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Spangles (sweets)
Spangles was a brand of boiled sweets manufactured by Mars Ltd in the United Kingdom from 1950 to the early 1980s. They were sold in a paper tube with individual sweets originally unwrapped but later cellophane wrapped. They were distinguished by their shape which was a rounded square with a circular depression on each face.
==History==
When Spangles were introduced in 1950, sweets were still on ration, and the price of sweets had to be accompanied by tokens or points from one's ration book, but Spangles required only one point instead of the two required for other sweets and chocolate.〔(【引用サイトリンク】accessdate=30 May 2011 )〕 This bonus, accompanied by effective marketing, made Spangles even more popular. American actor William Boyd was chosen to front the advertising campaign as a character he made famous in numerous films, Hopalong Cassidy, along with the slogan "Hoppy's favourite sweet". Another slogan was "The sweet way to go gay!"〔''Sweet Talk'', Whittaker, Nicholas, Orion Books, London, 1998〕
Spangles were discontinued in 1984, and briefly reintroduced in 1995, including in Woolworths outlets in the UK, though only available in two flavours – orange or blackcurrant (not only were they made in square boiled sweets; they were also available in ice lollies form in either flavour). There are many nostalgic references to them from children who grew up with them. Spangles are associated with the post-war era and they, like Space Hoppers or the Raleigh Chopper, have become shorthand for lazy nostalgia for the time, as in the phrase "Do you remember Spangles?"〔(SF Diplomat: Do You Remember Peter Kay? the long slow death of the lowest common denominator )〕 In 2008, Spangles topped a poll of discontinued brands which British consumers would most like to see revived.
Today the Tunes brand is the only remaining relation of the Spangles brand, sharing the shape and wrapping of the original product.
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