Ol' School Prices.

[goody2shoes]

You can still buy them...

Goody

 

[Northeast]

Straws were long (~50mm) deep fried potato square cut (about twice the width of a match stick). Crisp all through. Bought processed in a packet like potato chips.

Oh I see. My kids still have these in the variety chip pack they get for their lunches.

Never had some in a roll before though

 

[Licking windows]

"straw was one of those long shaped like a straw things that were filled with sherbet/ wiz fiss" Hmmmm, I do know what they are but surely you wouldn't fill a roll with that and eat it??? Maybe some would

Yeah ya right northeast, I didnt see the quote above :N: my bad
But there were things called straws , about a foot long and filled with sherbet :Y:
I might even have a go with some in a roll! :lol: :lol:

 

[Wishfull]

Anyone remember the lollies called **** ?
White long and sugary and had a red tip about the length of a cigarette. Wouldn't sell well these days.

 

[Smoky bandit]

Anyone remember the lollies called **** ?
White long and sugary and had a red tip about the length of a cigarette. Would sell well these days.

Now there called fads...just white no red tip.

 

[goody2shoes]

Yep I do...

Goody

 

[Licking windows]

The cheapest I remember a minimum of chips was 20 cents. Ahh the good old days

 

[Northeast]

Anyone remember the lollies called **** ?
White long and sugary and had a red tip about the length of a cigarette. Would sell well these days.

About 10 years ago they changed them to FADS to be a little more PC. Then a few years ago they stopped making them altogether. I assume because someone thought they might encourage kids to smoke.

** Sorry Smoky - just saw your post - are they still around? Didn't realise that :Y:

 

[Lesgold]

Deep fried chips 5c (or a big serve for 10c) Chicko Roll 20c. Pocket money was 30c per week. We were spoilt rotten. Not like kids of today. They do it tough. Id hate to be a kid these days.

 

[AussieChris]

"I'm a bit hungry this morning, can I get forty sausage rolls, please?"

"Sure, that will be $4.80 thanks"

 

[Rod H]

I seen on the tv the other day they bringing back the polly waffle cool loved them

 

[Jaros]

I heard the 4BC radio presenter talking about the list of prices we have on the site. I wonder where he got it from?

 

[Magilla]

When I was in primary school we would get two bob (20c) to buy our lunch every Monday because the bread would be too stale to use, if there was any left. You could get a meat pie for a shilling (10c) a cream bun for sixpence (5c) and an ice block for sixpence (5c), best day of the week. In the winter I would get two pies.

 

[Smoky bandit]

Anyone remember the lollies called **** ?
White long and sugary and had a red tip about the length of a cigarette. Would sell well these days.

About 10 years ago they changed them to FADS to be a little more PC. Then a few years ago they stopped making them altogether. I assume because someone thought they might encourage kids to smoke.

** Sorry Smoky - just saw your post - are they still around? Didn't realise that :Y:

All good mate I bought a couple of packets at the old school lolly shop at maloolaba a few years ago but have not seen them since :Y:

 

[Mackka]

Every second Tuesday was tuckshop day, a choice, pie with tomato sauce 1 shilling or hotdog and sauce 1 shilling. Hard toffees a Penny each.
That was livin.
Mackka

 

[Feral]

Gawd I feel old

 

[Swinging & digging]

I recall my older Brother getting really angry on our family Christmas trip to Philip Island, we use to stop at Tooradin on the way.
In a Milk bar owned by a Greek man he was selling cans of coke for $1.00 when the average Melbourne Milk bar price at the time was
between 50 & 60 cents. Rarely seen my older Brother get very angry about anything back then?

Also up in Northern NSW on a family trip to Queensland 1982 Dad pulled into a service station to fill up the HQ Holden, owner wanted 10c per litre extra for card purchasers?
Would never get away with that these days? Was Petrol 30 c a litre back then? 33 % mark up ouch. 8.( :/ :argh:

In 1974 / 75 me and my Brother use to get 20 cents each for the bus ride home from school, we decided to run home and spend the money at the local Milk Bar, 4 wagon wheels at 5 cents each. Mum found my stash of hidden wagon wheels once and wondered how i could afford them? O Bus fair was 18 cents for 2.5 km trip.

 

[Redfin]

Would never get away with that these days? Was Petrol 30 c a litre back then? 33 % mark up ouch. 8.( :/ :argh:

First time I went across the Nullabor , Nullabor Roadhouse was only open for 4 hours a day, had to pay a $2.00 opening fee if you wanted
diesel. That was late 60's. $2.00 was a lot of money back then.

 

[Licking windows]

I remember as kids we would always go over to the local bottle dump to see if anyone had dropped off any coke bottles that you could take down to the milk bar and get a 20 cent refund for, we did alright most weeks and would save them up for the weekend then take them down and buy lollies, malted milks ect , we went over on one particular day and our little eyes nearly popped out of our heads as someone had dropped off dozens and dozens of them. :Y: we had to get them out of there and fast as we werent the only kids who used to try their luck, we put them in boxes, milk crates whatever we could carry them in and made around 6-7 trips to drop them off at my house as I lived the closest erfect: long story short we collected from memory around $60 worth and did we have fun spending it down the milk bar on the weekends .

 

[Eldorado]

Pull the guts out of a bread roll and fill it with straws, Twisties or a sausage roll. Heaven!

I saw Straws for 12 cents and thought that seemed a bit rich for a straw considering you could buy a sandwich for less. But I am guessing a Straw is not a straw that I am thinking of? Can one of you 'old' people enlighten me please? layful:

Im pretty sure ( and someone correct me if Im wrong) that a straw was one of those long shaped like a straw things that were filled with sherbet/ wiz fiss ? Im not sure but I think you can still buy them! Either way I recon that they tasted oop:

Nope, the straws you shoved in a bread roll were thin cut fries, potato straws,
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I seen these at 7eleven the other day and they were chicken flavoured.Going to buy some now and have them between 2bits of bread.