Gone. Just like your teeth.

As the Scotsman announces in an article today, the company that makes Highland Toffee and Wham bars has gone into administration.

Not being a Scot, I can't get into the same level of nostalgia over the potential loss of Highland Toffee. But I do have a lingering (bittersweet) fondness for those ludicrous luminous lumps of industrial adhesive (studded with explosive kernels of sherbet) known as Wham bars.

I say bittersweet because I was relieved of a wobbly tooth courtesy of a Wham bar at the age of 13. Chomp, chomp, ouch! And then the tooth was left stuck in the goo. Took me ages to extract it, but I wasn't going to miss out on the tooth fairy's 20p, so I persevered. I seem to remember that I ate the rest of the bar, too.

If you'd like to make an offer for the business to preserve this particular piece of early-onset-diabetes heritage, drop me a line. Jamie Oliver has a lot to answer for, I tell you.