plantfit 7,592 Posted July 23, 2008 Report Share Posted July 23, 2008 Ayup Charlie, I remember that one, 6 chips and some batter bits please, From that chippy opposite the bus depot on Bunbury street Rog Quote Link to post Share on other sites
68fb 0 Posted July 23, 2008 Report Share Posted July 23, 2008 Hi 68fb, I had a friend lived at 119 Wilford Cres East in the late 50's early 60's. She was on the corner of I think. Bathley St. Anywhere near you? Hi Katyjay, I lived at number 27 which was around the junction with Mundella Road, Bathley street was about half-way to school for me so right in the middle of my "play" area, what was your friends name? I was born there in '54 & moved away around '66 to Gedling. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ayupmeducks 1,730 Posted July 23, 2008 Report Share Posted July 23, 2008 Jeyes fluid! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
68fb 0 Posted July 23, 2008 Report Share Posted July 23, 2008 Nobody mentioned the smell from the sewage works at Stoke Bardolph yet. Always seemed to be worse in the evening after a hot day. Powerful pong! really cleared your sinusesDave Later on we moved to Emerys Road, quit close to Stoke Bardulph (where I was to work for awhile at the Ferry Boat Inn) - I remember that olfactory smell real good, remember those settling ponds at the back always bore a good crop of self-seeding tomatoes, late summer lol. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Charlie 11 Posted July 24, 2008 Report Share Posted July 24, 2008 Jeyes fluid! Wright's Coal Tar Soap..............and Vim Quote Link to post Share on other sites
zab 47 Posted July 24, 2008 Report Share Posted July 24, 2008 What about Calomine Lotion for all those spots (chicken ox/measles) we had to endure. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
katyjay 5,091 Posted July 24, 2008 Report Share Posted July 24, 2008 68fb - her name was Frances Watts. I remember the smell of the Trent, especially at Gunthorpe weir. That was often a Sunday outing for us. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beefsteak 305 Posted July 24, 2008 Report Share Posted July 24, 2008 One of mine is the smell of Buddleia bushes. There were many of these where I grew up laden with butterflies and bees and the scent always takes me back. Talking of Buddlea, mine are absolutely snided in moths at night, very few butterflies in the day though. Any Lepidopterists out there can tell me what kind off moth it is?? I'm pretty good with butterflies but not moths Quote Link to post Share on other sites
zachariah 2 Posted July 24, 2008 Report Share Posted July 24, 2008 I always remember the smell from the old wash tub that my grandmother would use with the ponch and mangle every Monday morning and then the smell of the stew that would be put on the stove after the washing was done. Grandma, or Doll Brown, as most folks knew her lived in a terraced house on Midland Cresent. No kitchens in those days, 1950s and 60s, how did they cope without all the technology we have today. Mondays dinner was nearly always stew from Sundays leftovers. Sunday joint roasting, somehow doesn't smell the same nowdays. The smell of old folks wardrobes and cupboards, and did anyone have a sideboard. The front room always seemed to have a smell of it's own as well, perhaps because it wasn't used very often. The smell of the ground when it rained after a sunny day and what about the tar on the roads when it was that hot that it melted. Pau Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beefsteak 305 Posted July 24, 2008 Report Share Posted July 24, 2008 The Tar smell has been mentioned before but the other odours were very thought provoking took me back fifty decades Bip. 50 decade makes you very very old Den!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !clapping! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Paddy Wheatfields 4 Posted July 24, 2008 Report Share Posted July 24, 2008 That icy creamy cold ice-cream fridge smell....I can smell it now if I try. Best remembered in Jones's shop at the top of Donkey Hill, or in Joe's on the corner of Dowson Street and Gordon Road. Wafers were the best. You can buy a little machine now to make the ice cream shape to fit the wafers. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
plantfit 7,592 Posted July 24, 2008 Report Share Posted July 24, 2008 Ayup Beefsteak, Checkout that "lincs bird club" website, look for latest uploaded pictures,click on that and pick "moths and butterflies" you should be able to identify it from there Rog Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beefsteak 305 Posted July 24, 2008 Report Share Posted July 24, 2008 Ta matey Quote Link to post Share on other sites
zacsmum 0 Posted July 24, 2008 Report Share Posted July 24, 2008 if you buy a long block of icecream theres no need for a little machine , just slice it , it fits perfect Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bip 88 Posted July 24, 2008 Report Share Posted July 24, 2008 . Quote Link to post Share on other sites
68fb 0 Posted July 24, 2008 Report Share Posted July 24, 2008 68fb - her name was Frances Watts.I remember the smell of the Trent, especially at Gunthorpe weir. That was often a Sunday outing for us. Katyjay - thanks, I don't re-call the name - but maybe there will be a link in the future, good to get all the info' in the forum for future association. My Mum used to say that there was a girl who followed me aroung constantly & always seemed to have a runny nose, Teresa was her name - God, I hope she's not on here Quote Link to post Share on other sites
carni 10,094 Posted July 30, 2008 Report Share Posted July 30, 2008 You have taken me back to the 1950s,we used to play on the cricket field between Gedling and Netherfield and when we heard a train coming ,we would run up the steps onto the top of the bridge and let all the steam and smoke come up and see who could bare it the longest,no doubt we all went home abit grubby at the end of the day great fun.In the sixties i used to work at the soap factory down colwick,and at the end of the day we would catch the bus to Gedling ,the bus would be overpowered with the perfume of the soap,not very popular with the other passengers,was it called Robert Winsors, i have forgotton. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beefsteak 305 Posted July 31, 2008 Report Share Posted July 31, 2008 Whilst on our day out I caught the whiff of aviation fuel exhaust and it reminded me of the smell round the back of the old "Mr Whippy" ice cream van Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted July 31, 2008 Report Share Posted July 31, 2008 Dont forget Mr.Softee too Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beefsteak 305 Posted July 31, 2008 Report Share Posted July 31, 2008 And Tonibel Quote Link to post Share on other sites
radfordred 6,284 Posted August 2, 2008 Report Share Posted August 2, 2008 The whiff of my cut off wellington boots , Karvol capsules , Vicks & whatever fuel they used to run those motorbikes around long Eaton speedway track. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
plantfit 7,592 Posted August 2, 2008 Report Share Posted August 2, 2008 Ayup Radfordred The smell you got a wiff of at the speedway would be Castrol R40 or similar, a castor based oil, What about the smell of them there swimmin baffs (bl@@dy awful) Rog Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Limey 242 Posted August 2, 2008 Report Share Posted August 2, 2008 The whiff of my cut off wellington boots , Karvol capsules , Vicks & whatever fuel they used to run those motorbikes around long Eaton speedway track. I LOVE that smell! It is indeed Castrol R - added to the fuel as an upper-cylider lubricant (remember RedX?) - we went to the vintage bike races in Ohio last weekend, lots of that smell, and memories! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted January 15, 2013 Report Share Posted January 15, 2013 The smell of Candyfloss and other sweet things issuing from the Goose Fair. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Pixie 162 Posted January 16, 2013 Report Share Posted January 16, 2013 School dinners! They had a very distinctive smell, some Cafe's smell like them as you walk past. I do love the smell and it takes me back to the good old days. Fresh cut grass, i used to sit and make 'birds nests' out of the clippings. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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