Dimensions
130 x 198 x 90mm
The Secret History of Confectionery
What happened to Cadbury's Aztec, Dobson's Moon Pebbles, Ogo-Pogo Eyes and Dr Smile's Bronchials? Why do some people still think swallowing gum is fatal? Who thought up lines like: "It's the honeycomb middle that weighs so little"? Why are there fewer sweets in your newsagent's today than there were twenty years ago?
These questions and hundreds more are discussed in Nicholas Whittaker's 'Sweet Talk' - a celebration, chronology and pop-cultural history of twentieth-century confectionery.
Unashamedly nostalgic in parts, the book is littered with stories of forgotten brands and traces patterns of consumption as well as exploring the murky world of sweet manufacturing. From the days when marshmallows were made with horse glue for chewiness to Chancellor Selwyn Lloyd's lollipop tax to the recent multi-million-pound launch of the Fuse Bar, 'Sweet Talk' provides an irreverent and humorous blend of fact and trivia, firmly establishing the sweet and chocolate bar in folk history.
