UK - Mars - Milky Way 2p candy bar wrapper - 1970's
Though named the same as our own American Milky Way, the packaging for the Brits' version is different, and to me, prettier. This comes from the "Munktiki Collection", a large lot of consumer goods packaging saved and stored by Californian Paul Nielsen during the 1970's. A collection I recently acquired and will be documenting here. For more on Paul's current activities, check out www.munktiki.com.
I keep coming across Sweet/Chocolate and Crisp packets from the past, as they are not defunct I'm not always sure where to post them.So i hope it's ok to do so here:o 1986 http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w309/huggie74/3145617826_d21dab6ce1_o.jpg
I used to spy these gems at Chinese grocery shops. They were sold amoung many other kinds of biscuits which were stored and displayed in gigantic glass jars with push-down galvanized caps, usually placed strategically at the open end of the shop and were sold by the catty. Apart form Iced Gems we also had our local 'Oreos', our local Chocolate Bourbons, our local custard creams and our local Jammie Dodgers.....all being delicious legacies left behind by our then colonial masters. KGB (not…
