THE HISTORY OF BLACK BULLETS - A GEORDIE'S FAVOURITE SWEET
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 10 ก.พ. 2025
- Today’s video is on black bullets, a largely forgotten sweet that was popular in the North East of England!
The miners of the Northumberland and Durham Coalfield sucked and crunched the strong peppermint boiled sweets whilst working underground in hot and dusty conditions and a tin or packet of black bullets is a regular fixture in pockets and shelves in this region.
Sweeties has long been part of the North East’s heritage; from Dainty Dinahs toffees, tyne mints to Wilkin’s red boy toffee, I think black bullets stand out as the region’s most recognisable!
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Some amazing footage and pictures in this video I'm a hartlepool lad that grew up in the middle east and when ever we came home for a visit a tin of black bullets was on the first on the list to take back I used to love popping the old metal lid open before they changed them to the modern one
Me Grandad always gave me one when aa was a bairn. Used to take them to the match for my bairns. With diabetes now they are not allowed but still remember them with great affection
Great informative video Kathryn ! Love your choice of background music too !! Always seens to fit the subject perfectly
My nana always loved her black bullets .
Can anyone remember mint cracknel? I loved it when I was a child, very thin minty covered in chocolate. Love your channel 😊
Yes they were delicious
I’ve just ordered a big tin of Jesmonas from Amazon. Not had them for many years, my uncle used to live in Newcastle, so we would get them when we went there to visit. Great video, very interesting history. And I also subscribed.
I love jesmona black bullets. Tyne mints were also a favourite of mine but I've not seen them for years xx
Ahh, fond memories right there.
My nan would always have a tin of these on the mantle piece . I LOVED these along with "poor bens" as a kid .
My heart jumped when I saw the tin as it took me back 40 years ,
Thank you , and keep uploading your wonderful videos .
My granda always had a bag of these, he's long gone now. I'm now in my 70s and buy a tin now and again, I love them.
Great history. Thanks.
Now made and sold as you showed in the Black & White tin Jesmonia
In Sheffield
My dad was coal miner in County Durham he always had black bullet's so got into them through sadly he died in 1987 when i was 17 ao this brings back great memories
I'm sorry to hear that, I think miners did an incredible job but it shortened their lives significantly. No wonder they had a fancy for black bullets to get them through it all
I was a sugar boiler at Redheads (Star Confections) in Blyth in the early 90’s
I used to make black bullets there, also known as all blacks 👍
I remember walking around blyth with the lovely smell of sweets wafting through the air.. Sadly that is no more and the redheads factory is now sheltered housing. Ps my mothers first job was with star confectionary in the store room
Being raised by my grandparents in Sunderland, this episode brought back fond memories, thank you very much for that 🙂
Now I know why my grandad called them bullets 😁👍
My nana says bullets too so I learnt that too! Pleased this video brought back memories ☺️
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Great channel your very passionate
My father when he gave up smoking after having a long removed due to cancer always had a bag of these at hand
I used to get sent to the cornershop for a quarter of wrapped black bullets
He always knew if I'd sneaked one out of the bag on the way home 😊
Very interesting, thanks
Pleased you liked it, thought I'd try something new!
lovely episode. I remember the black bullets from childhood. I guess i would like them now that i am older.. Being away from my hometown of Sunderland i have been looking for a traditional recipe from Sunderland for the ''pink slice''. Maybe you could do a recipe video for that♥Thank you, love your channel !
I did a video about the pink slice a whole ago but I didn't have a good time making it 😂 if you scroll back you should be able to find it as I have an original 1920s bero book with the recipe in ☺️
@@northeastnostalgic5071 Oh thank you for the reply. Will do♥
@@northeastnostalgic5071 you should do a video about singing hinnies , a north east dish , and do a video about lucozade that was invented in Newcastle
My grandad had these when i was a kid i remember he would always give one to the bus driver back in the day. I miss the old simpler happier days. It sucks having to grow up and do adult stuff haha.
Whenever i had a sore throat "me da" would melt them down with vinegar...
'old dads tale"...seemed to work
His bread and milk poultous to stop infection in wounds was the most painful
love your accent, and hairstyle....i'm originally from Birtley, Co. Durham
Howay the lads....FTM
Lovely episode, my favourite was chocolate lick ❤
That's one thing I don't think I've tried! I'll have to give it a go ☺️
Chock lick was a mix of chocolate bars all different flavours even smarties were ground to a powder and you literally wet your finger and the dip it into the bag it was delicious I used to eat loads in the 80s
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We have been to mr swainstons today. I was told the bullet's are black and pepper mint due to the confectioners at the time using the left overs from the week on a Friday to make them
Oh wow, I didn't know that! I suppose waste not want not even with sweets!😁
Excellent, ASDA in Stanley still stock them, introduced the g'kids to them and they love them, not the same as they used to be but nice all the same... Subbed you...x
Yes, I've seen them there too, though I haven't seen them recently. They were in bigger tins, too!
I miss Fred Dobsons Fizz Bombs
Bread and butter pudding Kathryn?
Spot on, bonnie lass!
Thank you!😁