Post by: Triffic Bar on October 04, 2007, 03:28:09 pm
The Tiffen Bar was a great success story and liked by many including myself until one unhappy day in the 70's when a young lady in the UK was reported to have bitten into a bar and found the skull of a mouses head inside the chocolate, the publicity was so intensive that it wasnt long before they were withdrawn never to be seen again except a few years back in a classic collection.
Post by: smurfboy on October 04, 2007, 04:11:24 pm
Post by: goldencup on October 04, 2007, 04:21:43 pm
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Yes and the Cadbury Tiffin bar one is also true. I think it was in the late 60s or early 70s, they withdrew Tiffin bars completely from the UK market because someone bit into one and found a little squashed mouse head. I suppose the implication of not withdrawing the entire product was that the rest of Mr Mouse's body was potentially going to turn up in another Tiffin bar. I think they continued to sell Tiffins abroad, but not in this country because the PR damage had been done. Someone else might know, but didn't they reintroduce Tiffins recently?
Post by: smurfboy on October 04, 2007, 04:52:13 pm
Post by: oldspice on October 04, 2007, 06:54:46 pm
These lasted quite a while and came in a kind of red and while gingham wrapper with a country-style themed TV campaign.
Post by: goldencup on October 05, 2007, 09:12:45 am
Post by: smurfboy on October 05, 2007, 02:36:49 pm
Post by: oldspice on October 05, 2007, 05:01:21 pm
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mmm Country Styles were wonderful. I had a Tiffin a couple of years ago (from Ireland I think) and loved it. Do you remember the mouse incident though Oldspice? I don't.
No, I don't remember that at all. In fact, I'm not sure i remember Tiffin in their original form. Were they mostly sold from chocolate machines??
Post by: smurfboy on October 05, 2007, 06:03:12 pm
Post by: goldencup on October 06, 2007, 12:30:33 pm
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This shows my age, but I can remember getting Tiffin from chocolate machines! The ones at New Street had Tiffin, Mint Crisp and Nut Crisp - the latter two of which were impossible to buy anywhere else! I miss such oddities...
Nestle Dairy Crunch and the Ovaltine bar were two others almost unique to train station machines.
Post by: oldspice on October 06, 2007, 01:37:03 pm
Post by: smurfboy on October 06, 2007, 01:39:18 pm
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Post by: oldspice on October 06, 2007, 10:37:24 pm
Many, many years ago, in Switzerland, I remember buying cartons of chilled Ovaline drink that were absolutely wonderful. It was not too sweet but really malty and just so delicious but it was criminally expensive - like everything in Switzerland. I think i was 12 at the time. i remember that when I left the UK, Maggie May was no 1 in the charts.
Post by: cinabar on June 08, 2009, 11:15:09 pm
Not available in the UK, but can be bought in Ireland or through TheIrishShop.co.uk (which is where I got mine).
Post by: goldencup on June 10, 2009, 08:16:02 am