Gifts

Well Christmas is nearly here and we know you all love to grab a bargain, so we're launching a 12 Days of Christmas Promotion.

From 1-12 December 2015 you will be able to take advantage of the discount codes, free products to make your Christmas pennies go that bit further.

Check back each day to hear about the Special Promotion that is running that day, or visit our Facebook or Twitter pages to be the first to find out about the specific promotion.

Our elves are mega busy packing up lots and lots of Christmas orders for Father Christmas. They're working SO hard but because of the sheer volume of orders and delivery by Royal Mail your order may take a day or two longer to arrive with you. But fear not, we will make sure all parcels will arrive with you in time for Christmas Day!

DAY 1 -1st December 2015 - Get 15% OFF on all Online Orders at Bah Humbugs Sweet Shop. Just use Offer Code - BAHHUMBUGS on the checkout page. Offer valid for 24 hours.

DAY 2 - 2nd December 2015 - FREE LUCKY DIP BAG WITH ORDERS OVER £10

Day 3 - 3rd December 2015 - GET 10% OFF BEST OF BRITISH SWEET HAMPERS using offer code BOB10 on the checkout page.

Day 4 - 4th December 2015 - 10% OFF SWEET DECADE BUCKETS, OFFERCODE BUCKET10

Day 5 - 5th December 2015 - 10% OFF LIQUORICE SWEET HAMPER, CODE LIQ10

Day 6 - 6th December 2015 - 15% OFF OUR GIANT SWEET HAMPER - CODE GSH15

Day 7 - 7th December 2015 - FREE POSTAGE with orders over £20. Code FREEPOST

Day 8 - 8th December 2015 - FREE BAG FO HARIBO WITH ORDERS OVER £15

Day 9 - 9th December 2015 - 15% OFF LIQUORICE SWEETS WITH CODE LIQ15

Day 10 - 10th December 2015 - FREE BAG OF HUMBUGS WITH ORDERS OVER £20

Day 11 - 11th December 2015

Day 12 - 12th December 2015

Lion's Sports Mixture

Lion's Midget Gems, Lion's Sports Mixtures, Lion's Poor Bens, Lion's Liquorice Gums, Lion's Fruit Pastilles, Lion's Wine Gums & Lion's Fruit Salads...... am I tempting you?

We created the Lion's Sweet Hamper a good few years ago because we realised that there were so many loyal Lion's fans out there who absolutely loved their whole sweet range. We're the only sweet shop to make a lion's hamper..... so don't tell anyone or every other sweet shop will start to copy us!!

This sweet hamper contains each one of the current Lion's Sweet range. Unfortunately this year they've stopped making the Lion's Butterscotch Gums..... we're not happy about this because they used to sell so well for us in our sweet shop. Nevertheless, this hamper contains 1.6kg of all the other Lion's sweets - the traditional, proper, hard, fruity gums which originated in Cleckheaton.

And before you ask, the answer is YES. These are most definitely the PROPER ones. PROPER Lion's Midget Gems and PROPER Lion's Sports Mixtures....... by that I mean that the black sweets in these are liquorice flavoured, NOT blackcurrant. They're hard and chewy, just as they should be - we guarantee that you won't be sold an inferior product because we just don't stock them - Lion's all the way!

So if you know someone who is a real fan of the Lion's sweets then our Lion's Sweet Hamper is an absolute MUST for them this Christmas. And if there is just one particular flavours of the Lion's Sweets which they particularly like, why not get in touch with us and we can customise a lion's hamper for you to include ONLY their favourite Lion's Sweet. Alternatively, we have a fabulous range of Giant Sweet Buckets which may be to their suiting - 1.5kg full of their favourite Lion's Sweet! Midget Gems, Wine Gums, Sports Mixtures.... you name it, we've got it!

Lion's Sweet Hamper

Online / Digital Award Winnner Yorkshire & North East 2015

 We were delighted to have been shortlisted in two categories for the Forward Ladies Business Awards 2015 - Yorkshire & North East Region. The regional final was held in Newcastle yesterday (29th September) and we were absolutely thrilled to have won The Digital/Online Award for Yorkshire & The North East. What an accolade!

This means that we're now into the National Finals in Leeds on 20th November 2015, but before that we have to work a little harder to impress the judges at a Live Panel judging session on the 4th of November!!!

Please see below for all the details of the awards from our PR friends at 2B Communications.

Sweet success for confectionery entrepreneur as she storms through to national finals for Forward Ladies Women in Business Awards 2015

A Yorkshire sweet entrepreneur who spearheads a retro sweet business has forged ahead to the national finals in the Forward Ladies Women in Business Awards 2015.

Lucy Scott Paul, owner of Bah Humbugs won the Digital/Online Business of the Year Award 2015 for Yorkshire and the North East region at an awards ceremony yesterday (Tuesday 29 September) in Newcastle upon Tyne,in recognition of her 12 years of experience in confectionery and her success in the digital side of her business.

The 38-year-old who hails from Masham, North Yorkshire where her business is based, started her business with a shop on the market square and has grown the online side of the company with a website which now takes orders from across the globe, and a strong social media presence. The Bah Humbugs website http://www.bahhumbugs.com/has received close to 10,000 new visitors since January this year spread across the UK, USA and Norway.

She specialises in liquorice confectionery and stocks nostalgic sweet hampers whilst she also suppliessweets and hampers for corporate clients, events and weddings.Lucy has strong relationship with her customers and has harnessed her online community’s views to help shape her themed sweet products to mark occasions such as the Queen’s Jubilee. Her latest range of sweets features ‘Decade Buckets themed sweets. .

Lucy now joins start-ups and multi-million pound businesses for the 2015 Forward Ladies Women in Business Awardsfinal which promises to be one of the most closely run finals in its six-year history.

“I am absolutely delighted to have won Digital Business of the Year 2015 for Yorkshire and the North East region and cannot wait for the finals. The digital side of the business has enabled me to expand my client base across the UK and beyond including wining new corporate contracts.

“Running your own business can be isolating at times and making decisions can be hard. I found it really motivating being at the awards ceremony and in the company of such successful women who all have inspiring stories to share.”

The mother-of-two won regional Retail Business of the Year 2012 in the same competition and now joins 142 entrepreneurial female business leaders who are competing in rounds in Newcastle, Manchester, London and Nottingham across 11 categories to reach the finals to be held in Leeds, West Yorkshire in November.

Fellow winners at the Newcastle awards ceremony included Claire Young of BBC’s The Apprentice fame in recognition of her School Speakers business.

Forward Ladies Managing Director Griselda Togobo said the standard of entries this year was one of the highest ever.

“The calibre of entries has been increasing year on year, but this year we have a number of outstanding entries, which have attracted women from all ages, all professions and all walks of life.  We are also delighted to hosting regional heats in Newcastle, Manchester, London and Nottingham for the first time, which means we can showcase some of the best talent from across the whole of England.

“We also have categories to showcase the underrepresented women working in traditionally male dominated fields such as STEM, Digital and Online category, and have received some outstanding entries in this category.  The judges have seriously had their work cut out for them this year.”

This year’s judging panel was made up of leading business personalities and entrepreneurs including Karen Boswell, the managing director of Hitachi Rail Europe and former managing director of East Coast Trains, Ajaz Ahmed, the founder of Freeserve and Debra White, the Regional Director of Small Businesses at HSBC.

Bah Humbugs has over 3,500 twitter followers and over 4,000 facebook page. To follow on twitter visit https://twitter.com/bahhumbugs and to become a facebook fan visit http://www.facebook.com/bahhumbugs. To visit Bah Humbugs You Tube page visit http://www.youtube.com/user/englishsweetshop

For more information visit http://www.bahhumbugs.com/

ENDS

For interviews/photos or more information please contact Audrey Barton at 2B Communications on 07769334877 or email Audrey@2bcommunications.co.uk

All the Regional Winners for Yorkshire & The North East

Today in Bah Humbugs Sweet Shop we have had an order for a 1950s Sweet Hamper from a care home in the South of England. We are often contacted by people caring for the elderly to provide selections of sweets from a certain decade for use with their residents, or for people who are suffering from dementia.
Sweets evoke so many memories - everyone can remember their first favourite sweet, and I love being able to grab that jar off the shelf and find that particular sweet for my customers. We're told that the sweets such as aniseed balls, cough candy, Floral Gums etc have such distinctive flavours that they can help people with memory problems to go back in time as they trigger many happy memories. Much the same as music does.

Sugar is in the news a lot at the moment because of the adverse affects it has on the teeth of children who don't brush their teeth. It's absolutely right that sweets contain a lot of sugar and if sweets are eaten constantly without brushing your teeth that you're likely to get a large dental bill.

But our sweets aren't so bad, eaten in moderation they will take you on a happy trip down memory lane, back to your school days; they can help to cheer up the glummest of moods and they also serve to give you a big energy boost.

What i love best of all is to serve my elderly customers. I love to listen to all their stories of how they used to get their first sweets, what their favourites were, how much they cost, where they bought them from, what they tasted like - the amount of detail that they recall is quite phenominal, especially for those customers who are unfortunate enough to have dementia and memory problems.

If you would like a selection of sweets for someone born during a specific decade/era, do let us know and we will happily put together a selection of sweets for you. Whether you're looking for sweets from the 1940s, sweets from the 1950s or 1960s sweets, we have a fabulous selection and can definitely put together a scrumptious assortment for you.

So let's not be so quick to bin sugar, it does have its' uses!

We've had a busy Summer here in Bah Humbugs Sweet Shop with lots of visitors to Masham. The shop has had lots of new customers who haven't been before, as well as a lot of our regular customers.

The Summer is also a really busy time for us making and delivering Wedding Favours to lots of lovely venues across The Yorkshire Dales. This has been the first Summer we've had our Victorian Sweet Cart, but it has been out to lots of stunning locations such as Swinton Park, Allerton Castle and Ripley Castle.

If you're planning a wedding then please do give us a call or send us an email. Our sweets make wonderful inexpensive gifts to give to your guests to thank them for sharing your special day with you. From bags of Retro Sweets to boxes of chocolates, Jars of Sweets, bags of traditional boiled sweets and of course Childrens Party Bags - we can cater for them all! We also have lots of  And our Sweet Cart is a real show-stopper! Absolutely guaranteed to go down a storm with your guests (young AND old!). Here are some fabulous photos of the types of sweet favours we do, a long with some pictures of our fab sweet cart.

Today we received a wonderful email from some newlyweds who got married at Swinton Park near to Masham. We thought we'd share it with you as we're so delighted to receive it!:-

Dear Lucy, We just wanted to email you to express our gratitude for the fantastic work you did to make our wedding so memorable. the Sweet Cart was fantastic and was a great talking point. We could not have hoped for any better. As a supplier, you made our day. Your service was second to none and everyone commented on how amazing the sweet cart looked. You were brilliant from start to finish. We really can't praise you enough and will be eternally grateful to you, for helping to create a day we will treasure forever. Matthew & Victoria

If you'd like any information about any of our Wedding Favours, Retro Sweets or Sweet Cart, please do get in touch! We will give your wedding that extra wow - factor!!

Childrens Party Bags

 Here at Bah Humbugs Sweet Shop we're always thinking of new products to whet your appetite and this year is no different! Hot on the heels of our Sweet Buckets we're delighted to launch our brand new range of Sweet Buckets - The Decade Sweet Buckets!

Perfect for those milestone events such as birthdays, anniversaries or Christmas, these Sweet Buckets are a wonderful gift to transport the recipient on a lovely, nostalgic trip down memory lane. Each one in crammed full of 1500g of sweets from a specific decade.

There are four buckets in the range so far - 1950s sweets, 1960s sweets, 1970s sweets and 1980s sweets. Here is some information about each one & of course to take a look at the rest of our Sweet Gifts then don't forget to check out our website - www.bahhumbugs.com

So if you're looking for sweets for specific event and need sweets from a specific era, Fifties Sweets, Sixties Sweets, Eighties Sweets, or Seventies Sweets? We've done the research and each of these buckets is crammed full of all the sweets you'll remember from each of these decades so you won't be disappointed!

1950s Sweet Bucket - 1.5kg of sweets from the 1950s, including Aniseed Balls, Catherine Wheels, Liquorice Root, Toffees, Dolly Mixtures, Rhubarb & Custards, Pontefract Cakes, Pear Drops, Black Jacks, Fruit Salads, Drumsticks, Love Hearts, Parma Violets, Fizzers & lots more.

1960s Sweet Bucket - 1.5kg of sweets from the 1960s, including Jelly Babies, Liquorice Torpedoes Coconut Mushrooms, Rhubarb & Custards, Murray Mints, Cherry Lips, Sherbet Lemons, Sherbet Fountain, Sherbet Dip, Black Jacks, Fruit Salads, Love Hearts, Refreshers, Double Lollies, Refresher Chew & lots more.

Groovy Seventies Sweets

1970s Sweet Bucket - 1.5kg of sweets from the 1970s, including Fizzy Cola Bottles, Midget Gems, Kola Cubes, Liquorice Comfits, Foam Shrimps, Lemon Sherbets, Anglo Bubbly, Double Dip, Cadbury Fudge, Candy Whistle, Black Jacks, Fruit Salads, Love Hearts, Refreshers, Double Lollies, Refresher Chew & lots more.

1980s Sweet Bucket - 1.5kg of sweets from the 1980s, including Cola Bottles, Sherbet Pips, Pineapple Cubes, Milk Teeth, Fish & Chips, Bon Bons, Wham Bars, Sherbet Fountains, Popping Candy, Dip Dab, Anglo Bubbly, Black Jacks, Fruit Salads, Love Hearts, Refreshers, Double Lollies, Refresher Chew & lots more.

Which one would you buy?  What's your favourite sweet from your favourite decade? Let us know in the comments section below!

So it's obvious that i totally LOVE all things retro - that's half the reason that i opened Bah Humbugs. I loved sweets & couldn't get all the sweets that we used to eat as kids so i did some research and found they were still being made - a month later I'd opened Bah Humbugs (that was 11 years ago!).

Now i love the internet, half of my sales are generated online so i love it for that reason. But i do worry that our lives are becoming far too reliant upon IPads and Tablets, and that our kids will miss out having not been brought up with things such as Emu, Wacaday, The Krankees, Meg & Mog, Rainbow, Blockbusters, Roland Rat. Shops used to be shut on Sundays and they were a proper family day - we used to spend Sundays logging (reluctantly) on my parents' farm, playing on bikes, skateboards (none of us could actually do it). And Saturday nights were spent watching classic tv like The A Team, Dukes of Hazard, Blind Date, Knightrider. What are the equivalents nowadays? I guess it will be Mr Tumble, Show me Show me and other similar Cbeebies programmes. But back then we only had 4 channels to choose from, and when kids tv was over in the Broom Cupboard, that was that!

My mum used to rent our video player from the local electric shop - i bet we must have paid for it 10 times over before we actually bought one and we only had sweets on a Saturday (sweetie day). I'm trying to do this with my kids but it's tough when i run a sweet shop! I never owned a shell suit or moon boots, but i did have a wonderful jacket with some fabulous shoulder pads in from Tammy Girl which i wore to my cousin's wedding, along with some classy culottes.

This week I stumbled upon this amazing video this week depicting life in the 1970's & 1980's and boy has it brought back some totally amazing memories. Take a look at it here and i guarantee you're going to love it - moon boots, shell suits, Michael Fish, Timmy Mallet, Swap Shop, Spangles, Space Raiders, Mrs Mangle and Popping Candy at the ready..........

And don't forget that you can get Space Dust and all the other delicious sweets from the 1980s at our Online Sweet Shop and if you're looking for a specific sweet gift from the 1970's and 1980's then you've got to check out our Decade Sweet Buckets - perfect for anyone with a sweet tooth who fancies a trip down memory lane.

1970s Sweets - Groovy Seventies Sweet Bucket

Groovy Seventies Sweets

All the fantastic sweets from the 1970s including Lion's Midget Gems, Fizzy Cola Bottles, Foam Shrimps, Drumsticks, Refresher Chews, Cadbury Fudges, Double Lollies, Parma Violets, Sherbet Lemons, Popping Candy and tonnes more. Only £19.95

1980's Sweets - Epic Eighties Sweet Bucket

1500g of scrumptious sweets from the 1980s including Wham Bars, Highland Toffee Bars, Sherbet Fountains, Refresher Chews, Black Jacks, Fruit Salads, Anglo Bubbly, Drumsticks, Love Hearts, Dip Dabs, Fish & Chips, Sherbet Pips, Cola Bottles and loads more. £19.95

What are your happy memories from this era?

As the weather gets warmer (slightly), we all start looking forward to what summer will bring.  We know there will be weddings all over the country, in churches, stately homes, gardens, chapels, by riversides, on beaches and anywhere else that today's happy couples can think of to make their big day that little bit special and unusual.

Here at Bah Humbugs we are always delighted to be a part of such celebrations.  We have supplied wedding favours, table decorations, wedding gifts, bridesmaids favours and more in the past and are now delighted to be the proud owners of our very own Sweet Cart!!

This great Sweet Cart can be hired from us and can include the jars, sweets, scoops and bags for your guests to help themselves.  We also do a range of delicious pre-bagged Fudge, a selection of lucky bags, cones of sweets or sweet buckets if you wanted some of your sweets pre-packed.

Sweets can be of your own choosing if you wish to follow a theme for your big day, or you can leave the choice to the team at Bah Humbugs who will organise a selection according to your budget and guest numbers.

A selection of sugar free, gluten free, gelatine free sweets are also available so we can meet most dietary requirements.

If you are thinking of having a Sweet Cart at your wedding why not give us a quick call to the number on the website or drop us an email and we can discuss your requirements.

And a Sweet Cart is not just for weddings...... if you want to throw a special birthday party, have something different at a baby shower, a hen do, a christening party, then why not hire the cart.  We have ranges of sweets that we specialise in such as Scandinavian liquorice, retro sweets by the decade, pick n mix, a fantastic range of boiled sweets, toffees, fudges, bon bons and much, much more!

Let your imagination go wild and get in touch to make the arrangements!

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I don't know about you but our winters seem to get longer and darker, although in Yorkshire we seem to have avoided any deep snow falls or treacherous black ice so it's not all bad.

Now that the sun is shining we can turn our minds to a little spring cleaning, stock replenishing, and that general feeling of renewed energy that puts a spring in everyone's step.

We've introduced a few new product lines recently and if you haven't already seen them on our website why not check them out now?  Our bonanza of buckets include amazing decade themed treats which are great for birthday gifts or why not give yourself a gift of a trip down memory lane - choose from Fabulous Fifties, Swinging Sixties, Groovy Seventies or Epic Eighties

Check out our Bucket Full of Treats -  fabulous buckets filled to the brim with your favourite sweets like Giant Strawbs, Midget Gems, Fizzy Cola Bottles, Retro Sweets plus many more!  In fact, you can choose whatever sweet you like from our range and we can make it into a Bucket Full of Treats just for you!

Get in touch with us if there's anything you fancy........ and enjoy the sunshine

Was this the first thing you bought with your pocket money?

Here at Bah Humbugs we're always thinking about the next products we'd like to launch so we can keep all you lovely customers happy.

This year we're going to be launching a range of Sweet Hampers dedicated to the decades.... so a 1950's, 1960's, 1970's and 1980's sweet hamper, each crammed with the most popular sweets from those eras.

We need your help! Which era were you born? Which is your first sweet memory? And what was the first sweet you remember eating?

To help get those memories flowing here are a couple of the 'Sweet Adverts' from the 1970's  & 1980's - two of my favourites which i remember watching and nagging my parents to buy for me.

Please email your answers to us or tell us in the comments section below. We'll list some of the answers already emailed to us.

Oh, and there is still time to take advantage of February's 15% OFF Offer - just enter offercode BAHHUMBUGS on the checkout page to get 15% off your online sweet order.

We'll give you more details about the sweet hampers when we're ready to launch them!