Childhood smells

[Hannibal69]

cnosni wrote: stutterdog wrote: Trojan wrote: stevief wrote: Leeds City Station had an aroma of coal smoke when there were still a few steam engines around,I can also vaguely remember a slight hazeyness in the air.I suppose the smoke never really cleared. Yes it's the smell of steam locomotives that's really evocative, smoke, hot oil, steam all combined. On the rare occasions I smell it these days, it brings back afternoons of waiting on the platforms at Leeds City for the Waverley or Thames-Clyde Express, there used to be two of each on an afternoon the up ones and down ones and they reversed at Leeds, with a new loco from Holbeck to take them out. Yes! That smell does take you back! Reminds me of the long hours I stood on Holbeck High Level trainspotting! how is mrs Stutterdog?Ive just dropped a big faux pas on another thread mixing you up with Hannibal.Im off to bed,not sure who with though by the sound of things!!i think Demogate has taken its toll on me.     LOL. No offence taken on my part Chris, and remember, its not who you go to bed with but who you wake up with that counts!!! lol.Love,Han.    

[stutterdog]

Hannibal69 wrote: cnosni wrote: stutterdog wrote: Trojan wrote: stevief wrote: Leeds City Station had an aroma of coal smoke when there were still a few steam engines around,I can also vaguely remember a slight hazeyness in the air.I suppose the smoke never really cleared. Yes it's the smell of steam locomotives that's really evocative, smoke, hot oil, steam all combined. On the rare occasions I smell it these days, it brings back afternoons of waiting on the platforms at Leeds City for the Waverley or Thames-Clyde Express, there used to be two of each on an afternoon the up ones and down ones and they reversed at Leeds, with a new loco from Holbeck to take them out. Yes! That smell does take you back! Reminds me of the long hours I stood on Holbeck High Level trainspotting! how is mrs Stutterdog?Ive just dropped a big faux pas on another thread mixing you up with Hannibal.Im off to bed,not sure who with though by the sound of things!!i think Demogate has taken its toll on me.     LOL. No offence taken on my part Chris, and remember, its not who you go to bed with but who you wake up with that counts!!! lol.Love,Han.     Mrs. S is quite well thank you.I keep getting Han mixed up with weenie! It must be this thread! What does glue smell of?

[Lilysmum]

stutterdog wrote: Leeds-lad wrote: Not when I was a kid but when I worked on the 55 Bruntcliffe out of Sov the smell from the dripping factory at the bottom of Wide Lane Morley used to almost make you wretch.As Chris M said Phillips Yeast factory on Armley Rd when I went to Clock School & Cassy.Crayons in classroomAnd wasn't there always a kid in class who stunk of Pee or Sh*t Both sexes stunk, some more than others! Yes, they did! a boy in my class at infant school had an "accident" most days. He got the slide to himself as no one would follow him down it.Other smells I remember,my grandad's shed, new pumps(jimsolls) and wellies,new carpet,home perms.

[Trojan]

Lilysmum wrote: home perms. Yeah they smelled awful.

[stutterdog]

Lilysmum wrote: stutterdog wrote: Leeds-lad wrote: Not when I was a kid but when I worked on the 55 Bruntcliffe out of Sov the smell from the dripping factory at the bottom of Wide Lane Morley used to almost make you wretch.As Chris M said Phillips Yeast factory on Armley Rd when I went to Clock School & Cassy.Crayons in classroomAnd wasn't there always a kid in class who stunk of Pee or Sh*t Both sexes stunk, some more than others! Yes, they did! a boy in my class at infant school had an "accident" most days. He got the slide to himself as no one would follow him down it.Other smells I remember,my grandad's shed, new pumps(jimsolls) and wellies,new carpet,home perms. Hi leedslad.I also went to castleton school.!946-1952.I also worked on the buses 1973-93 out of BG .I didn't mind the smell of yeast.

[liits]

Schools; cabbage [farts maybe] and floor polish.

[Leeds-lad]

Hi stutt,the yeast wasn't a particularly bad smell it just reminded me ofschool days.I went to Cassy in 1959 and then on to Armley Park.Worked out of Sov in 73.Do you remember Paul knights and Fast Eddie and Dougie Knott?

[Si]

iansmithofotley wrote: Also, there was another foul smell from some other premises, further along Kirkstall Road, opposite YTV, towards Canal Road. The smell was from the firm H. Foster & Co. (Stearines) Ltd.In the early sixties, I worked for a firm of chartered accountants and used to go there to do the audit. The foul smell was from the grease which was extracted from wool. Some of the grease was later used in the manufacture of cosmetics, which I thought was quite funny - if only the ladies knew!Ian.     Hi Ian. We used to do a lot of business with Fosters. Yes, it did pong a bit, but not as bad as Westbrooks Lanolins in Bradford.PS Haven't seen your kid in The Yeoman for a while.    

[Bert]

The sweet smell from the brewery in Woodlesford in about 1950 as I rode down Bullerthorpe Lane towards it on the horse and cart driven by Joe Carroll's farm hand George Calvert to collect a load of spent malt for use as cattle fodder on Joe's farm in Colton, and the even sweeter smell of the steaming load of malt under our feet as we rode back.    

[stutterdog]

Leeds-lad wrote: Hi stutt,the yeast wasn't a particularly bad smell it just reminded me ofschool days.I went to Cassy in 1959 and then on to Armley Park.Worked out of Sov in 73.Do you remember Paul knights and Fast Eddie and Dougie Knott? I was on Knighty's bus a few months ago. He told me he was thinking of retiring as he had the chance to go at 60.I remember the others you mentioned too. Can you remember the gap in the houses on Gloucester rd, where the bomb dropped? Well,I lived though the gap on Gloucester Ave