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My wonderful husband is treating me to minted lamb chops for dinner whilst I lie on the sofa waiting to be served. The smell of the chops is gorrrrgeous!! I'm going to start dribbling if he doesnt dish it up pretty smart! :lol:

It got me thinking about smells i miss from England. The first one I thought of was the lovely smell of wet cut grass. Lets face it you dont see much grass in many parts of Aus let alone wet stuff!

Then I thought of tarmac when the road layers are putting a new surface down. For some reason the one and only time I have walked past it here, I didnt really smell of anything much and certainly not like the UK stuff.

What smell do you miss?

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The first thing I thought of was freshly cut grass. The second was the gorgeous aroma of Blackberries and Bramley apples being cooked in my parents kitchen when we were kids, knowing that a lovely tasty pie was going to be for dessert.
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Damn..that pie would finish off my dinner a treat.

You reminded me of my mum stewing apples from the garden

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OOOOOooooh what a good idea for a thread :thumbsup:

When my in-laws were here in September we went to a local garden centre. Amongst the bush type plants was a lone pink lical bush, with one solitary flower on it. I sniffed it.....and promptly burst into tears!!!:eek: I used to have a lovely heavily scented one in my back garden and even though they didn't last long in a vase, I would cut some and have them on my kitchen table.

Oh, also the smell of cut grass and damp soggy leaves in a wood. Mmmmm bliss :thumbup:

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I will echo Tracey and say lilac and add freesias. You can get freesias here and they smell lovely and they do remind me of home. If I ever go into Crabtree and Evelyn the smell reminds me of my Grans house.

Funny how a smell can evoke memories isn't it.

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Fresh mown hay and the "country" smell (manure). :p

Violets and mothballs remind me of my grandmother (deceased).

I can't tell you what it is, but I think the air in the UK smells completely different from in the US. Maybe just where I am in Texas . . . What do you think?

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My wife thinks I am odd but I love the small of manure. I think because the only time I smelled i growing up was the once yearly, one week holiday to Rhyll when I was a kid. I guess I associate it with those wonderful times.

The other smell I miss is that of the chippy. A bit lame but that is a world beating scent for me.

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Oh, another smell I miss is bonfires. Maybe they don't have them any more over there either, but they were definitely part of my life growing up and very nostalgic.

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Today it was the smell of a thick carpet of golden damp leaves in the woods, I took my dogs for a walk and they just go mad in the carpet of leaves and the musty smell from the oak leaves is always so nice.

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You beat me to it. In NC and TN, the "country smell" consisted of chicken and pig farms what an unholy stink!

On a side note, it's funny how everyone in the village here is expected to pick up after their dogs (I do, by the way), but there are huge piles of horse dung EVERYWHERE! (there's a riding stable and they lead the horses through the village to the riding paddock every day, leaving trails of the steaming stuff behind them). :rofl:

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The smell of those big, white lilies. I used to buy some in Tesco every week and the house would be full of the smell.
I can sometimes get them here but they cost a fortune.

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There was a launderette I used to pass on my way home, and on a cold, drizzly November evening the curious mixture of warmth and washing powder was a smell I loved.
There's something about the smell of an English woodland, no matter what the season; it's rich and earthy......just like none of the men I know! :D

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Definitely fresh cut grass. Especially when the big mowers at school had just cut the grass. Smelled delicious as we lay down in the grass afterwards.:thumbup:

Also, I remember many walks in the woods. Such great smells, added to that rustling leaves, squirrels, birds etc - it was like a little wonderland when you are younger.

From my childhood I remember the strong waft from the kitchen of strawberries, raspberries etc being turned into jam. My mother used to make many, many pots of jam, and that sugary mixture smelled outstanding. Although, I have never liked the taste of jam, the sugary sweet smell always smelled so good:thumbsup::wub:

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I mean lilac!!!!!!!!!!!:rofl:

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You can go off people you know :mad:;)

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Oooh yes, and fireworks. The smell of sulphur in the air, mingled with jacket potatoes and tomato soup, yum :D If I close my eyes I can almost be there :o

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Freshly cut pine wood... beautiful.

Walking through an English village in the colder months and smelling wood burning on open fires...reminds me of cycle rides and walks in Derbyshire.

The smell of roast beef cooking on a Sunday Afternoon, or any other afternoon for that matter.

11 days and counting and we are back......oh yes.

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Hi
I miss the smell of the washing when you bring it back indoors it does not smell the same over here

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My dads roses in his front garden....you could smell them as soon as you walked out of the front door....apple blossom....freshly cut grass....our local bakery....they did the nicest fresh bread you could smell it miles away and on a Sat morning we would walk out buy the papers....pick up a loaf......feed the ducks along withour boys (not with the nice loaf we had bought....sorry ducks...you still ate the stale stuff though!!) and went home and had toast and lots of preserves while reading the morning papers.....and all this in suburbia...................Candy floss always reminds me of our local fair that use to arrive every July...and here in the winter with all the fires....the next day (and I still say it) oh it reminds me of bonfire!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! oh and my neighbours sweet peas.....every summer....and they were just lovely to look at...............loads more but as the norm...I am going on!!!!!!!!!!!!!sorry

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Good luck...are you going for a holiday or forever?.........anyway hope you have a lovely time....best wishes

ps went to Derbyshire last May..Blue John mines....Bakewell...lovely place with even nicer tarts (the eating kind)......

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Had to laugh at Rhyl...we use to go every weekend and summer..my dad had caravans at Presthaven Sands....we had wonderful times....we went to Rhyl last year....it looked sad but like a lot of places it is being "done Up"....but toffee apples and salt walter (not together) remind me of Rhyl.....

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We still buy sparklers and I use to be able to buy toffee apples from Coles once upon a time......and I buy treacle toffee from the English Sweetie shop in Riverton Forum...now how sad is that. but or boys still remember the fantastic Bonfire nights when all our friends use to go to our Local and the had the best bonfire with all free fireworks and free food for everyone it was a great night.(they use to do the same for Christmas...put on a wonderful free Christmas Party for the Children...it was invite only though but so much fun)...my Aussie friend said when she was younger they use to have bonfire night here (nov 5th) and also use to have the school holidays in June/July.....she said it was better because at least you could play outside.....she actually says the trouble with Aus is it's going to much like America......(no offence to any Americans out there...)

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Yes! Good old Persil and Comfort :o

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Just thought of another one...the smell of bonfires wafting over the garden. Lovely.

Oooh, and the smell of snow. Remember? When it snowed, everything went really quiet and still and when you went out in it it would smell clean and crisp. Or have I completely lost the plot now? :eek:

I'm sick of being hot and sticky and my make-up sliding off my face and the bloody sweat rash stinging on my neck. I WANT COLD! Only 5 more sleeps and I'll be on that plane to some seriously cold air. Yipppeee!:thumbsup:

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My mate has Ariel automatic shipped over 'cos she loves her clothes smelling properly clean. And they do!

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just walked my dog..we both could only manage a lap around the park...with all this sun you think it would be lovely but it's all just shrub and no flowers whatsoever!!!....we have had snow at home...and I can still remember the days we use to sledge down Reddish Vale and Cheethams Park like it was yesterday...but the best thing was going back home all red faced and feeling awake...and having Cadburys Hot Chocolate...oooooooooohhh the smell......where did the years go!!!!! would swop right now if I could!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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OMG! That has come around quickly. I'm dead jealous ... especially being kid free too LOL! I did it last year for a month in May, and it was wonderful. :D I will be really interested in your thoughts on your return.

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I like the smell of bleaches, disinfectant etc...more than food:huh::o

No, actually i love the smell of just baked bread.

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Two weeks without the kids....heaven! :thumbsup: Nah, I'll miss them but I couldn't take them on a rekkie, too much hassle.

I will give a full update upon return.

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Hi brits1, We are going back FOREVER! Yes, we have done our stint in Aus, only 6 months but when you know, you know, if you know what I mean.

I'm glad we did it, if only to get it out of our system and it will be a good story to tell the grand kids, (that we don't have yet as our oldest is only 8).

Anyway the door bell has just gone, I think it is the nice man from CHESS with some boxes.

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Good luck with everything...I do believe in "if you know, you know" as well.....seen lots of people keep trying (us included) and it justs either makes you ill....or sad.... or for some it does come right...don't know many like that though!!(at the moment I am both!!!) are you going back to the same area/home?.......
All the best......take care and the very best of wishes......you lucky so and so.....

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Hi you dont know who ships it over here do you I would love to get some I really miss it I know I am sad and should use the other brands over here but have not found one that smells so freshThanks Jan

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What a fab thread - out of all the senses smell is in fact the one most closely associated with memory - that's why for example smelling a certain perfume will make you think of a person that wears it.

There's a certain shampoo I used a lot while I lived in Perth - I don't use it very often now but whenever I do it takes me right back to standing in the shower in our rented house in Perth. Weird eh?

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When I first came over to the UK ten years ago we lived in a pub. It is a silly association but there is a certain type of air freshener used in some pub toilets that takes me right back to those first months in the UK when everything was new and exciting! The taste of a cheese and branston pickle sandwich also takes me back to those days as that was all we could afford to eat!

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I miss the smell of a really old church, when incense has been burning. Also miss the smell of the cold, especially when it's just about to snow. Mostly miss my mum's Sunday roast dinner. :(

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Ooooooh - don't let the Bakewellians hear you call their precious pudding a tart!! It's Bakewell Pudding, even though most of us call it a tart; they're very touchy about it. ;) I used to love Bakewell until they moved the market into that horrendous white building with all the pointy bits; yes I knw it's "progress", but IMHO they've spoiled the town. :(

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Brits1

We are going back to roughly the same area, but like many, we sold our house to come over here, so shall have to start again. Although to be honest i feel quite excited about it, more so than i did when we arrived!!

I have spoken to the school and both my girls will start on the 25th Feb, they are so looking forward to it, especially my 4 year old, who, if we had stayed here would only be going 2 days a weeks for the next year, back home she will go straight into full time, however she is more than ready for it!!

Can't wait to get back now, just crossing another day off the calendar so we are another day closer.

Thanks for all your good luck wishes.

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Sorry it was a pudding....it was lovely, fresh and just so bad for your hips...but hey you only live once.....Bakewell was lovely....it was a lovely hot day (yes hot in April) just in one of the best locations...and that said by a Lancashire Lass!!!!!!

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My mum use to use Youth ew by Estee Lauder (not my kind of smell) but it was just lovely on my mum and everytime I smell it here it takes me back to lovely childhood times back home..also CK1 reminds me of my last few months in England before we came out here....I bought it as it had just come out and was on offer at Boots....I have never used it since.....it reminds me of Dark Days (at that time I had decided I really did not want to try Aus...and here I am still here nearly 10 years later!!!!)

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I remember years ago, I mean we are talking about 30 years, (how time flies), I was at my grandmas house, now sadly departed and there was a certain smell in her kitchen. I never knew what the smell was, but until this day every now and again I'll smell it and in the most obscure places. It's almost as if from time to time she drops in to see how things are going... strange I know.