Bygone sounds

[Rena]

lol Ebch - how long was it before you could sit down in comfort?   

[Ebch]

It must have been quite some time - woollies were handed down in those days 

[Rena]

I've just remembered a bygone sound ... by youngest brother crying mwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwaaaaaaaaaaarw

 

[liverbird09]

The one o'clock gun...fired from a cannon situated over in Birkenhead... used to remind me it was time to walk back to school after spending dinner time at home.

[Viktoria]

I`ve had one go at this topic already so if it is not too greedy-----the big black kettle was always on the  side of hob, just simmering away ready to be put directly over the fire when needed for tea or very hot water. It made a distinctive sound, a gentle soft whistle,not because it was a whistling kettle  but it was  just the noise the simmering water  or perhaps the steam  made.So "home"and all that stood for.I can hear it now in recollection.
It is the 36th anniversary of my dad`s death today and so  he and "home" are much in my thoughts, with so many lovely memories .
Smells and scents are very evocative too,---my hubby has a stiff back and is smothering himself in linament, the house smells just like home when dad suffered lumbago and reached for the SLOANE`S . Quite moving today.                                                                                                       
When the "Bygone sounds " thread comes to an end there could be a "Bygone smells"  Viktoria.

[Jean McGurn]

The one o'clock gun...fired from a cannon situated over in Birkenhead... used to remind me it was time to walk back to school after spending dinner time at home.

I remember that. I used to work in various shipping offices in the 1960's down by the Pier Head, Liverpool and to me it signals end of dinner hour and was time to get back to work. Oh happy days 

Jean

[Paul Caswell]

The peaceful tick ... tock of the clock on the mantelpiece in the kitchen at mum's house.

... and the smell of baked potatoes in the ash pits of her Aga.


Paul

[PaulineJ]

Concorde: I remember it flying over South London when I was at school and then over Berkshire (adult residence) for umpteen years.

[Paul Caswell]

Concorde: I remember it flying over South London when I was at school and then over Berkshire (adult residence) for umpteen years.

Oh Yes!!! I lived in Slough for some years and when the wind was in the right direction I'd get a few nights listening to the planes take off and land at Heathrow. I could always recognise Concord from all of the others. There was something about it you just couldn't mistake.

Paul