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Liquorices from Bah Humbugs

LIQUORICE - it's a bit of a Love it / Hate it kind of sweet.. are you a lover of Liquorice or can you not stand the stuff? I'm always amazed at just how many people do love Liquorice and stock up on loads of different bags of the black stuff here in our sweet shop.

We have approximately 60 different liquorices on offer at Bah Humbugs from throughout the world, and all of them draw much attention. People always ask me why we sell so many Liquorices from Holland, Belgium and Scandinavia. And the answer is, Grandma Humbug (my mum) used to work as an Au Pair in Amsterdam and made lots of lovely Dutch friends whilst she was there who she has stayed in touch with ever since. When these family friends used to come and visit us they'd bring us mountains of Liquorice to try....and if the truth be told, i've actually only really started to like Liquorice in the last few years. Anyway, I decided to get a couple of these liquorices in to sell in the shop for nostalgic reasons and they sold really well. So i increased the product lines and well, the rest is history. We have a great following in terms of Liquorice fans and we send it all over the world. So if you are a fan of Liquorice, then you need to take a look at our selection of liquorices and why not try a new flavour?

Here is The Bah Humbugs Top 10 of Our Best Selling Liquorices!

1.Pontefract Cakes,

2 Liquorice Torpedoes,

3 Dutch Single Salt Liquorice  (Zout)

4. Honey Liquorice

5. Cherry & Chilli Liquorice

6. Catherine Wheels,

7. Liquorice Cuttings

8. Liquorice Fruit Duos, 

9. Swedish Pear Bear Liquorice 

10. Dutch Liquorice Chalk / Liquorice Crayons

So, do we stock your favourite liquorice sweet? Let us know below - or send us your requests!

Good Morning Blog fans!

The talk of the town today is bunting - who would have believed something so trivial could cause such ructions?

If you have been reading our recent blogs about the impending arrival of Le Tour de France in our North Yorkshire market town of Masham, then you will have read about the fabulous (tiny) knitted jerseys that have been strung up around the town as bunting.

Yesterday North Yorkshire County Council came and removed the bunting!  Why?  Because "We noticed that the lighting columns were leaning and in the interest of safety we asked for it to be taken down and not to be hung from lighting columns", a spokeperson from the Council has said.

Apparently, if the (tiny) knitted jerseys were to get wet the weight of them might pull the lamp post over.  If you check out the link to BBC news you will see just how tiny these jerseys are, and you will also see one of the offending in the picture.  Now if this is all it takes to make a lamp post lean enough to be a safety issue, then I would think that North Yorkshire County Council need to come and ensure that the posts are secured a little better.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-27919262

We have also hit the local news on Stray FM!

https://twitter.com/search?q=bunting&src=typd

Residents and businesses like ourselves now have the bunting strung up on our walls (let's hope these are slightly less likely to fall over than the lamp posts!!!)

Why don't you have a drive out to Masham this weekend and see for yourself?

Pop into Bah Humbugs and browse our shelves for your favourite sweets.  Strawberries & Cream, Refresher Chews, loads of Liquorice, Sherbet Pips, scrumptious Toffees and delicious Fudge, a fantastic selection of hard boiled sweets.

Bah Humbugs Traditional Sweet Shop......... stocks all your favourite retro and traditional sweets so even if you can't get here you can browse our website and order your sweets online.

Visit the Masham Tour de France website if you're thinking of visiting for the event

http://www.mashamevents.co.uk/

Hello all you lovely Bah Humbugs fans out there!  I thought I would share with you a picture of our lovely traditional sweet shop, nestled in our glorious Yorkshire Dales market town of Masham.  We are all getting very excited about Le Tour de France travelling through Masham on 5th July and Ms Humbug has been busy decorating the shop front in celebration of Le Grand Party!

If you haven't already decided what you want to do when Le Tour visits Yorkshire then why not come to Masham.  There is plenty of parking and there will be access in and out of some of the car parks all day despite the main road being closed for the race.

It promises to be a weekend to remember and Masham is certainly getting in the party spirit.  There will be live music, bars, gift stalls, food stalls, big screens and much much more going on over the weekend so check out some of the following web sites to make your plan:

http://letour.yorkshire.com/

http://www.visitmasham.com/events/event/le-tour-yorkshire-through-masham/

http://www.mashamevents.co.uk/

http://www.mashamsportsassociation.co.uk/le-tour-masham/

While you're here pop in and browse our range of retro sweets, liquorice, sweet gifts, sweet hampers, boiled sweets and much more.

We look forward to seeing you!

Liquorices from Bah Humbugs

Liquorice - what are your thoughts?

We have approximately 60 different liquorices on offer at Bah Humbugs from throughout the world, and all of them draw much attention. Even if you're not a huge liquorice fan we can guarantee that there will be at least one that you would enjoy. They all vary in strength, texture and flavour.

From the usual liquorices that have always been made in Britain like Pontefract Cakes, Liquorice Torpedoes, Catherine Wheels, Liquorice Cuttings and of course Liquorice All Sorts; to the more unusal liquorices from Holland like Honey Liquorice, Liquorice Fruit Duos, Salt Liquorice and of course the Swedish Liquorices, such as the Cherry & Chilli Liquorice, Pear Bear Liquorice and Parma Violet Liquorices.

What's your favourite liquorice?