Did you ever collect crisps packets?
You know: Walkers, Monster Munch, Hula Hoops. All those.
I didn't as a kid but in the early 1990's I did a bit. I began to find old bags when I was out dog walking.
Crisp bags degrade slowly so there were a lot of them on wasteland, wind-blown and forgotten.
I was amazed what turned up: Jaws, Werewolf, Space Raiders and loads more. A little wash and presto!
Somewhere they're all nicely flattened in a large envelope in the attic. Somewhere!
Did you or do you have any crisp packets?
Crisps packets?
ReplyDeleteSo something like toys in packs of chips/cornflakes?
We had all those tazos from Dragon Ball, Pokemon and Beyblade at the end of 90's early 00's
Not sure if anything like that was earlier
I meant just the empty packets themeselves Ranalcus, with pictures on the front. Monsters, TV shows, stuff like that. In Europe they call crisps chips like you say. Not sure what they're called in the US. Any toys that came in them would have been a bonus, yes. Pictures of any you have welcomed!
DeleteSounds like an unusual collection, Woodsy.
ReplyDeleteYou should visit the Opie's Museum of Packaging in Notting Hill.
A good idea Andy. The last time I followed up one of your recommendations it was great. A pub on the river in Rotherhythe!
DeleteIn the USA what the Brits call Crisps are marketed at Chips. Just to confuse matters there was (possibly still is) a brand name called ANDY CAPP'S FRIES. In the UK Chips are as in Fish n' Chips, in the USA Chips are called fries. ANDY CAPP'S FRIES were or are a sort of Cheetos crunchy thing. And yes the packs used the licensed image of newspaper strip ANDY CAPP.
ReplyDeleteHa ha, yes crisps and chips and fries. All very confusing Terra! Yep, the Andy Capp strip was popular here in the Sixties and Seventies too and my folks had a bubble bath Andy Capp plastic figure on one end of the mantelpiece. On the other ed was a ceramic statue of Harold Wilson, my parents' fave Prime Minister of the day!
DeleteBack before the 1960's the UK major brand was Smiths Crisps, they were frequently not crisp at all as the bag was not airtight. In the mid sixties Golden Wonder Crisps became the brand leader with an airtight and crisp product. Away went soggy Smiths with the "Blue one to look out for, it's salty"
ReplyDeleteSmiths crisps are still popular Terra. Not sure if Golden Wonder are still around. The top brand now is Walkers. the one I recall most fondly were those crisps that came with a small packet of salt inside the bag. You sprinkled it on and shook it! Happy days! What do you eat now Terra when you have the munchies watching telly in the 'den'?
DeleteTea and biscuits. Chocolate Digestives are preferred. American junk food is best avoided.
DeleteYep, you can't beat a good strong cuppa Terra. I love most biscuits and some I recall with great fondness: arrowroot, malted milk, rich tea and ginger nuts, which are probably my favourite biccy. I could eat a whole packet!
DeleteAre crisps made from just potatoes or are they made from other things, like corn or rice?There's a local brand here that I like called Herr's potato chips.They are made in Pennsylvania but I have bought them in other states like New York, Florida, and Ohio.The Packaging is a foil like shiny material that they patented to keep out light and keep them fresh.All the different flavors have a different color, so it would be easy to make a rainbow of Herr's bags.I'll have to give it a try!
ReplyDeleteAre Herr's made from New Jerseys! ha ha. A chips joke. Herr is Mister in German so they are Mister Potato Chips! Not to be confused with Mister Potato Head. Deffo not here in the UK. Yep, crisps are made of potato usually but there are now vegetable crisps like parsnip and beetroot. Corn and rice varieties are usually called snacks. Oddly enough the favourite pub snacks are made of pig and seafood, namely Pork Scratchings and Scampi Fries. Do you have those in New Jersey Bri?
DeleteJersey and King Edwards are unknown names for types of potato in the USA. The relevent Chocolate Wrapper for this blog would be the Jon Pertwee Nestlés Dr Who Milk Chocolate wrappers, a series of 15(?) with a comic strip on the back from around 1973. If you want to widen the desert wrapper collecting there would be Lyons Zoom Ice Lollys. Thunderbirds, Fireball XL5, Space 1999 and later Star Trek.
Deleteyep, all wonderful wrappers Terra. I recall Zoom fondly and Sky Ray lollies too. That's the one where you could send off for a space jacket and a map of all the space sites in the UK, mostly missile bases I think. It was such a cool time t o be a kid - in the Sixties. i think the kids space craze probably began in the Fifties though. Would you agree?
DeleteI think Pork Rinds here are the equivalent of Pork Scratchings,and yes, that's a pub staple here too.Scampi Fries... that's a new one to me, but I think I've seen crisp snacks made from dried shrimp in the Asian Markets around here. I usually go exploring in the Chinatown section of Philadelphia this time of year looking for cool Christmas gifts.Oh, and Herr is the family name of the chip company.I've taken a tour of their factory.very nice people.
ReplyDeleteI had the best chinese meal of my life in Chinatown NYC in 2005. Never been equalled in Blighty. Old ladies wheeled courses round the room on trolleys containing bamboo vessels full of amazing stuff like steamed pork dumplings! Heaven in chopsticks!
DeleteDon't have any crisp packets, got loads of chocolate bar wrappers though.
ReplyDeleteThey are very appealin as well Kid aren't they and easy to store. What choc bars have you got?
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