What Smells Take You Back?

[Bobbisox1]

Mine has to be when the Meat is cooking for Sunday on a Saturday night, my Mam always cooked it then and the house was was full of that lovely smell although hers was in the oven and mine in a slow cooker but for some reason that smell transports me back to when I was a child at home

[SparklyKid]

New mown grass. Also vinegar on newspaper with chips.

[SparklyKid]

Also, years ago on hols in blackpool my dad would get an early morning paper in the rain, can smell it now, happy days.

[hereIam]

An old perfume bottle of Mum's that still has the scent around the top. One whiff of that and I'm back with her again (if only).

[Bobbisox1]

Hi you two ( waves at HereIam and SK) it’s strange how smells can have that effect isn’t ?

[Maydup]

That strong salty smell of the sea and seaweed, takes me back to childhood days spent at the local beaches.

[Mexican18]

Youth Dew and cigarettes together always remind me of my Mum!

[Bobbisox1]

Blimey Mexi, youth dew by Estée Lauder, loved it but it didn’t half stain your clothes :0(

[Bobbisox1]

Arh that’s a nice memory Maydup

[SlackAlice]

The smell of coal burning, takes me back about sixty years, sitting in front of my Mum & Dads coal fire getting ready to make some toast.

Wet tarmac after a shower.

[douglas9401]

The smell of once a week bathing on a crowded bus.

It never actually went away in some parts.

[tiggerblue10]

We had an old record player and vinyl records in the 70's and I remember the smell of that. Very odd I know, but that's the smell that comes to mind when I think of my childhood.

[Bobbisox1]

Bathing on a bus Douglas?

Ohhh toast on an open fire , yummy

[Tilly2]

I couldn't really pick one. Smell is so evocative, it can take you anywhere.

[AuntPollyGrey]

The smell of the ice cream van exhaust -reminds me of mivi's, 99's and happy childhood memories when I stayed with my nana.

Swarfega -my dad

Wax crayons, red apples -school

[roopower]

The smell of washing powder! My mum had a Hotpoint Supermatic twin tub and, of course, did the washing on Mondays. Cold meat and mash lunch was always late and I had to run back to school so I wasn't late.

[Bobbisox1]

Arh the twin tub, I remember me having a one of those roo, my Mam had a ‘poss tub’ anyone remember them? Likewise the house was full of steam and a smell of washing, always on a Monday :0)

[emmie]

burnt plastic for some reason, it is and was an awful smell, i think one of the saucepan handles got hot,
other than that fish and chips with lots of salt and vinegar

[marval]

Home backed bread after school on a Friday afternoon.

[Bobbisox1]

we have a huge fair once a year here and when I smell hotdogs, it remends me of going there when I was little

[Bobbisox1]

*reminds*