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Collection: Boiled Sweets

Sugar first started coming into Scotland from the West Indies in the 1600s.  By the 19th Century sugar refineries could be found across the country. This led to a dramatically dropping sugar price and "Sweetie Wives" became a growing cottage industry boiling sweets in their kitchens and selling them in the street. 

By the beginning of the 20th Century sweet factories were a growing manufacturing industry and "sugar boilers" were significant skilled members of the Scottish workforce, in turn leading to more and more shops feeding the Scottish sweet tooth.

25 products
  • Apple Fizz
    Regular price
    £1.40
    Sale price
    £1.40
  • Barley Sugars
    Regular price
    £1.40
    Sale price
    £1.40
  • Bubblegum Fizz
    Regular price
    £1.40
    Sale price
    £1.40
  • Butterscotch
    Regular price
    £1.40
    Sale price
    £1.40
  • Cinnamon Balls
    Regular price
    £1.75
    Sale price
    £1.75
  • Cola Fizz
    Regular price
    £1.40
    Sale price
    £1.40
  • Iron Brew Fizz
    Regular price
    Sold out
    Sale price
    £1.40
  • Koff Kandy Twists
    Regular price
    £1.40
    Sale price
    £1.40
  • Kola Cubes
    Regular price
    £1.40
    Sale price
    £1.40
  • Mixed Fizz
    Regular price
    £1.40
    Sale price
    £1.40
  • Pear Drops
    Regular price
    £1.40
    Sale price
    £1.40
  • Pineapple Cubes
    Regular price
    £1.40
    Sale price
    £1.40
  • Raspberry and Blackberry Jelly Berries
    Regular price
    £1.40
    Sale price
    £1.40
  • Raspberry Fizz
    Regular price
    £1.40
    Sale price
    £1.40
  • Rhubarb Rock
    Regular price
    £1.75
    Sale price
    £1.75
  • Sarsaparilla Drops
    Regular price
    £1.40
    Sale price
    £1.40
  • Sherbet Lemons
    Regular price
    £1.40
    Sale price
    £1.40
  • Sherbet Strawberries
    Regular price
    £1.40
    Sale price
    £1.40
  • Soor Plooms
    Regular price
    £1.75
    Sale price
    £1.75
  • Sugar Free Cinnamon Balls
    Regular price
    £1.75
    Sale price
    £1.75
  • Sugar Free Old Favourites
    Regular price
    £1.75
    Sale price
    £1.75
  • Watermelon Fizz
    Regular price
    £1.40
    Sale price
    £1.40
  • Whisky & Ginger
    Regular price
    £1.40
    Sale price
    £1.40
  • Winter Mixture
    Regular price
    £1.75
    Sale price
    £1.75
  • Yorkshire Mixture
    Regular price
    £1.40
    Sale price
    £1.40