Childhood smells

[HeyWayne]

I was sure there was a thread on this in the past, but can't find it. Mods move me if you do.

Was struck earlier by a smell which took me right back to being a child.

What with the recession and everything we've had to make budget cuts in all areas. One of the last remaining areas to make cuts is the loos.

Now I know where you think this is going, but bear with me...

Green paper towels!!

Washed my hands, and took a towel out of the dispenser and I was right back in primary school!

It was like time travel I tell ya.

[FionaH]

The smell of tomatoes when potting them up. Reminded me of my mum

[shirlthegirl43]

The smell of Avon Soft Pink bubble bath takes me way, way back to sharing bathtime with my baby brother when my mum was an Avon lady.

[SueA]

Similar to yours Wayne but I rarely smell it anywhere now , although they do still make it, is Zan Isal toilet paper, hard scratchy, smells disinfectanty, reminds me of my auntie, she was a bit 'careful' with her money & used Zan Isal in the inside loo & cut up newspaper in the outside one!

[Hilary B]

Wright's Coal Tar soap!
the tarry smell of road resurfacing
Olde English Lavender perfume (or scented soap)

[Flummery]

Plasticine. Primary school 50 years ago!

[HayleyB]

Rugby players' dressing room would do the smell thing for me, my grandad was a founder of Bletchley Rugby Club and went on to become president, my uncle played for the firsts. As a kid I'd help with the after match dinners or help spot for grandad when he was 'running' the line. I was a sort of club mascot as I went to most of the games when young, those were the days........

[di]

Even though this time of year I experience it most days,still the smell of freshly dug spuds takes me back to potato picking as a kid.
Also apples & soft fruit.(my mum used to work as a fruit picker & took me along with her.)

[Seahorse]

Banana fritters. Holidays in Devon c.1970-73

[vikkib]

Pepsi (not Coke) out of old Tupaware beakers!

I was helping my Nan and Granddad move before Christmas and my Nan had packed away all the glasses so she bought me a drink in the same beakers I'd drunk out of more than 20 years ago!

Had such strong memories of sitting at the table in the old house in East Ham, playing Monopoly with the whole extended family, the memory was soooooooooooo vivid, all the smells and textures and everything - I was right back there...

... Amazing!

[zazen999]

Concrete - the smell takes me back to 1968 when we were having a house built in Canada. I was 1 but the smell is so vivid...

[jackie j]

Lots do it for me, wallflowers, sweet williams, sweetpeas, all bring back memories of my dad. Parrafin brings back memories of being ill and having to go to my uncles house while mum was at work and my auntie ( uncles sister ) came up and they had a row, a BIG ROW, the parrafin heater was on and I sat in the hall banging away on the piano so I couldnt hear them. I dont have many childhood memories and my sister often says do you remember ........... no I dont, and she is shocked. May be cos we dont have photo's of our childhood and thats what helps memories, you see a photo and it takes you back to that time.

[dexterdoglancashire]

I've been trying to think of a smell that reminded me of my childhood, and after really struggling, think the only one I can remember is Wright's coal tar soap, like Hilary.

[Spangles]

The smell of Azaleas remind me of going to Wisley Gardens with my Grandad almost every Sunday - I've got quite a few in the garden now just to remind me of Grandad.
The smell of a warm wet greenhouse full of Geraniums and Tomatoes - yet another reminder of my Grandad.
I can vividly remember and smell the hen mash that my Granny used to boil up for the chooks.
Wrights Coal Tar Soap - I had very bad psoriasis as a child and had to have a bath everynight in a coal tar solution and use Wrights Coal Tar Soap - still got psoriasis but gave up the coal tar baths long long ago.
Plasticine
Carbolic Soap

[WeeGarden]

Irn Bru, just when I open the bottle and the aroma comes out with a "pzzzzt"!
Instantly takes me back to my childhood, and especially my auntie's house, as it was only there that I was allowed to drink fizzy drinks.