Smell memories

[accypete]

Chimneys burning coal pre smokless fuel, Bomb fire nights for days after and parrafin heaters after smokless fuel yuk

[janloot]

my childhood memorys was of fresh cut grass, haymaking was always my favourite time of year,

[jaysay]

there were some very pungent smells when you actually worked inside Blyth's, the Sulphur plant was a bit iffy as was the tin plant

[cashman]

Originally Posted by jaysay

there were some very pungent smells when you actually worked inside Blyth's, the Sulphur plant was a bit iffy as was the tin plant

True but unlike Ashworths those didn't float oer church.

[jaysay]

Originally Posted by cashman

True but unlike Ashworths those didn't float oer church.

There'd have been a riot if it had a done

[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.

[maxthecollie]

Pouring the hot tar between the cobbles. Most of the cobbled streetshave now been covered with tarmac

[Retlaw]

Originally Posted by maxthecollie

Pouring the hot tar between the cobbles. Most of the cobbled streetshave now been covered with tarmac

Yep, you can still see them at the botom of the pot holes that keep appearing around the streets in Woodnook, the patch ups usually last around a couple of months, if they only prepared the pot holes properly by under cutting, drying the collected water out, before using a proper mix of tarmac, the repairs might last a few years, but the council just love wasting money on shoddy work, instead of having a good job done once.
Retlaw

[maxthecollie]

They turned up across from our house last month ,looked at a small pothole about 6 inches diameter filled it with cold tar mix and tamped it down with a wooden stick. Needless to say it didn't last a week. The whole operation lasted five minutes.