what smells do you remember

[garinda]

Smells I miss.

Pipe tobacco on football terraces, and cigarettes in pubs.

[grannyclaret]

going past the STO MIKE coffee factory in Burnley,,,i loved that smell...x

[garinda]

Smells that used to make me retch.

The stink of brewing hops as you entered Blackburn, as the bus came on to the Boulevard.

[cashman]

the one smell that made me wretch especially summer time, was the horrible stink that descended on Church "Early/late 70s" everyone nearly (Me Included) used to blame Blythes Chemicals, until i started yon early 77, n discovered it was not them, but bloody "Ashworths" factory next door on Bridge St, was even worse at bait time fer Blythes employees, twas that bad sometimes ya couldn't even stomach yer bait.

[jaysay]

With cashy mentioning work, it reminded me of when I was an happyrentice and we had to refurbish a council house somewhere, in what is now Hyndburn, when we opened the door the stench was overpowering, corners had been used as toilets, not just one all of them upstairs and down. in the end the place was stripped back to bare brick. The plasterers put a roughing on, the morning after when we can back there were red blotches all over the now set plaster, Roaches had crawled up inside the plaster when wet and were crushed when it set, that happened another twice, now that is filth

[Margaret Pilkington]

When I worked in the operating theatres I used to hate the smell of singed flesh....this happened when the surgeon used diathermy to control bleeding vessels.

Didn't much relish the smell of the mortuary and the PM room either. I always had a little jar of Vicks in my handbag for such times as it was necessary to attend these places.

[Taggy]

Originally Posted by cashman

That was Girone Freres pete, got sacked from yon mid 60s.

My Dad worked there Cashy, later became Pendle Velvets! Thats one of the smells i well remember too, used to run on there to meet him at the Mill when his shift finished! Could smell it on his coat too...which i also used as a blanket in winter!

Other smells i recall is Mums Baking, Plate Jam Tarts or Egg Custards, and a big pan of Cheese n Onion on the go! Baked Bread from Mossleys Bakery on Jacob Street. Tommy Hodsons Toffee Factory on Cotton Street. Smell of Beer on Brewing days on the boulevard in Blackburn as we got off the bus! My Mum having a Twink home Perm on a Friday. Smell of Tar on the roads when we used to pop the Bubbles and get it on our clothes! Candy Floss and Toffee Apples at the Fairground or Seaside. Seafood Stalls on Blackpool Seafront. Printing Inks and Paper when i started work! And Spit Roast Chickens from the Chicken Shop down Accy!


Best Regards - Taggy

[jaysay]

Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington

When I worked in the operating theatres I used to hate the smell of singed flesh....this happened when the surgeon used diathermy to control bleeding vessels.

Didn't much relish the smell of the mortuary and the PM room either. I always had a little jar of Vicks in my handbag for such times as it was necessary to attend these places.

Know how you feel Margaret, was once working at Accy Vic and I accidentally stumbled into the mortuary, wasn't in there long I can tell you

[waxy]

i remeber my dad taking the frying pan into our yard when he was cooking bacon.He said he wanted to share the smell with those who were not lucky enough to be having a bacon buttie on a sunday morning.

[waxy]

the smell of shoe polish being melted on our electricfire in the bedroom.Dangerous or what?

[beechy]

chicory coffe the only kind we could affordback in the fifties

o and fried spam no bacon back then

[Margaret Pilkington]

Beechy...would that have been Camp Coffee by any chance?

[cashman]

Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington

Beechy...would that have been Camp Coffee by any chance?

Was there any other fer the peasants in those days? horrible black crap in a bottle.

[Margaret Pilkington]

My Ma would very infrequently treat herself to a 2oz tin of nescafe(and it would be hidden away in the pantry).......and woe betide if we found it and she found any of us drinking it.
We had to make do with cocoa.

[Barrie Yates]

Originally Posted by beechy

chicory coffe the only kind we could affordback in the fifties

o and fried spam no bacon back then

Been there Beechy, got the T-shirt and it was Camp Coffee, very occasionally it was Sto-Mike. Still love Spam, especially the smoked version, either fried or as a cold sandwich with picallilli (?)