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Old 07-08-2010, 10:06   #16
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Bought a velvet jacket from yon when I first started Pool Refereeing, before I invested in dress suit
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Old 07-08-2010, 11:47   #17
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Mrs. Hemers shop on the corner 87 Church St. It was a very sweet and lingering smell
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Old 07-08-2010, 12:39   #18
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Mrs. Hemers shop on the corner 87 Church St. It was a very sweet and lingering smell
What did she sell Doug
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Old 07-08-2010, 12:55   #19
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The smell I made after my mother forced Sulphur and treacle down me to cure my spots.It didn't work and I had to put myself in solitary confinement for hours.
Sorry to introduce a vulgar note among all these romantic reminisances.
How about the smell of the bluebells in Bluebell Wood in Huncoat?
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Old 07-08-2010, 13:56   #20
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The smell I made after my mother forced Sulphur and treacle down me to cure my spots.It didn't work and I had to put myself in solitary confinement for hours.
Sorry to introduce a vulgar note among all these romantic reminisances.
How about the smell of the bluebells in Bluebell Wood in Huncoat?
I remember brimstone & treacle, it does cure spots & boils, clears a room in 2 seconds when you let one go, great stuff if you need your own space.
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Old 07-08-2010, 17:00   #21
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I remember elderly aunts, who kissed you as a child, and who smelled of Lavender. To this day I am not entirely fond of Lavender!!!!!!!

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Old 07-08-2010, 18:02   #22
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Caravans ! That definitive smell all the rented ones on Caravan parks seem to have usually on wet windswept cliff top sites (I suppose inland sites too). It is not confined to UK either, I've been in Caravans on sites here in Europe & suddenly I'm 6/7 year old in a sodden Rhyl, North Wales about to begin my holidays with the family.
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Old 07-08-2010, 18:55   #23
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sitting in me dads allotment eating all the pea-pods,strawberrys and tomatoes straight from the stalks and it leaving the smell on your hands...................................if you know what i mean??!!
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Old 07-08-2010, 18:58   #24
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Hospitals when they actually smelt clean, like a Dettol scent. These days it's like someone's sprayed a poo scented air freshener!
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Old 07-08-2010, 19:51   #25
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Tarmac I remember dad holding me over the bubbling drum of it to clear me tubes!
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Old 08-08-2010, 10:02   #26
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Tarmac I remember dad holding me over the bubbling drum of it to clear me tubes!
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Old 08-08-2010, 10:23   #27
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I think she meant Bronchial tubes John.......what my gran called Bronicals!
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Old 08-08-2010, 10:30   #28
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I think she meant Bronchial tubes John.......what my gran called Bronicals!
Oh Thanks for clearing that up Margaret
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Old 08-08-2010, 15:13   #29
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Mothballs, firelighters and Lampoil smells at Bob Wilkinsons hardware shop on Nuttall St. in Accrington.
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Old 08-08-2010, 15:14   #30
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The smell of freshly ground coffee in Blowers at the bottom of Church st in Accrington....I bet there aren't many of you who remember that shop.
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