Merrymaid Caramels

Merry Maids

by Mark Edwards

Please could you tell me if Merry Maids, now chocolate caramels, were in blue and white wrappers? They had a very distinctive flavour. Lovely! Many thanks Sue McBurney

Hi there. When I was in England in the sixties, I lived in Stevenage New Town, Hertfordshire. Down the road from the Roebuck Inn, was a tiny sweetshop called The Smithy. They sold classic sweets from large glass jars, and used the balance scale with brass weights to measure “a quarter pound” of whatever! I [...]

Merrymaid Caramels

by michaelp

Chocolate coated, individually wrapped caramel toffees with a picture of a milk-maid on.