[Retlaw]

Originally Posted by accypete

Yep smell of shiney black tar bubbles as you collected them into a big ball of tar .....butter margarine would get the tar of small hands and clothes coupled with a clip round the ears

Just think what todays kids will never have, the pleasure of pricking gas tar bubbles with a spent match. on hot summer days.
Watching gas tar boiler coming round streets, chap with a big iron teapot, pouring hot tar between gaps.