Britain's Most Popular Sweets: 1950s
The 1950s saw the launch of mouthwatering sweets such as Drumsticks and Love Hearts. Drumsticks Drumsticks are raspberry and milk flavoured chewy lollipop. They were created by the Swizzels-Matlow Company in 1957, Derby, England. At the time it was created, it was the only chewy lolly in the world. It is said to have been invented by accident when the son of one of Swizzels-Matlow’s founders was experimenting with a new machine and discovered it was possible to create a lollipop with two different flavours. No wonder why it is so popular: double the flavour, double the goodness! Love Hearts...