I remember a penny candy store where you could spend forever trying to decide what to get with your dime (10 cents). Big jawbreakers were 2c, licorice shoestrings 1c and those yellow foam peanuts that melted in your mouth were 2 for a penny as were the little licorice jawbreakers. There were caramels and extra strong mints and those horrible foamy strawberries that tasted like red food color but were the cheapest to buy. "The candy lady" would put it all in a tiny brown paper bag which made it seam like even more. We were devestated when she retired and it was replaced with a Laura Secord Chocolate Shoppe designed for a much richer market than our ten year old selves.
And do you remember licorice pipes and cigars with the red sprinkles on the end that we pretended to smoke?