Sweets. A bag of spice is a bag of sweets, and a spice shop is a sweet shop. The word is a Sheffield and South Yorkshire usage, and has nothing to do with heat or seasoning. Bassett's and Thornton's, both Sheffield firms, made a great deal of spice between them.
Sheffield
137 events this week258 places1,320 charities169 planning applications lodged in Sheffield this month UK PlanIt443 recent planning applications still awaiting a council decision UK PlanItWalkley by-election is in 3 days, Thursday 17 September Democracy Club11,678 Sheffield signatures on the petition "Make carbon monoxide alarms mandatory in all holiday accommodation" UK Parliament petitionsPollen low today Open-MeteoUV low today, peak index 2.1 Open-MeteoQuietest neighbourhood with a tram stop: Cathedral Quarter Neighbourhood scorecards, derived from open dataGreenest neighbourhood on the scorecards: Whirlow Neighbourhood scorecards, derived from open dataMost affordable neighbourhood with a GP: Wicker Neighbourhood scorecards, derived from open dataBorn on this day in Sheffield: Iain Cameron Williams, 1953 writer1,568 people from Sheffield are on Wikidata Wikidata, CC09.6 mm of rain at Barbrook in the last 7 days Environment Agency