• Thornburywitch
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    2 months ago

    Can I have one of those, two of those, one of those and 5 cents worth of aniseed balls. (The local milkbar proprietor hated all kids under 10 with a passion that can only be generated by a mixed lolly bar).

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      2 months ago

      Oh man, those were the days!!!

      They had the pre-made 20c bags but nope, we always had to stand there at the counter peering and pointing through the glass and choosing our lollies.

      To their credit, not once were the older couple that ran the milk bar ever short or grumpy with the kids in our neighbourhood, I think they secretly loved it =)

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        2 months ago

        Buying lollies that way would also have been great for developing kid’s basic math skills.