Stink Around Accy?

Taggy · 05-12-2008, 18:04

Is it just me or has anyone noticed a strange smell around Accy at the moment? Have been down town last couple of days and noticed a grotty wiff in the air! I dont think its me, i had a Bath last Tuesday!!

Best Regards - Taggy

Retlaw · 05-12-2008, 18:54

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Originally Posted by Taggy

Is it just me or has anyone noticed a strange smell around Accy at the moment? Have been down town last couple of days and noticed a grotty wiff in the air! I dont think its me, i had a Bath last Tuesday!!

Best Regards - Taggy

Most likely Britcliffe's left his office door open, he's the biggest stink in Accrington.

Retlaw.

katex · 05-12-2008, 19:27

Could it be anything like this ? Know not quite the same thing, but adverse weather conditions can bring out certain smells, etc :-

BBC NEWS | England | Hereford/Worcs | Town's stink is traced to 'FOGs'

lindsay ormerod · 05-12-2008, 19:40

Hmmm, just today one of my staff who had been out to collect the prescriptions said that it " stank" all the way along Blackburn Rd, so much so she ended up covering her nose. She described the smell as resembling dog poo.

Eric · 05-12-2008, 20:30

Hey you guys ... anyone seen my pet skunk ... it's about the size of a large cat, with two white stripes down its back, and one on its head .... goes by the name of Blossom .... very friendly, unless you stand behind it

Royboy39 · 05-12-2008, 20:41

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Originally Posted by Eric

Hey you guys ... anyone seen my pet skunk ... it's about the size of a large cat, with two white stripes down its back, and one on its head .... goes by the name of Blossom .... very friendly, unless you stand behind it

Ye....turned up in Spain last week....little varmit ended tit's up down wind of a raging bull.

Lilly · 05-12-2008, 21:24

I think it's the tip.

There have been letters in the Observer saying that the honk can be smelt all over Accy recently.

MargaretR · 05-12-2008, 21:30

They are supposed to spray to stop smell.
I investigated it a while back
http://www.accringtonweb.com/forum/f...ing-33045.html

david1 · 05-12-2008, 21:52

Close to where i live , the local farmers have a blue / white powdery substance they use as a fertilizer . They just dump wagon loads in the fields until they find time to spread it onto the field and then plough it in . But it dont half stink .

MargaretR · 05-12-2008, 22:10

I have googled for legislation on use of fertilisers
Defra, UK - Farming - Environmental management - Land Management - Fertilisers
extract-Under the Environmental Protection Act 1990, local authorities may consider offensive smells to be a statutory nuisance.

Fertiliser or manure must not usually be applied within two metres of the centre of a hedgerow or watercourse. This rule also applies to all land within one metre of the top of the bank of a watercourse.

If it stinks like bad eggs that will be the sulphur
The most commonly used fertiliser nutrients are nitrogen, phosphate, potash, sulphur and magnesium with lime also widely used to correct soil acidity.

Retlaw · 05-12-2008, 22:25

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Originally Posted by MargaretR

I have googled for legislation on use of fertilisers
Defra, UK - Farming - Environmental management - Land Management - Fertilisers
extract-Under the Environmental Protection Act 1990, local authorities may consider offensive smells to be a statutory nuisance.

Fertiliser or manure must not usually be applied within two metres of the centre of a hedgerow or watercourse. This rule also applies to all land within one metre of the top of the bank of a watercourse.

If it stinks like bad eggs that will be the sulphur
The most commonly used fertiliser nutrients are nitrogen, phosphate, potash, sulphur and magnesium with lime also widely used to correct soil acidity.

Used to make stink bombs when I was a kid, dolly blue & vinegar.
Makes a gas called Hydrogen Sulphide, smelt worse than rotten eggs.

Retlaw.

katex · 05-12-2008, 22:57

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Originally Posted by Retlaw

Used to make stink bombs when I was a kid, dolly blue & vinegar.
Makes a gas called Hydrogen Sulphide, smelt worse than rotten eggs.

Retlaw.

Now I know who used to let them off in the old Woolworths !! Hang your head in shame Retlaw ..

Retlaw · 06-12-2008, 00:11

quote=katex;657690]Now I know who used to let them off in the old Woolworths !! Hang your head in shame Retlaw ..

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Some bodies been telling tales.
I don't think you were around when I was a kid.
Your not claiming to be that old are you.

I used to make other bombs as well

Old medicine bottle 1/2 full of water, drop a lump of cardide in it, bang the cork in hard, and throw it as far as you can, Boom.

Retlaw.

cashman · 06-12-2008, 14:40

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Originally Posted by Retlaw

quote=katex;657690]Now I know who used to let them off in the old Woolworths !! Hang your head in shame Retlaw ..

Some bodies been telling tales.
I don't think you were around when I was a kid.
Your not claiming to be that old are you.

I used to make other bombs as well

Old medicine bottle 1/2 full of water, drop a lump of cardide in it, bang the cork in hard, and throw it as far as you can, Boom.

Retlaw.

[/QUOTE]not a good idea i think,to give the recipe fer the ones we used to make.

Retlaw · 06-12-2008, 15:21

[/quote]not a good idea i think,to give the recipe fer the ones we used to make.

May your right but I don't think the yobs of today would know where to access carbide. None of the stuff we could get in the old days is now available. Try buying Saltpetre, Sulpher, Sodium Nitrate, Sulphuric Acid or Nitric Acid.
Used to make loads of fireworks using them, well over 60 years ago, but no one is allowed to sell them these days.
Retlaw.