Flash Back to the 60s & My Addiction...

After I married Bud, I went straight!! I want to get this out in the open. I want to talk candidly and honestly about my teen-aged addiction.

While in high school, I had all my credits that would enable me to graduate a year earlier than my class. I opted to gain extra credit toward college by continuing my education through the work force, and in my senior year, the only class that was required to take was an English class...but, as an elective. I could choose which class I thought would interest me the most. I chose English Lit...mainly Shakespeare. My teacher and may I add my favorite teacher in the whole school...Mrs Sanderson, taught the class. We enacted Shakespeare plays, read his writings, even took several field trips to Denver and the surrorunding areas for theatrical shows and movies.

But this is not confessing my addiction at all, I'm skirting the issue...

You see, I had the class at 7:30 a.m. for an hour. I had then 30 minutes to walk from school to where my job was. As I walked, I took it upon myself to do my addiction before reaching the workplace. Sometimes when my supply was low, I'd stop and get them refilled over my lunch hour from 12:00 to 1:00 pm. Depending on how my funds were from one pay day to the next, I would replenish them as much as my cash flow would allow. Then, I was a happy camper for days, maybe weeks until my supply began to run short once again...

I have to be honest, I was so "into" this addiction, nothing much else kept me happy as when I had it in my posession. Now, as my years are waning into the twighlight years, I oftentimes think of those days way back when, when I thought I couldn't live without it. Until recently I couldn't even remember what it was called. But all of a sudden, out of the blue, it came to me!! And I quickly got online to research it and maybe think that if I DID find it again, I'd buy some....

IT'S IMPORTED CANDY!!

It's called Regal Crown, and I used to buy it at a restaurant as I paid for my lunch. It was the 'sourest' of sour cherry hard drop candy. It was so sour, that literally as you unwrapped one [about 10 drops to a roll], your mouth would pucker. Have you ever eaten a raw tart pie cherry right off the tree? If you have, then you'd know the tartness!!!! So, good. Funny thing is, Bud, who lived in the same town I did, used to buy the same brand, imported, but his preference was the lemon. Okay. Years have gone by, we talk about the good ol' days, and sometimes they would frequently come up in our conversation. Once I remembered the brand name, I went online and typed in Regal Crown Cherry. All kinds of websites. Some are out of stock...this is a brand of yesteryear remember. The company, in England, has sold all the rights, and some reviews say the candy itself isn't like it used to be in the 60s and 70s. I'll be the judge. I ordered some. And I anticipate the arrival from England. I just may feel that "high" again, real soon.

 

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