Oh and whatever happened to Eskimo Pies (with jam)? Haven't seen them for years!

I miss Telephone companies that used to answer ............ yes, the TELEPHONE!

I also miss Radio Luxembourg, 45 years later.

quickymart: Oh and whatever happened to Eskimo Pies (with jam)? Haven't seen them for years! 

They'd have to be renamed as Inuit pies if they were brought back...

allan: The black and white stripey blackball lollies

Slime bars and Ice Cream Crunchies. Probably a few other things when I think of them.

Did not grow up here so most of these are things I have never heard of.

However, when we first arrived here we were in Christchurch for a while and the supermarket (can't recall which one) sold Mr Kipling's cakes (from the UK) as a standard grocery item. I've never seen them since - good for my waist, bad for my tastebuds.

Compost Tumbler.

This person has a great Flickr account, he collects and photographs old NZ food packaging. It's a real nostalgia trip.

mudguard:

 

Ice Cream Crunchies. Probably a few other things when I think of them.

 

I had one of those a couple of months ago. The dairy near my place sells them.

tdgeek: Compost Tumbler. 

You can still get those - I bought one about six months ago - Mitre 10 Jobmate compost tumbler - on sale for $80. Or if you prefer the one that tumbles the other way - Bunnings Tumbleweed compost tumbler.

quickymart:

 

andrew027:

 

@xpd: 1c lollies....  $1 got you a massive bag. Today you're lucky to get 2 lollies.... 

 

I remember when lollies were sold separately in open boxes on the dairy counter, and wine gums were four for a cent. One summer my brother and I found a dollar note on the beach and went to the closest dairy and bought $1.00 worth - and stood there watching the poor (more than slightly annoyed) shop keeper count out 400 wine gums.

 

@FineWine: You used to be able to get an icecream popsicle with real strawberry fruit mash coating, absolutely yum. Can not remember name or who made them.

 

Sounds like the Splice.

 

 

Heh, I remember going to the dairy on the main street of Greymouth in either 1987 or 1988 and asking for "coins", the poor lass had no idea what I was talking about. When I referred to them as "1c lollies" she knew exactly what I meant. So, I bought $2 worth (with an old purple $2 note!) and she had to sit there and count them out.

 

You can still buy them today - though not quite for that bargain price - at The Old Lolly Shop in Takapuna:

 

http://oldlollyshop.co.nz/

 

I bet she dished them out using her unwashed bare hands as well.