Alma Confectionery from Kirkcaldy scored a huge hit with its new  Skullcrusher sweets.The sweets were disembodied sunken-eyed, white chocolate  which oozed a blood red strawberry fondant filling.Alma Confectionery from Kirkcaldy scored a huge hit with its new  Skullcrusher sweets.The sweets were disembodied sunken-eyed, white chocolate  which oozed a blood red strawberry fondant filling.
Alma Confectionery from Kirkcaldy scored a huge hit with its new Skullcrusher sweets.The sweets were disembodied sunken-eyed, white chocolate which oozed a blood red strawberry fondant filling.

Kirkcaldy 1982: pictures from the year that saw the launch of Alma's Skullcrusher sweets

It’s hard to think these photos are now over 40 years old!

They capture many of the people and organisations which made the news headlines in the Fife Free Press in 1982 – including the launch of Alma Confectionery’s legendary Skullcrusher sweets! They proved a huge hit across the UK and made the company a household name.

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