Ah, Humbugs!
16 August 2010
A new traditional sweet shop has opened recently in Greenwich town centre which will nicely compliment Mr Humbug, the one we already have, in Greenwich Market . Both Mr Humbug and Mr Simms sell old-fashioned sweets your granddad used to buy - humbugs, (obviously) gobstoppers, mint balls, boiled sweets, toffee, lollipops, fudge - stuff that gets your pulse beating just that bit faster. The shops themselves look like something a sugar-hungry child magicked up during a particularly delicious dream, and are a pleasure to visit. Now that Greenwich has got two of these confectionery nirvanas, it strikes me that it would be a fine plan if a few more sprung up. Perhaps not more sweet shops but some hand-made chocolate makers, maybe, or a few fudge emporiums. As well as the place where time begins, Greenwich could become the Candy Capital of the world. It has a ring to it, don't you think, the Candy Capital? You can't have too many sweet shops, you know.
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