A tin of Nestle Quality Street chocolates. (Photo by Martin Keene/PA Images via Getty Images)

We’ve written before at HuffPost UK about why Jammie Dodgers, Twix, Hobnobs, and more are named what they are.

But what about Quality Street, the selection tin first made in 1936?

I kind of get the “quality” part of it ― the original selection of 11 chocolates and seven toffees was meant to invoke a “regal splendour,” Nestlé, who acquired the original company Rowntree Mackintosh in 1988, says on their site.

But what about the “Street” bit of the title ― and why did the original box have a Major and Miss on the lid?

A 1953 ad for Quality Street

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