Old Time Candy Company: 1970's Decades 4lb Box Review

Disclosure: We received the below products in exchange for our honest review. All opinions and experiences are our own and may vary from yours. 

Old Time Candy 

 Old Time Candy is located in LaGrange, Ohio and owned by Karen and Donny Ray. They grew up in the late fifties and early sixties. Back in 1999 they walked into a large candy store in Cleveland, Ohio, that's when this all started. This store specialized in old time candy, Karen and Donny had no idea that many of their old time favorites still existed. They went online in early 2000 with their first candy assortment and began to grown. In 2003, they moved into a larger facility and expanded at the beginning of 2004. Then again in 2006 they moved into a much larger facility and this is where they've been located since. 2015 marks the 15th Anniversary for their candy business.

1970's Decades Box (4lbs)

I was so excited when I was presented the opportunity to choose and review a Decade's Box from Old Time Candy Co. They offer Decade's Boxes from 1990 all the way back to 1920! I knew right away which decade I wanted, I chose 1970's. My mom isn't a huge chocolate fan and after receiving this box of candies from her childhood I can see why, there wasn't nearly as much chocolate in this box as we have today. I'm also not big on chocolate so it was a win win for us. My mom was pretty excited when I received the box and went to share with her. There were definitely some candies that she hadn't seen in years and didn't know they were still being made. My grandma also loved the candies in this box, she's always had a sweet tooth. 

   

Our 1970's Decades Box included; 

100 Grand Bar, Atomic Fire Balls, BB Bats, Bit-O-Honey, Blow Pops, Boston Baked Beans, Bottle Caps, Bubble Gum Cigars, Butterscotch Disks, Candy Buttons on paper tape, Candy Cigarettes, Candy Necklace, Candy Ring, Caramel Creams (Bull's Eyes), Charleston Chew, Charms Assorted Squares, Charms Sweet Pops, Chick-o-Stick, Cinnamon Disks, Dubble Bubble Gum, French Chew Taffy, Fruit Stripe Gum, Gobstoppers, Good & Plenty, Home Run Baseball Gum, Hershey Special Dark Bar, Hot Dog Bubble Gum, Hot Tamales, Jawbreakers, Kit Kat, Kits Taffy, Laffy Taffy, Lemonheads, Lik-M-Aid Fun Dip, Lollies, Marshmallow Ice Cream Cones, Mike & Ike, Necco Wafers, Now & Laters, Peanut Butter Bars, Pixy Stix, Pop Rocks, Razzles, Red Hots, Reese's Pieces, Ring Pops, Rolo, Sixlets, Smarties, Peppermint Sticks, Sugar Daddy, Swedish Fish, Tootsie Pop Drops, Tootsie Pops, Tootsie Roll, Wax Bottles (Nik-L-Nips), Wax Lips, Whatchamacallit, York Peppermint Patties and Zotz Sours.

For a detailed candy list for all decades please visit Old Time Candy's Typical Decade Candy List.

Every devoured the candies in this box. It was quite funny watching my 9 year old and 5 year old asking, "What is this?" about so many candies. My daughter tried Wax Bottles for the first time, my grandma and my boys enjoyed the Marshmallow Ice Cream Cones and so much more. I couldn't believe how quick this candy disappeared. As you can see above, I was left with lots of empty wrappers. 

A decade's box would be a wonderful surprise for your parents or grandparents. It would also be fun to share old memories of old time candies with your own children, they probably haven't seen, tasted or even heard of about half the candies from your childhood. 

Another thing I loved from my 9 year old daughter, "These candies are that old?!". Yes honey, most candies have been around at least as long as I've been alive and I'm only 26 years old. 

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 Which decade would choose? What was your favorite childhood candy that you have a hard time finding or haven't been able to find?  

The History of Texting!

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The History of Texting

 Do you know how messages were sent before cell phones? I'll touch base on various ways of communication from centuries ago til today with text messaging. 

Smoke Signals 

 Smoke signals are a form of visual communication which can travel over long distances and are one of the oldest forms of long distance communication. They were used to warn others of enemy attacks in Ancient China because they were able to be seen from tower to tower along the Great Wall. Native Americans also used this form of communication and each tribe had their own system. Typically the placement of the signal on a hill would indicate different meanings. Smoke signals are still used today in Rome, they signify when a new Pope has been selected. 

Message in a Bottle
Message in a Bottle has to be one of my favorite forms of communication! I especially have loved hearing about all of the Messages in Bottles that have been turning up within the past couple of years, from years ago. It's so neat to see photos of them.  Back in the 16th century it was a common practice in the military to send information by dropping bottles into the sea. For example, the English Navy used bottle messages to send ashore information about enemy positions. Some even say that Queen Elizabeth I even created an official position of "Uncorker of Ocean Bottles" meaning if anyone else were to stumble upon a bottle and open it without permission, they would have to face the death penalty. 

Telegrams
Telegrams have always interested me as well. It's amazing to me how they were able to communicate in such a way. Now a days, teaching people how to read and write is enough of a challenge, how in the world did they teach each other, let alone invent this form of communication?  Way back when, in 1837, two sets of inventors simultaneously developed an electrical telegraph. Wheatstone and Cooke in England and Samuel Morse in the United States. With the help of an assistant, Morse developed a new signalling alphabet using dots and dashes that became the standard for telegram communication. By 1861, this Morse telegraph system connected the West Coast to the East and put the Pony Express out of business. Of course as technology improved, the telegraph became an audio transponder, where messages were translated based on the interval between two clicks instead of the previously used register and tape.

Pagers

I remember when I was younger and the pager or "beeper" was first big or popular. Beepers are electronic devices that signal a person with beeps or vibrations when contacted. They tend to be triggered by a phone call and are most often worn on the hip. The beeper has a small screen for the important message, which is usually in numeric code. Did you know that the beeper or pager was created in 1949?? I personally did not know they were created about 66 years ago. However, their first practical uses didn't come until a paging service was launched for physicians in New York the following year. Physicians paid $12 per month for the service and carried a 6oz pager which would receive phone messages withing 25 miles of a single transmitter tower.

 

Cell Phones

 Cell Phones are another one that I hadn't realized were created so long ago. Motorola produced the first cellphone in 1973. It weighed 4.4 pounds! Today, we've come a long way from those clunky, over sized devices and people are able to communicate with phones that weigh less than 4 ounces and easily fit in our pockets.

Photo credit: Google Images

  Here is a wonderful photo of  Motorola's Martin “Marty” Cooper who made the first call from the 1973 handheld mobile phone (shown on right). I love this photo as it shows him holding the first cell phone (which is different from a car phone) and a cell phone from today. 

Be sure to check out SimpleTexting for see the other forms of communication predating text messaging. 

What is your favorite form of communication?