Childhood smells

Leodian · Post by **Leodian** » Thu 02 Sep, 2010 12:54 am

zip55 wrote: Good childhood smell ... Imperial Leather SoapBad childhood smell ... smelly socks at the local baths I think I can still smell carbolic soap. Oh, and Wright's Coal Tar soap.

Trojan · Post by **Trojan** » Thu 02 Sep, 2010 10:18 am

Leodian wrote: zip55 wrote: Good childhood smell ... Imperial Leather SoapBad childhood smell ... smelly socks at the local baths I think I can still smell carbolic soap. Oh, and Wright's Coal Tar soap. You can still get Wrights Coal Tar, but it hasn't got any coal tar in it any more.

munki · Post by **munki** » Thu 02 Sep, 2010 12:04 pm

Good childhood smell = the smell you get when you are watering tomatoes or shelling peas.Bad childhood smell = stewed beef.I'd like to add in a bad sound for a bit of variety - the sound my Mum's pressure cooker made. Still sends a shiver down my spine.

stutterdog · Post by **stutterdog** » Thu 02 Sep, 2010 5:23 pm

munki wrote: Good childhood smell = the smell you get when you are watering tomatoes or shelling peas.Bad childhood smell = stewed beef.I'd like to add in a bad sound for a bit of variety - the sound my Mum's pressure cooker made. Still sends a shiver down my spine. I once went to my kids school some 20yrs after I had left school myself.We were invited to sit in the classroom with our kids. The smell brought back memories of my own schooldays. Kids ,collectively, smell the same now as they did then!

dogduke · Post by **dogduke** » Thu 02 Sep, 2010 6:00 pm

munki wrote: Good childhood smell = the smell you get when you are watering tomatoes or shelling peas.Bad childhood smell = stewed beef.I'd like to add in a bad sound for a bit of variety - the sound my Mum's pressure cooker made. Still sends a shiver down my spine. Talking of pressure cookers, a guy I worked with went to schol inLeeds with a kid from the north east.They used to get him to say pressure cooker - try saying it witha Geordie accent.

keyholekate · Post by **keyholekate** » Thu 02 Sep, 2010 9:48 pm

Izal medicated toilet paper. . .no longer manufactured thank goodness.

keyholekate · Post by **keyholekate** » Thu 02 Sep, 2010 9:54 pm

Oh and the vinyl smell of a new doll on christmas morning.

String o' beads · Post by **String o' beads** » Thu 02 Sep, 2010 10:17 pm

dogduke wrote: munki wrote: Good childhood smell = the smell you get when you are watering tomatoes or shelling peas.Bad childhood smell = stewed beef.I'd like to add in a bad sound for a bit of variety - the sound my Mum's pressure cooker made. Still sends a shiver down my spine. Talking of pressure cookers, a guy I worked with went to schol inLeeds with a kid from the north east.They used to get him to say pressure cooker - try saying it witha Geordie accent. Presha cuckah* [with an almost silent ck]*You're all saying it out loud now aren't you?

Leodian · Post by **Leodian** » Thu 02 Sep, 2010 10:20 pm

keyholekate wrote: Izal medicated toilet paper. . .no longer manufactured thank goodness. That glossy toilet paper was useless! Strips of newspaper were better (probably leaving print marks but I don't recall that!). I'm just glad there is soft absorbant toilet paper now (though I wish they would make them stronger!).

Chrism · Post by **Chrism** » Thu 02 Sep, 2010 10:26 pm

keyholekate wrote: Izal medicated toilet paper. . .no longer manufactured thank goodness. They still sell(?)/stock it in Morrisons and ASDA. Who on earth buys it with all the soft quilted etc etc stuff around nowadays.