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Umm - that smell reminds me of . . . « Posted: 24 August 2011 at 06:46 AM »
What 'smells' do you recall from days gone by - and what images or memories do they conjure up?

Coke burning in the grate - which always had a different smell to that given off by coal.

Carbolic soap - which we had a chunk of to wash our mucky hands with in Infant School

Steam trains

Opening the front door - and being met by the smell of the bread that my mother was baking.
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Re: Umm - that smell reminds me of . . . « Reply #1 Posted: 24 August 2011 at 06:54 AM »
Toast on the tosting fork by the fire

Soapsuds in the sink on washday

Fish on my uncles clothes from the VERY active fish market

Classrooms always had a school smell sort of plasticiny

 
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Re: Umm - that smell reminds me of . . . « Reply #2 Posted: 24 August 2011 at 07:35 AM »
Quote from: funkychick on 24 August 2011 at 06:54 AM
Toast on the tosting fork by the fire

And when it 'caught' and burned - it had a different smell!  Grin
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Re: Umm - that smell reminds me of . . . « Reply #3 Posted: 24 August 2011 at 08:38 AM »
The all-pervading stink smell of Soused Herrings when my mother made them.  I think they were done on a very low heat in the oven for about a week!  We lived in a 3-storey house - and the smell was everywhere!
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Re: Umm - that smell reminds me of . . . « Reply #4 Posted: 24 August 2011 at 12:52 PM »
Coming home from work and opening the front door to the smell of bloaters-didn't have to wonder "What's for tea"!!!!!!
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Re: Umm - that smell reminds me of . . . « Reply #5 Posted: 24 August 2011 at 02:33 PM »
Serious question - do bloaters cooking smell different from Kippers a'cooking?  icon_scratch
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Re: Umm - that smell reminds me of . . . « Reply #6 Posted: 24 August 2011 at 03:28 PM »
toast on a coal fire best in world smell different taste different
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Re: Umm - that smell reminds me of . . . « Reply #7 Posted: 24 August 2011 at 03:43 PM »
Gibbs toothpaste in a tin -a pink block instead of a squeezy tube.
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Re: Umm - that smell reminds me of . . . « Reply #8 Posted: 24 August 2011 at 03:59 PM »
Gibbs Dentifrice?  icon_scratch
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Re: Umm - that smell reminds me of . . . « Reply #9 Posted: 24 August 2011 at 04:07 PM »
Walking in from school and knowing immediately my mum had used a home perm (yuck!)  Other days I knew that my aunt and uncle and visited because he smoked a really stinky pipe!
A couple of years ago I managed to find "Ariel" for sale in a funky little discount store.  As soon as I started that first wash with it I was back in my mum's kitchen on a Monday with her sweating over her twintub.
The combination of leather and Aramis aftershave also takes me back.....but that's all I'm saying!
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