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For those of you who already are living in Canada, if you knew then what you know now, what would you have bought in large-ish quantities before you left the UK?

xxx

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Bras

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Money.
Beer.
Chocolate.

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Blackcurrant squash. We've even seen Marmite here, but the concept of squash seems to have eluded Canadians so far.

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Cheese, hula hoops, skirts, Sky TV and the M&S underwear department

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I got Orange Squash at Sobey's the other day after a tip from someone of BE. Don't know is you can get in where you are it's made by Granthams. Also Ribena is pretty easy to find here just a little more expensive.

And to answer Judy's question Jelly Babies!

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Ahh but can you get things like!! Heinz baked beans, tom ketchup, bisto, cadburys chocolate, good indian curry, chicken/marmite walkers crisps mmmm....just a few things that I know i'll miss :p

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One of the highlights of our trip to Toronto a few years back was the Cadbury's (and other Brit faves) readily available in the supermarkets...

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Flaming hot monster munch

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Girls Aloud with the sound turned down

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Mr L2S's friend arrived yesterday with 2 of the biggest tubs of Bisto gravy granuals (beef and chicken), chocolate (Glaxay and Dairy Milk) plus Mr L2S's in-all-in-one ski suit from the 80s....hhmmm

As for Judy's questions: Bedding

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Rowntrees Fruit Gums.:)

I know I can get them at the local Brit shop but they charge an arm and a leg for them.:mad::eek::eek:

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Heinz tomato soup. Great hangover cure, and Campbell's condensed just isn't the same!

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Branston Pickle to go on the cheese I can't get here!

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Canadian Dollars.

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Bread sauce mix

Monsoon and Accessorize stuff..........not strictly what was asked for, but true for me!

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Ditto - BC = Bring Cash:rofl::rofl:

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Wow. I had totally forgotten about them. Didn't they used to stick to your back teeth all the time?

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Definitely!

And Tesco's Bombay Mix.

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To pad out your Bra with:confused:

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Yep they're the ones. ;):lol:

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A good old bottle or 3 of a drink called Nelsons Blood, you can get a crap version here but not the same as the original from Burnham Overy in Norfolk :wub:

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Bras
Chocolate
Bistro Instant Gravy
Marzipan
Lilliput Lane Cottages - for my friends birthdays
My own personal Indian Take Away/Restaurant
New Look and Evans clothes shops
My sexy Renault Megane - my old car
Blackcurrant and Apple cordial
My old job :(

The list goes on and on and on :eek:

Gaynor

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Sense

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Common?

Be advised there doesn't seem to be much of that variety left any more, it's been unofficially renamed "rare sense". ;)

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and Sense of Humour:thumbup:

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Marks & Spencers Food Court.

mmmmm.......sausage rolls..aaarrrrggggggghhhhhh:thumbsup:

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Bendicks Bittermints.......Other than that (shoot me now!!) HELLO! magazine -When they launched the Canadian edition they stopped selling the British one!!! Canadian one just not the same.....Sad or what????

As for sausage rolls.....my mother in law, who has lived in Canada since the mid 60's has done an exhaustive search and declares to any one who will listen that President's Choice (Superstore) own brand frozen sausage rolls are the closest you will find to 'proper' english ones.....They are pretty good...
Leepee

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Lorne sausage. Yes, you can buy it at selected 'British/Scottish' food stores but it costs a fair bit more.

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I hesitate to ask.....but what is wrong with Canadian bras? :rofl:
Are they inferior to UK bras, and if so, how? People should be made aware of these things before they go traipsing across the globe, it's a long way to go to end up walking around commando.

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...........and a many many packets of crisps, to many brands to mention.

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Myth & Magic figurines
Good strong cheddar cheese
Gravy ganules
Brillo pads
Real ale

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You don't want to know.

Quite. :)

xxx

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should we add it to the wiki?! :rofl:

Wait, why am I endorsing this again?!

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Cadburys Dairy Milk.

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Clothes for the whole family off eBay (clothes are poor quality and expensive)
Bras (fit is odd)
Furniture from Ikea
Toddler bed (frighfully expensive here and bad quality)

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All we used to buy was Canadian strong cheddar, in fact the shelves were stocked high with Canadian cheddar at Tesco's.

I can only find nice cheddar in a few places here. :blink::huh:

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Bras and matching underwear. All the Canadian stores seem to think that no-one is bigger than a D cup. It's a pet peeve of mine, but I console myself with splurges on Figleaves.com and then sending the stuff to my parents in bulk, who then mail me a package of used underwear.

Count me in on the Old Job front too. Mine sucks :(

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Got them at New Years. The pastry is spot on but the filling is more frankfurterish.

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I'm intrigued, really, how can you go wrong?! Some elastic, some material, varying degrees of fanciness....it's hardly a major feat of engineering. Perhaps I'll set up my own bra business :p *off to check out self employed visas*

Yep, I demand a Wiki on the subject of Canadian bras. This could be a deal breaker for some people, along with hair straighteners and car stuff I don't understand.