When it comes to chocolate, there aren’t too many UK cities which have more history intertwined with the production of chocolate than Bristol - and it must be a reason so many of the older generation remember so fondly the old chocolate wrappers from the likes of Frys and Cadbury’s.
Confectionery shops in Bristol were like Egyptian bazaars to youngsters with all kinds of chocolates on offer behind the counter, all within their well-known, often colour wrapping.
You’d have the bright orange crunchie bars, the purple dairy milk chocolate and who could leave out the Fry’s Five Boys milk chocolate. How could one small human possibly decide which one to go for?!
And the beauty of it all was that much of the chocolate on show was made in the Bristol region at huge factories like Fry’s, later Cadbury’s, at Somerdale in Keynsham. The workforce at its height numbered 5,000 - and the site had its own power station and railway.
Today, its a modern housing and retirement home site with huge sports fields. But memories of the old times can still live on through the chocolates the older generation enjoyed.
Here is a selection of some of the chocolates they might remember while growing up in Bristol:
13. Cadbury’s Peppermint
Another discontinued chocolate slab which has since come back in many forms like the Mint Crisp and the Mint Wispa. Mind you, the gooey mint liquid coming out of the chocolate doesn’t look appetising. | Alex Ross
14. Cadbury’s Bonus
Sorry, we’ve failed on this one. Having discovered the original wrapper we can’t find any detail on when this chocolate came out, was discontinued or even what it tasted like. Can you help? Email [email protected] | Alex Ross