In 2020, the Chewits range was given a fresh new look and Chewie was given a whole new CGI makeover, making him look more cheeky with a funny, goggle-eyed look. Chewits Xtreme The former Leaf UK Chewits factory on Virginia Street in Southport is demolished, on February 26, 2008. Photo by Gareth Jones In 2000, a new TV advert aired featuring the song "I Like to Move It" by Reel to Real and The Mad Stuntman aired, with the lyrics of the chorus altered to "I like to Chew it, Chew It". 50th Birthday However I find the taste is like “Solvents”… Very chemically and I feel the urge to swill used paint brushes in it. Chewits have been involved in a range of promotional activity over the years including the Chewits log flume at Pleasureland in Southport. More recently, Chewits have sponsored several sport and activity-related programmes for children in the UK.

This is another one which smells like sweeties – oh man it’s a perfect Strawberry Chewits smell – delicious! Making me hungry these sweetie vapes are!Barbara Dolan said: “We have a photo of one of the Holland tankers which transported glucose. My dad used to drive them. My sister Irene Earl also worked on switchboard and in the maintenance office.” I used to love the Rhubarb and Custard hard boiled sweets which had the sugar coating and too many would be like sandpapering your tongue. But now this range has expanded to Sour Cherry and Sour Lemon flavoured Chews, as well as Sour Apple & Lemon Juicy Bites. Now that’s something to sink your teeth into. Retro Chewits Get Re-Branded The original adverts used Claymation special effects, similar in style to those made famous in the movies of Ray Harryhausen. They also included a voiceover style reminiscent of a 1950s radio serial. Split the family into two teams that have to race against each other in the ultimate Easter game… a bunny hope relay. Anyone caught with two feet on the floor is immediately out of the game. Hopping is the only way to victory in this hilarious, fast-paced game. Have A Question About Chewits?

Easter hunts usually work best in a large outdoor space, where your mini dinosaurs have plenty of room to really get their claws into the fun. Stuart Isenberg said: “Southport had quite a lot of manufacturing outlets at the time but, unfortunately, it eventually became more economical for many of the products to be sourced abroad. It was not a case of just Southport, but the UK itself. With a change of advertising agencies, the puppets were replaced by colourful 2D animations. Chewie the Chewitsaurus was re-introduced in two popular adverts from this time. In the first, which aired in 1999, Chewie roller skates on two buses through a busy city scene. The second, which went out a year later in 2001, shows Chewie waterskiing at a popular seaside resort. The ads included a rendition of the 1994 hit song 'I like to move it' [11] by Reel 2 Real, with the chorus, "I like to Chewit Chewit."

TV Adverts featuring Chewie the Dinosaur

In 2011, Chewits partnered with Team Extreme [21] and held an extreme sports road show to promote the Xtreme range of products.

There is a bubblegum flavour – but compared to the smell it is very muted. If this flavour was stronger this would be a 10/10 e-liquid. Final Verdict Carole Wright said: “I worked there for five years. The job was awful. Very boring. But the people I worked with - well that’s a different matter. The social life was fantastic. Being slightly thinner in composition these e-liquids may even be suitable for pod mods and starter vape kits! Wow this is really lemony – and tastes again like the school made lemonade. Not the fizzy stuff but basically sweetened lemon juice with the acid sting taken away. It has been built on quite extensively through the years. The name change occurred when the original owners sold all of their holdings in 1965. Prior to that, they were known as Chewzits so the name change was minor but that’s the date they count for Chewits to have been born. Who Owns Chewits?

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