Entry Number: 150
Date: 30-MAY-2004
Author: Robin Stafford
Subject: Spanish Wood
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Gillian........I live in Canberra now and there are quite a few places here that 'spanish wood is available' I have to admit I haven't chewed on it in many years but every time I smell it I get rushes of memory and the urge is always there.......it must be related to 'crack-cocaine'!!!
Best Wishes
Rob |
Entry Number: 149
Date: 30-MAY-2004
Author: Robin Stafford
Subject: Spanish Wood
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Andrew, you can find 'spanish wood' in most health shops or maybe asian delicatessans where it goes under the name of Liquorice Root. I use it in cooking asian dishes sometimes but it has to be used sparingly for a variety of reasons. It was good stuff, wasn't it ??Usually only bought when the purchaser was short of cash and couldn't afford anything more expensive, like gob-stoppers, Palm Toffee and the like
Best Wishes
Rob |
Entry Number: 148
Date: 4-MAY-2004
Author: Gillian Hodgson
Subject: spanish wood
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Andrew, thank you for answering that question. It is one that has set me wondering over the years. The name clicked as soon as I read your message, but I would never have dredged it up from the deep recesses of my mind! I don't think it has been available for many years - I think maybe it was harmful. Certainly no-one here in Oz that i have spoken to seems to have heard of it.
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Entry Number: 147
Date: 28-APRIL-2004
Author: Susan Bailay
Subject: Yvonne Whitney
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Where have you gotten to Yvonne. Please email me at shcll@aol.com. I would love to see you again after all these years. |
Entry Number: 146
Date: 23-APRIL-2004
Author: Andrew Kinna
Subject: Sweets in the 40s & 50s
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Jill, I always knew that particular sweet as Spanish wood - although I have no idea how it got that name. Just like chewing a short stick, no more than 1 centimetre in diameter, with a liquorice kind of flavour. I wonder if it's still available? |
Entry Number: 145
Date: 21-APRIL-2004
Author: Gillian (Jill) Hodgson
Subject: Sweets in the 40s and 50s
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Can anybody remember the name of a stick that looked like wood that we used to chew. We used to buy them from sweet shops and I think they might have been licquorice wood?? The stick was brown and literally looked like a stick. |
Entry Number: 144
Date: 20-APRIL-2004
Author: Gillian Hodgson
Subject: At WT approx 1947 - 1951/2
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If anybody remembers me I wouldlove to hear from you. I lived in Bawdsey Avenue, and went on to Wanstead H/S. My email address is: jgower@eynesbury.sa.edu.au
Congratulations to Geoff and Pauline for an amazing site. |
Entry Number: 143
Date: 12-APRIL-2004
Author: david matthews
Subject: jaqueline rainsbury
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where are you? |
Entry Number: 142
Date: 7-APRIL-2004
Author: Pauline
Subject: Appeal for your memories
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Appeal for your memories!
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Entry Number: 141
Date: 13-FEBRUARY-2004
Author: Jean Shiell
Subject: Pat Turner (Valentine)
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Sorry for any delay the computer is still a machine of mystery to me. My e.mail is JnDun9@aol.com . |
