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🍬 Nostalgic sweets + sweet history
📚 Heritage speaker for WI, U3A & community groups
🎁 Hampers, sweet carts & bulk orders
👇Follow for sweet content

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21/10/2026

“Oh no… she’s spotted a sweet shop.”
A sentence my friends have been saying for 21 years.

Blists Hill Victorian Town did NOT stand a chance.
If there’s a window full of jars, I’m already pressed up against the glass like it’s a pilgrimage.

From Sweet Shop Girl → Sweet Lady → Emma…
some habits never change.

👇 Follow for nostalgia, heritage stories & sweets you actually want to eat.

Some people call me Emma.But most call me Sweet Lady.And years ago, it used to be Sweet Shop Girl.Those nicknames tell t...
20/10/2026

Some people call me Emma.
But most call me Sweet Lady.
And years ago, it used to be Sweet Shop Girl.

Those nicknames tell the whole story of Sweet Heritage.

I’ve spent 21 years wrapped up in sweets, heritage, and the memories they carry, from serving sweets in a tiny sweet shop at the Back to Backs, to sharing sweet history with WI and U3A groups across Birmingham, to mentoring women who want to turn their own stories into talks.

And yes… I still sell sweets.
Nostalgic mixes, heritage favourites, and the treats that spark childhood memories

Sweet Heritage is nostalgia, Birmingham history, storytelling… and a lifetime of sweets.
If you love local heritage, childhood memories, or learning something new, you’re in the right place.

👇 Follow for sweet history, Birmingham heritage, mentoring inspiration & nostalgic sweets.

I hate these sweets.Always have.Always will.But I know some of you absolutely LOVE them… so let’s settle this once and f...
19/10/2026

I hate these sweets.
Always have.
Always will.
But I know some of you absolutely LOVE them… so let’s settle this once and for all.
Are these a childhood favourite or a childhood betrayal?

Picture of half crescent shaped hard boiled cherry lips. Aka, sweets that taste like your grandmothers soap.

No offence to to the makers (please don’t hate me)

Thank you to the lovely Wylde’s Sweetshop for letting me use your photo. Cherry Lips will never darken my doorstep.

Three nice things people have said about me this weekIn a world where people aren’t always kind, I have been fortunate e...
16/10/2026

Three nice things people have said about me this week

In a world where people aren’t always kind, I have been fortunate enough to have received 3 compliments this week.

It makes my heart sing to receive positive feedback about my talks, I really do put my heart and soul into my research!

And the lovely comment about me not ageing at all! Well thanks bab! 🩷

I was just the sweet shop girlWhen this film was made, Sweet Heritage had already begun but my talks were still mostly a...
15/10/2026

I was just the sweet shop girl

When this film was made, Sweet Heritage had already begun but my talks were still mostly about the sweet shop.I was still rooted in 55 Hurst Street, still telling the stories of Mr Chills’, still learning how to turn research into something bigger.

Southside Stories captured me right in the middle of that transformation the moment Sweet Heritage was becoming more than a talk, more than a shop, more than a job.It was becoming me.

14/10/2026

I didn’t know it then, but this tiny sweet shop was about to take over my whole career.

Twenty‑one years ago, I stepped into the sweet shop at 55 Hurst Street, the little Back to Backs shop that changed everything.

My first ever Sweet Heritage talk was almost entirely about this shop.

Over the years, that talk has grown into a full history of sweets, shaped by two decades of research, storytelling, and community.But it all began right here, in this tiny shop, with jars of Troach Drops and a love of heritage that never went away.

Friendship and loyalty21 years ago this week, my childhood dream came true and I started working in a real life sweet sh...
13/10/2026

Friendship and loyalty

21 years ago this week, my childhood dream came true and I started working in a real life sweet shop.

This was the 1930s themed sweet shop at the Back to Backs houses. Over the years I made friends with some truly wonderful people.

They are still friends now. Yesterday, when I gave my talk to South Yardley Local History society I was joined by 4 of the Back to Backs volunteers who have championed me for the past 21 years.

I am a lucky lady.

I was lonely…Working on your own is lonely and I was fed up of talking to myself. So I’ve got myself two new work collea...
12/10/2026

I was lonely…

Working on your own is lonely and I was fed up of talking to myself. So I’ve got myself two new work colleagues.

I have my own Caramel Bunny and Freddo Frog to keep me company.

Who would you prefer as your work colleague?

World Mental Health DayLife can throw a lot at us sometimes, it isn’t always sweets and happiness.It’s ok not to be ok, ...
10/10/2026

World Mental Health Day

Life can throw a lot at us sometimes, it isn’t always sweets and happiness.

It’s ok not to be ok, and here are suggestions on how to keep your jar feeling full.

Samaritans 116 123

www.hubofhope.co.uk

A unexpected surprise from the WIOne of my lovely WI ladies let me know she had found a rabbit and he needed a home.Of c...
09/10/2026

A unexpected surprise from the WI

One of my lovely WI ladies let me know she had found a rabbit and he needed a home.

Of course I nominated my household to adopt him. We have named home Thumper and is already well loved.

I will be able to see his hutch from Sweet Heritage HQ.

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