Long before the days of sugar taxes and draconian sweetie control legislature, Glasgow was a veritable playground of all the best teeth-decaying sweets the United Kingdom had to offer.
Walking into the tuck shop after school was like walking into an Egyptian bazaar - with the rich multi-coloured boiled gems, jars filled with luminescent rainbows of sweeties -whether they be hard, soft, or somewhere in between - and hidden treasures dotted all over the store.
Forget thinking about your subjects at school, or what you wanted to be when you grew up, the hardest decision any young Glaswegian had to make is what type of sweetie they wanted - the choice for a bairn in a sweetie shop seemed unending.
Soor Plooms, Kola Cubes, Chocolate Bananas... how could one small human possible decide? Whatever your choice, the feeling of opening that wee paper bag and popping your chosen sweetie into your gub had to be one of the best feelings of childhood.
Hours would be spent in school thinking of how to convice your parents (or better yet granny or grandad) to take you into the tuck shop after school.
Here is a selection of some of the sweets you’ll remember if you grew up in Glasgow:
13. Lucky Tatties
The progenitor of the Kinder Egg - Lucky Tatties would hold a small surprise prize within the flat bumpy sweetie. If you were doing a Scottish version of Squid Game, the Lucky Tattie would need to make an appearance at some point. | Contributed
14. Sherbert Fountain
The Sherbert Fountain remains on sale today, but the peak of its popularity was back in the 60s. Characterised by the black licorice stick that you dip into the tasty sherbet - it’s still the same as it always was, but now with updated packaging. | Contributed
15. Penguin
Everyone loves a Penguin biscuit - but it may surprise you to hear that they were made right here in Glasgow! Before MacDonald’s * Sons in Hillington was bought over by the massive United Biscuits conglomerate - the Penguin was Glasgow’s biscuit of choice. Photo: JPIMedia