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A city of smells

Posted by Robin on 6 April 2018 4 Comments

Anyone who’s grown up in Adelaide knows it’s a city of smells. This occurred to me today on my morning walk, a waft of diesel from a delivery van, and a happy rush because as a child diesel meant buses, and buses meant excursions, and excursions meant no maths. Me there, in Mr Meus’s classroom, smelling his cologne. Or beside Karim, starting on a mettwurst sandwich.

— Read more at A whiff of Adelaide’s history at The Adelaide Review.

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  1. Lillibet says:
    6 April 2018 at 7:51 pm

    That’s about my home town Robin!

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    • Robin says:
      6 April 2018 at 9:31 pm

      And did it ring true?

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      • Lillibet says:
        6 April 2018 at 9:38 pm

        Yes there is a lot there I can recognize from my own childhood.

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        • Robin says:
          6 April 2018 at 10:16 pm

          Nice. I suspect he is right that the next generation will have fewer smell memories.

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