What smell takes you back to your childhood immediately

[doob]

For me, many things but one is 4711 Eau de cologne which many women my mother's age would wear.

 

[doob]

Nobody has smells that bring back memories of growing up? Bread being baked?

 

[Chief]

Nobody has smells that bring back memories of growing up? Bread being baked?

Artarmon tuck shop had a wood fired pie oven. Mums roast lamb and mint sauce. 4711 was mums favourite but
My first kiss with a young lady who was wearing Blue Grass perfume. My first cup of Turkish coffee.
As the Beatles sang about a fish and finger pie!! Still love it!!

 

[AmeliaKennedy]

Ha ha for me it's stale cigarette/cigar/pipe smoke! I grew up with my grandparents owning a pub.. I remember always being sat on a stool in the corner of the bar whilst it was open and then cleaning tables and emptying ashtrays when it was shut I reckon I would have been about 5 or 6.

 

[Chief]

Ha ha for me it's stale cigarette/cigar/pipe smoke! I grew up with my grandparents owning a pub.. I remember always being sat on a stool in the corner of the bar whilst it was open and then cleaning tables and emptying ashtrays when it was shut I reckon I would have been about 5 or 6.

Yes I can remember that smell. Amazing that I also caused it when I smoked including those smelly pipes.
Hard to believe now!

 

[AmeliaKennedy]

Yes I can remember that smell. Amazing that I also caused it when I smoked including those smelly pipes.
Hard to believe now!

And the peanuts in little dishes on the bar..

 

[Chief]

And the peanuts in little dishes on the bar..

The bars in Asia have little fried whitebait ,Ikan Bilis in Malay,in there as well.
Smoked oysters,from the tin,and blue cheese were always daunting as a kid.

 

[doob]

Ha ha for me it's stale cigarette/cigar/pipe smoke! I grew up with my grandparents owning a pub.. I remember always being sat on a stool in the corner of the bar whilst it was open and then cleaning tables and emptying ashtrays when it was shut I reckon I would have been about 5 or 6.

Without detracting too much from the topic, do you think that experience of working (paid or unpaid) did you a world of good or at least no damage?

 

[doob]

I must confess, provided it's a good tobacco, the smell of pipe smoke can be quite pleasant.

 

[doob]

I think all of us, especially after our mothers go, will say we miss our mother's smell and warmth. There's something about our mothers. No matter how old we get, when they go, that's one of the things we'll miss.

 

[Nina Stone]

The smell of playdoh takes me back!

 

[Chief]

I think all of us, especially after our mothers go, will say we miss our mother's smell and warmth. There's something about our mothers. No matter how old we get, when they go, that's one of the things we'll miss.

The smell of playdoh takes me back!

My beautiful German shepherd after his bath.

 

[AmeliaKennedy]

Without detracting too much from the topic, do you think that experience of working (paid or unpaid) did you a world of good or at least no damage?

Absolutely, I loved helping my grandma cleaning up the pub and wiping the tables and emptying the ashtrays. I had a paper round at 12 that wasn't fun, when it snowed I crashed my bike and broke a finger haha and then I was a waitress at 14... I don't think I've ever not worked my entire life. I've always been taught work ethic and being around people working hard. I did get rewarded from my grandparents they would take me to tenerife or Cyprus every so often I was the fave grandchild

 

[Nina Stone]

Absolutely, I loved helping my grandma cleaning up the pub and wiping the tables and emptying the ashtrays. I had a paper round at 12 that wasn't fun, when it snowed I crashed my bike and broke a finger haha and then I was a waitress at 14... I don't think I've ever not worked my entire life. I've always been taught work ethic and being around people working hard. I did get rewarded from my grandparents they would take me to tenerife or Cyprus every so often I was the fave grandchild

Your memories sound so wholesome and sweet! Grandparents truly are the best! I used to spend a lot of time with mine until they both passed away. I miss them both terribly. Is not a day that goes by that I don’t think of them

 

[Nina Stone]

My beautiful German shepherd after his bath.

Oh this is so beautiful! Dogs truly are the best!

 

[doob]

What about the divine smell of a Sunday roast. Until you become a mother and slave away over a gas or charcoal/wood fire oven, you've no idea. Especially during Christmas.

But the smell gets many people back to their childhood. I think it's a sin to buy a cooked chook from the supermarket to replace it.

 

[Chief]

What about the divine smell of a Sunday roast. Until you become a mother and slave away over a gas or charcoal/wood fire oven, you've no idea. Especially during Christmas.

But the smell gets many people back to their childhood. I think it's a sin to buy a cooked chook from the supermarket to replace it.

As I mentioned yesterday my mums lamb roast cooked in a wood oven during a perth summer! Thats love!

 

[LongHair]

I too used to live with my grandmother, who was the most amaZing cake maker.
However sadly that was the only thing she could cook, everything else went in a pot of water and was cooked on the stove top of an old wood fired oven for hours.
To this day the smell of cabage cooking turns my stomach !

 

[Chief]

I too used to live with my grandmother, who was the most amaZing cake maker.
However sadly that was the only thing she could cook, everything else went in a pot of water and was cooked on the stove top of an old wood fired oven for hours.
To this day the smell of cabage cooking turns my stomach !

They used to add bicarbonate of soda. I’m not sure why but I think it made the veges less green!!more palatable.

 

[LongHair]

They used to add bicarbonate of soda. I’m not sure why but I think it made the veges less green!!more palatable.

everything my dear gandmother cooked ended up grey!