Wagon Wheels

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March 27, 2007 at 1:42 pm #1040883
Shit Robot
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“Wagon Wheels because size matters” Yeah right thats why the bloody things are half the size they used to be.

Didnt stop me eating all my daughters packed lunch food though lol,Ahh! the munchies you gotta love em 🙂
March 27, 2007 at 1:45 pm #1101907
starlaugh
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Ave they actually shrunk or is it just we have grown up?

Food the kids get for packed lunch does make great munchies supplies!

But we do have cream eggs about at the mo raaa
March 27, 2007 at 1:47 pm #1101906
Shit Robot
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No chance of cream eggs in this house they know i will filch them all lol,now where did they hide that packet of viscounts?
March 27, 2007 at 1:59 pm #1101908
starlaugh
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There have been many debates amongst fans of the biscuit about the size. Wagon Wheels have supposedly shrunk in size as time has progressed, Burtons Foods LTD have denied this. It has been suggested that the supposed shrinkage is due to an adult’s fond childhood memory of eating a Wagon Wheel held in a much smaller hand.

The original factory which produced the biscuit in Slough during the early 1980s were transferred to an updated and modern factory in Llantarnam in South Wales. The original factory in Slough produced the biscuit with crinkled edges rather than the updated smoother edges. This caused the overall diameter of the biscuit to shrink slighty, but not as much as fans of the biscuit believe.

Also, although the UK Wagon Wheel has barely shrunk, it is still noticeably smaller than the Australian equivalent. The diameter of the Australian version is measured at 88 mm which is 14 mm larger than the UK version. Even though the Australian version is wider in diameter, the UK Wagon Wheel is notably thicker by 4 mm.

As of October 2006, the Canadian Wagon Wheel measured 70mm x 17mm.

There you go GD! they havent shrunk! :bounce_fl
March 27, 2007 at 3:09 pm #1101914
Digital-A
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hubba bubba used to be bigger!

well i think anyway …

god i love a good wagon wheel :weee:
March 27, 2007 at 3:14 pm #1101921
cathdreadhead
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Digital-A wrote:

hubba bubba used to be bigger!

well i think anyway …

god i love a good wagon wheel :weee:

wagon wheels well tasty :love:

hubba bubba :yakk:
March 27, 2007 at 3:17 pm #1101915
Digital-A
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cathdreadhead wrote:

hubba bubba :yakk:

:you_crazy <<< my little yellow friend here says it all

🙂
March 27, 2007 at 3:20 pm #1101922
cathdreadhead
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Digital-A wrote:

:you_crazy <<< my little yellow friend here says it all

🙂

‘spose there not as bad as them sphere shaped bubble gums that lose their flavour after half a second of chewing. remember they used to be a penny each or you could get 20 in a row ina packet.
March 27, 2007 at 3:29 pm #1101916
Digital-A
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most def!

im addicted to these babys! Dubble Bubble

fookin love em

my girlfriend buys me the packs to fill the machines outside shops and stuff … they dont last long at all!
March 27, 2007 at 3:37 pm #1101923
cathdreadhead
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Digital-A wrote:

most def!

im addicted to these babys! Dubble Bubble

fookin love em

my girlfriend buys me the packs to fill the machines outside shops and stuff … they dont last long at all!

LOL!!

my bf won a sweety dispenser at work that has loads of them in it.

wagon wheels with jam in are best :love:
March 27, 2007 at 3:41 pm #1101917
Digital-A
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ive got one of the dubble bubble dispenser machines its like one of those american gambling machines, pull the lever the numbers, stars and fruit spin round etc and see if you win …

excellent fun!

… i may grab a wagon wheel when i get to tescos in a bit … ill report on how good it was haha

(im an original wagon wheel fanraaa )
March 27, 2007 at 3:50 pm #1101890
General Lighting
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it wasn’t a massive change in size (the real reason for this is that everything looks big if you are a kid!) – but as mentioned in the earlier post – wagon wheels did change in dimensions and in texture, design and possibly ingredients around the early 1980s (due to the change of factories).

I certainly remember this happening… I expect a number of us around the same sort of age group did – this has been combined with childhood nostalgia to exaggerate the size change.

Sadly I think the old factory in Slough has was knocked down soon afterwards, otherwise it could easily have been put to other uses :laugh_at:
March 27, 2007 at 5:46 pm #1101894
globalloon
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wagon wheels have that orrible rubbery stuff in the top :yakk:

pass me the chocolate hob nobs thanks
March 27, 2007 at 5:52 pm #1101912
Sandals
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General Lighting wrote:

Sadly I think the old factory in Slough has was knocked down soon afterwards, otherwise it could easily have been put to other uses :laugh_at:

Lol i was born in Slough – everything about it is crap! you’d never wanna go there for “other uses” :p

And on the subject of shrinkage .. MONSTER MUNCH!! i remember i used to bite all the fingers off and they where huge! now there like .. well well small! – i guess a bit of a bonus tho is they do “big eat” bags :p
March 27, 2007 at 5:53 pm #1101920
Playground Politics
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maybe uve just grown since u had the last wagon wheel, that happened to me with mcdonalds, even tho i hate it now
March 27, 2007 at 6:00 pm #1101895
elretardo87
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Jammy wagon wheels :groucho:
March 27, 2007 at 6:02 pm #1101891
General Lighting
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Sandals wrote:

Lol i was born in Slough – everything about it is crap! you’d never wanna go there for “other uses” :p

did you never go to the parties in warehouses round that area a couple of years ago?
March 27, 2007 at 6:30 pm #1101901
Tank Girl
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never liked wagon wheels :sick:
March 27, 2007 at 7:12 pm #1101899
Raj
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jammy dodgers raaa
March 27, 2007 at 10:22 pm #1101896
titch
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Tis all about Fox’s choclate bars now !!!

Rocky Bars, Chocolate Viennese Sandwich’s, Triple Bars, Crunch Cream biscuits and Echo bars mmmmmmmmmmmm get fat..
March 27, 2007 at 10:42 pm #1101924
cathdreadhead
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titch wrote:

Tis all about Fox’s choclate bars now !!!

Rocky Bars, Chocolate Viennese Sandwich’s, Triple Bars, Crunch Cream biscuits and Echo bars mmmmmmmmmmmm get fat..

oh yeah forgot about them. mmmmmmm….. :love:
March 27, 2007 at 11:01 pm #1101913
Sandals
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General Lighting wrote:

did you never go to the parties in warehouses round that area a couple of years ago?

I feel like I am about to learn something 🙂 .. No I did not.
March 27, 2007 at 11:50 pm #1101909
starlaugh
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Party Rings <- now that is a fine biscuit! raaa
March 28, 2007 at 10:26 am #1101897
stax
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Sandals wrote:

MONSTER MUNCH!! i remember i used to bite all the fingers off and they where huge!

HAHA spot on
March 28, 2007 at 10:33 am #1101892
General Lighting
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Sandals wrote:

I feel like I am about to learn something 🙂 .. No I did not.

there were several excellent ones in the area just between Slough and West London (literally on the border) – I reckon it was because of Slough’s reputation that so many were empty as no businesses wanted to use them…

I lived in Reading at the time so it was just down the road from me, and was always a good area for the winter season..

Fair play to Ricky Gervais, his portrayal probably helped us get loads of party venues. (Sadly I think most of the venues got caned and have been locked down..)
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