Bar snacks

[Aqualung]

How about a pie ??

I've heard of the name but can't recall ever trying one. I'm not actually much of a snacker as they are so ridiculously expensive.

[Tris39]

Can't say I've seen them, I liked the ones on a card where the young damsel got to show bits as every pack was sold. Probably banned now

More tangential, there was a Smith's crisp factory where I lived, like breweries you could always smell when they had a batch on the go

This was KP wasn't it?

[Tris39]

I certainly remember eating them, but I can't find any trace of involvement of Joe Murphy. I rather suspect it was someone else trying to cash in on his name (and even the potato in a hat logo resembles 'Mr Tayto' somewhat). If so, he probably sued them out of existence.
They even had a TV advert.

Meanwhile on the original subject, take look at this lot on Pinterest!

Perhaps these were regional then. I'm sure I'd have remembered an advert featuring Madeline Smith.

[NickDavies]

How about a pie ??

Generally kept in one of these

piemachine.jpg

When I was a student union barman about 40 years ago the pies went in the "pie machine" cold at 11AM and kept at a handy bacteria incubation temperature until 2PM when it was turned off to give the bugs a rest from reproduction. It went back on again at 5PM. Any left over at the end of the day stayed in the machine and were sold to the people we didn't iike, which was most people, the next morning.

[london calling]

Remember Percy Daltons peanut sellers at Tottenham games in the mid seventies.

[Farway]

Generally kept in one of these

piemachine.jpg

When I was a student union barman about 40 years ago the pies went in the "pie machine" cold at 11AM and kept at a handy bacteria incubation temperature until 2PM when it was turned off to give the bugs a rest from reproduction. It went back on again at 5PM. Any left over at the end of the day stayed in the machine and were sold to the people we didn't iike, which was most people, the next morning.

I remember those machines, often had a stale cheese roll display alongside

[Delboy20]

Way before my time - Meredith & Drew's ? I like the look of the Cheddar sandwich biscuit.

[Aqualung]

Way before my time - Meredith & Drew's ? I like the look of the Cheddar sandwich biscuit.

Their trading name vaguely rings a bell but that's about it.

[Real Ale Ray]

In the Birkey, Crosby, on a Friday night this bloke used to come in with a white coat on, and cinema style tray, selling crab sticks, cockles and prawns. It really caused a lot of combustion combined with a pint of Whitbread Mild.

Another snack was Bacon Frazzles, hanging up on a card behind the bar

[oldboots]

In the Birkey, Crosby, on a Friday night this bloke used to come in with a white coat on, and cinema style tray, selling crab sticks, cockles and prawns. It really caused a lot of combustion combined with a pint of Whitbread Mild.

The seafood men were once a common sight in pubs as were the Sally Army flogging War Cry. I used to like Whitbread Mild.

Another snack was Bacon Frazzles, hanging up on a card behind the bar

With a picture of a half naked floozie behind the snacks? KP and Big D cards used to be the same.