Taste-evoked memories

[Arti]

What tastes, smells, colours, evoke a childhood memory for you?

I taste Ready Brek whenever I hear Those Were The Days My Friend (Mary Hopkins).
The smell of hot tarmac brings back a memory of a pair of new shoes I had when I was about 7.
The film Hans Christian Anderson (Danny Kaye) reminds me of the taste of 'all-butter' shortbread.

[TTG]

The smell of Creosote. My mates Dad used to paint his fence with it...seemed like every day!

[ummmm]

The smell of spilt beer and stale cigarette smoke remind me of my childhood
:-)

[erin-x]

The smell of Cerruti perfume always reminds me of my mum :)

There is one smell that always reminds me of the youth club I used to go to.. I have no idea what the smell is though! I think it must be someones perfume or something lol..

[cazzz1975]

snap ummm

[cazzz1975]

the smell of a bonfire reminds me of when i was a kid

[sunny-dave]

Lavender Water - reminds me of my nan's front parlour - only ever used on high days & holidays ...

[China Doll]

The smell of the sea always reminds me of going on holiday to cornwall to see my grandparents.

The taste of Irish stew reminds me of what it is like to be a child and truly have no say in any matter pertaining to what is for dinner and whether you want to partake in it.

[firewatch]

old beer and ciggys remind me of sundays at my grandparents ummmmm. Col tar soap (sp) reminds me of my dad. Avon sweet dreams linen spray reminds me of my mums hair spray. Astonish carpet cleaner reminds me of school.

[alid5]

Condor pipe tobacco, my papa used to smoke it but sadly he is no longer with us, I used to smell it in different places years after his passing which was weird as no one was around me smoking a pipe

[pusskin]

The smell of damp woodland makes me want to cry!(childhood memory)
I burst out crying when I suddenly got a wiff of a wild rose smell while on a country walk --memory of my childhood home and all us happy kids together.
I long for them days to return -----

[alid5]

another one is 'Virol', my mum used to give us a spoonful everyday, it was so disgusting the even mention of the word nowadays makes me want to throw up

[firewatch]

damp moss and heather, reminds me of exmoor in the autumn. The smell of fresh cut grass my grandads garden, open wood fires the pub i worked in. oh so so many great thread arti!

[askyourgran]

The smell of Sweet William flowers remind me of my Grandads garden in Murton. Tweed perfume of my mother in law (it smelt lovely on her). Cocoa and hot milk on cornflakes remind me of breakfast on cold mornings before going out to school. Gas tar when it melted and stuck to your best white socks.

[DaisyNonna]

The smell of Vick, being in a caravan and fighting to breathe, after the application of it. Now the sight of it makes me breathless. If I walk into a room and smell it I feel sick and have to get out before I panic.

[pusskin]

Vick is one of my favourite smells. I'd have the smell on my pillow if I could

[maggiebee]

Peat fire smoke reminds me of my in-laws who burned it in an open fireplace with a kettle hanging on a hook over it. Tweed perfume reminds me of my mum and petrol reminds me of sitting on the wall with my pals as a child while the petrol tanker pumped petrol into the underground tanks.

[carlton23]

I walked into a shoe shop and the smell of the rubber soles took me back to the day's when we had to carry our gas mask's every where we went in the 1940's, and I still get the shivers when I hear a siren, even in a film. I lived in Battersea, London then.

[DaisyNonna]

Evening in Paris, my grandmother, freshly baked bread, visiting the nearby bakery with my father. Newly laid tarmac, being carried home from school in the Reception class on a policeman's shoulders.

[askyourgran]

You started quite young with the Police then Daisy. :0)

[DaisyNonna]

Always been a pushover for a uniform,gran.