THE HISTORY OF BLACK BULLETS - A GEORDIE'S FAVOURITE SWEET

Today’s video is on black bullets, a largely forgotten sweet that was popular in the North East of England!

The miners of the Northumberland and Durham Coalfield sucked and crunched the strong peppermint boiled sweets whilst working underground in hot and dusty conditions and a tin or packet of black bullets is a regular fixture in pockets and shelves in this region.

Sweeties has long been part of the North East’s heritage; from Dainty Dinahs toffees, tyne mints to Wilkin’s red boy toffee, I think black bullets stand out as the region’s most recognisable!

I absolutely loved researching this topic and used the below in my research:

https://newcastlestuff.co.uk/lower-to...

https://amerrierworld.com/2009/03/04/...

https://shannonselin.com/2016/09/swee...

https://eccentricengland.co.uk/home/c...

https://heatonhistorygroup.org/2018/0...

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