I walked into work this morning, there was some bodgers working on the electrics, the smell of the (burning?) electrics took me straight back to playing Scalectrix when I was a nipper, and whenever I smell that same smell it always does.
So my cyber friends, what one thing reminds you of your childhood?
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The smell of Cheese and Onion crisps reminds me of sitting in the corridor of the William Shakespeare pub in Woolwich as a nipper whilst my Dad was in the bar.
The smell of lighter fuel.....................Ahhhhh!
Sorry for over doing it.
the ground my dad wanting to order another pint
Oh the joys of three channels
The smell of chicken in a basket and chips reminds me of that place, I loved it in there, I'm sure they must have had the strongest toilet freshened in the world, and not GHE nicest.
Halsey was my dads mate and always ended up in there, normally all bloody night. I never got home from a home game until about 11pm, I was about 6 or 7 at the time.
Pickled onion monster munch. Grandad used to buy me and my brothers a pack down at the club in slade green whenever we stayed at their house
"Come Greyhound Racing at Charlton Stadium...."
And, with a little jingle, "Shaving with Erasmic saves you money..." Or was it saving?
On that a friend is restoring an old car (can't remember the make) but it has that smell of leather from the uphostlry that you don't get any more.
Living in Barnehurst now, I get that currant bun smell quite often from the bakery.
I always assumed it was from the British Oil and Cake Mills over on Belvedere marshes, but I think that's gone now and, as church-lane mentioned, you still sometimes get the smell as you exit the Blackwall Tunnel. So where is the sugar refinery?
I went over there to see what the big joke was and was shocked to see they were laughing at.....people playing Subbuteo.
To them - both digital natives - the idea of playing a football game which involved flicking players around a bit of green cloth was hilarious and scarcely comprehendible when they can play 3D video games (or whatever they are) on the TV which are so life like.
My brother and I used to play Subbuteo for.....well, for as long as we could before a fight broke out over who was cheating by doing "power flicks" or "blocking" their goal with their fingers!
I also remember using a cotton bud dipped in paint stripper and applied to an Arsenal player you could make a brilliant Sammy Nelson....happy days
Did you have the floodlights too? We did, and we also bought the grandstand, terracing and scoreboard - we loved that scoreboard!
By the time we got it all set up it was nearly bedtime!
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&clk_rvr_id=316432004681&item=160721174935
Heard on the radio that they are bringing them back with shirt sponsors logos and everything and the new players are virtually indestructible!
Bet you wish you still had it, look what its worth now!
http://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/5749374
http://www.subbuteoandephemeraworld.co.uk/subbuteo-hw-snooker-express-player-yellow-top-1703-p.asp
http://myhybridgreenbox.blogspot.com/2010/05/subbuteo-snooker-express-edition.html
http://www.peter-upton.co.uk/cricket.htm
Driving (or getting the 208 from Eltham) through the Blackwall to see my nan in Poplar during the 70s and 80s, the smell was really strong, disgusting. If the wind was in the right direction reached The Valley.
However, in later life it brought back pleasant memories and a knowledge that (from the north) you were returning home to South London.
So here goes:
Star Wars films and toys
Indiana Jones movies
Woolwich sponsorship on shirts
Kids cartoon called Cities of Gold of something like that (dubbed foreign one)
Jamie and his Magic Torch
Jimbo and the Jet Set
Childrens BBC in the broom cupboard presented by Philip Schofield
Neighbours at 5:15 on BBC1 followed by The Flintstones.
Subbuteo - always wanted a whole stadium like in the brochure but would have cost a fortune
Scalextric
Watching F1 with my Dad. In particular, getting up at 3am to watch the 1986 Aussie GP (along with half the nation) when Mansells tyre blew.
Hot summers and cold winters - just how it should be
Hymns in school assembly. One called Autumn Days in particular
WWF wrestling - but with the old school like Ultimate Warrior, Bret Hitman Hart, Big Boss Man etc.
I remember during the 79/80 post Packer tour to Australia listening to the Test Matches on the radio and setting my Subbuteo players out in the fielding posistions corresponding to what was really happening, with paper name tags too!
We got hammered 3-0 but cleverly refused to put the Ashes at stake.
Still got a load of my subbuteo stuff in the attic, teams floodlights etc. The pitch is mounted on a board under our spare bed. I sold a few teams on ebay recently, one went for over £250. They weren't even that old, I had acquired them a few years ago.