Shop is an essential purchase for anyone who's spent an evening in the pub attempting to remember all the words to the "can't resist 'em..." advert for Cadbury's Creme Eggs.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Feast Your Mind On Nostalgia!
I bought this as it was cheap and appealed to my interest in sweets and the past,i was expecting loads of pictures and a bit of text,but was pleasantly surprised at how in depth... Read more
Published 19 days ago by William Collins
5.0 out of 5 stars Yum!
Excellent book, slavering reading it! ha ha. Brings back memories of school tuck shop at junior school! If you want to remember what you ate as a kid, get this book!
Published 19 days ago by Mr. M. Halliday
5.0 out of 5 stars Great 70s nostalgia
A nice balance of nostalgia, information and humour. Personally I believe that the balance is just right and it brought back a wealth of memories of a time which was far simpler... Read more
Published 1 month ago by Jeremy K.
4.0 out of 5 stars Lovely Trip Down Memory Lane
Love this book. Very Nostalgic trip down memory lane. I have the Kindle version and the illustrations are excellent and the book is well worth 99p I paid for it at the time. Read more
Published 1 month ago by MR PAUL DAVID SEATH
5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful nostalgia
Speaking as someone who would probably be best described as a boy trapped in a man's body and happily admits to wasting far too much valuable time wallowing in nostalgia, this book... Read more
Published 2 months ago by wavey davey
4.0 out of 5 stars Nostalgia with a sweet tooth
Really enjoyed a trip down memory lane for the taste buds. Few items of note not in the items reviewed - where were potato puffs ?? Otherwise a nice quiet afternoon's enjoyment.
Published 2 months ago by critique
5.0 out of 5 stars very good
great book very interesting would recommend if you want to jog childhood memories of dibdabs spangles wagon wheels 1p sweets
Published 2 months ago by TAFFY888
5.0 out of 5 stars Great ebook
A brilliant book if you like nostalgia. I bought it for my Kindle Fire and the pictures are amazing. I so much enjoyed reading this. Recommended.
Published 3 months ago by Mrs Lindsay Bagg
5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderfully detailed :-)
Lovely big book with LOTS of pictures to remind you of the sweeties, crisps and fizzy pop you used to love (and probably would still love if they still made it, boo!). Read more
Published 3 months ago by Bunty Brains
5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic!
Loved this book, as has everyone I've shown it to. So many good memories and interesting stories behind the products too.
Published 3 months ago by T. Allen
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