Bongo Matches

[brawburd]

This is not really food or drink, but nowhere else to submit, and apparently they used to be supplied on ice-cream vans? Someone mentioned that they used to get these, but not one other person knew what they meant .... do YOU?!

[xyzzyplugh]

Big, flamey matches; Bengal matches; remember those but not Bongo - maybe the name changes as you go further north, like accents :-)

[brawburd]

according to the source of this query - that's them! Ta.

[fraserjim]

Bengal matches used to have about 6 in a box and were wrapped in a small piece of foreign newspaper the head of the match continued half way down and burned in different colours

[xyzzyplugh]

Spot on fraserjim!