The Late Chocolate Egg post

It's been a couple of years since I did some faux chocolate eggs. Last year, it was lockdown-time and I had other things on my mind so I dug out the old favourites like the Giant Maggot egg and the Alpha Centauri egg. I nearly did the same this year but thought better of it. 

But what to make them. Something totally different from Doctor Who. Sapphire & Steel is always popular so I did a World in Action one. THEN followed it with Sapphire & Steel...

The other two came naturally. Particularly pleased with The Tomorrow People ones. Which would use choose? Blue or Green?

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A Selection of Sweet Cigarettes...

There was a time when very TV series had a packet of sweet cigarettes named after them. 

And just like real cigarettes, you had to keep buying further packets. In their case, it was to complete your collection of FREE PICTURES CARDS - usually about 50 to collect. 

You can still buy them today only they are called candy sticks and no longer contain free cards. So sad.

Here's some of the rarer examples. 

Chocolate According to 70s Cult TV...

Chocolate is always good. 

It's even better when its courtesy of your TV favourites from the 1970s...

Nigel Kneale and the Chocolate Factory

It isn't well-known that the Quatermass author Nigel Kneale owned a huge chocolate factory on the Isle of Man. From there he created magical confectioneries that astounded the children and disturbed the parents of that fair isle for decades whilst he became more famous as a screenwriter elsewhere. 

Since his passing, the factory has fallen into disrepair. 

Older inhabitants of the Isle of Man speak of spirits and evil connected to the site. 

It's rumoured that the tiny three-legged Martians - who made up the illegal immigrant workforce - turned feral. 

Local government inspectors dare not enter the premises. The last one went mad and attacked a hot dog stand on the beach front at Douglas. 

But what we do know, is that Mr. Kneale made exceedingly good sweets...

(with thanks to Paul Hayes for his proof reading skills on Twitter)



STOP PRESS: 30/7/2015 Uncle Ben released this into supermarkets in the 70s. Sadly, there were no survivors. 

(with thanks to Paul A. Murphy on Twitter)