Remember those sweets and candies we used to have as kids. The delight of sneaking a sweet in the middle of the day or  especially when you were not allowed any is altogether different. Those memories of waiting and waiting for a sweet, to be on  good behaviour for that sweet, sticky treat, to wait for that favorite relative who would spoil you silly with a packet of  sweets at every visit. Fond memories that now will no longer take place again. Especially as candy now is very different from  the times we used to have. Now the candy looks very tiny and not as large sized as in our time. Also with the amount of junk  food infiltrating our lives, sweets seem to be disappearing. Not all though, there are a few shops that have retained making  sweets. The trend is novelty and many of the sweet shops are going back to stocking on the old sweets that we would have in  our childhood.

One of the first things to clear up though are the terms. In America confectionary is called candy and in the united kingdom  sweets. They both are the same just called different names. Although there are different types of confectionary which have  different names. The shops that are specializing in sweets and candies also have websites and one can go through the webpage  and categories to select and order online which makes it even more convenient due to the hustle bustle of daily life.

These  shops have different categories of sweets like American sweets that we would have as kids like laffy taffy, baby ruth bar,  butterfingers, hershey’s kisses, fluff - marshmallow paste, airheads etcetera. They have old fashioned sweets known as retro  sweets; like crunchy candy, dip dap, fish n chips, flying saucers, jazzles milk chocolate, jazzles white, jelly sprogs, juocy  fruit chewing gum, large pear drops among others. Another speciality of the U.K. are the boiled sweets also known as hard  sweets like lollipops, jawbreakers, gobstoppers, lemon drops, peppermint drops, candy canes, disks, rock candy, having  flavours like kopiko. Other sweets like fudge, taffy, caramel, liquorice, jelly candies. All the retro sweets are packed just  like in the old times. They are displayed in the old screw on fat glass jars filled to the brim with our favorite candy. One  can buy them loose and get the sweets packed up in wrapping and brown paper bags just like in the old days.

Rail transport modeling is one of the world’s largest hobbies. It consists of a collection of trains built to a small scale  or large scale, as in miniature size trains and its accessories like a train station and landscape including tracks and  traffic signals and levers to manipulate the movements. This hobby has been around for a long time since the inception of  trains. All the model trains are either hand made or manufactured by companies for the purpose of this hobby. The trains are  always made at a ratio smaller than the actual sized train.

Measurements of the size are in scale and gauge, the unit of  measure for scale is in inches per foot and the unit of measure for gauge is in mm. So when somebody says train scale they  mean the size of the model train. When somebody mentions train gauge they mean the size of the track that the model train  uses or is suitable for.  Thus a train scale is for the size of the train and train gauge is for the track this model train  runs on. All modellists keep a collection of trains and also a train station that is either depicting a real train station or  one they have made using their imagination.

Many hobbyists are specialized in making the landscape and some are even called  artists for their life like depiction of the representation of life they make. The model railway layout consists of the train  station, train tracks, train signals, levers to change tracks, landscape consists of area around the train which can be flat  level or hilly, with shrubs, trees, fields, animals, people, and even pebbles as part of the landscape. There are exhibitions  and fairs held to show off the model trains and the sets. Some people even have an antique collection and there are many  people who love to collect such items and are willing to pay a large amount for these models.

Enthusiasts and new comers both  are welcomed to the exhibitions and fairs. A lot of information is exchanged regarding the model trains especially the scales  and gauges used. Some of the scales are Z scale, G scale, Live Steam – there are several ranges in live steam, grand scale,  SE scale, gauge 3, wide gauge, llm scale, S gauge, O scale trains, TT scale and several others. Each are prevalent in a particular  country or area of the country.