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If your childhood had a smell, what would it be?

ZenKitty · 2017-10-10T14:23:19-04:00

Community - If your childhood had a smell, what would it be? (21 replies).

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Picklebobble2 · 56-60, M

Coal dust and damp.
Over-boiled cabbage.
Condor pipe tobacco.
My Grandfather's home-made wine.

SW-User

@Picklebobble2 Yuck

Picklebobble2 · 56-60, M

@SW-User Lot's of Victorian housing; few folk had hot water and nobody had heating systems other than coal fires and coal burning boilers.
There were worse smells !
Linton's Hair Tonic (popular with the old boys)
Coal Tar soap
Lavender toilet water
etc.

SW-User

@Picklebobble2 Wow, I'm getting an image! Old London?

cherokeepatti · 61-69, F

@Picklebobble2 I remember Coal Tar soap, what a funky smell.

Picklebobble2 · 56-60, M

@cherokeepatti they still make it today !

cherokeepatti · 61-69, F

@Picklebobble2 Pine tar soap was what I was actually thinking of but it has other stuff in it.

Picklebobble2 · 56-60, M

@cherokeepatti http://www.wisegeek.org/what-is-coal-tar-soap.htm
Thought this was interesting.