Bahr’s Chocolate Shop and Milk Bar was on the corner of Hampden Road and Stowell Avenue in Hobart’s historic Battery Point. My partner Rob remembers buying lollies from this shop when he was a child in the early sixties. I’m not sure what the name was then.
We made a nostalgic return some years ago. Just look at all those glass jars of lollies in the window.
Oh the memories.
Instead of the old ‘Sixpence worth of mixed lollies please‘ I bought a bag of something I hadn’t heard of before;
School Chalk lollies from Bahr’s.
I loved them, but when we visited my great-nieces later that day they thought they were awful! 🤢
Of course nothing lasts forever and in 2017 The Mercury newspaper published this sad news;
Subsequently Bahr’s became a sign language cafe, providing a welcoming environment for hearing impaired people. Later it was a pizza shop, despite initial resistance from locals. Now the building itself is up for sale. I wonder what its next incarnation will be? It dates from 1900, so I hope that preserves it from demolition.
SOURCE – THE MERCURY
I was prompted to write this piece when a bag of old-fashioned sweets arrived with a delivery of computer equipment a few days ago. My associate Editor Des was enchanted with them.
A sugary little lot!
How well I remember those raspberries. 😋 Oh yes, and the strawberries and cream.
The old lolly shop may be gone, but Battery Point is still well worth a visit.
I don’t ever recall the School Chalk ones. I confess I don’t find the look of them very appetising. And as for the bright pink ones, they look exceptionally sickly. One of my favourites as a child were Flying Saucers, little round pale coloured wafer paper filled sweets with fizzy Sherbet. I could also buy loose bright yellow sherbet that left one’s finger bright yellow where you’d kept dipping it in the bag before licking the sherbet off. These days, just hand me a plain chocolate bar and I’m happy. Yummy!
I still buy Sherbet Bombs with the stick of licorice in them.