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Roofless Toothless said:
I remember when at school in the sixties there was a fog so bad we all got sent home early. What buses were running were being led down the road by the conductor with a torch. I decided to walk the three miles home. There were several side turnings to cross, and you couldn’t see across to the other side. I actually lost my sense of direction while negotiating one of these and ended up walking down the turning rather than the main road, which scared me a lot at the time.
Yeah, my parents and grandparents told me of the “Pea Soupers” in the fifties and sixties.That was fog with added car exhaust, industrial smoke and coal fire but think things were about better by the eighties.
I remember them saying how it left you grubby where the eighties fog, to me always seemed clean and just that it was only fog and not down to pollution as well but may have been.
Was great fun.
My Grandad, 1920-2016, lived in the era of smog in south Birmingham. On bad smog days when he was a child, he and his friend would walk into Olton where the smog would settle particularly thick, and walk on the pavement alongside the cars on the road to give them a guide as visibility was pretty much down to about 10 feet. Some drivers would give them a small-denomination coin for their trouble.
He said, on a good day they'd manage to direct 10-15 cars. Nowadays that stretch of the Warwick Road is nose-to-tail traffic for at least 16 hours a day. No smog anymore though.
He said, on a good day they'd manage to direct 10-15 cars. Nowadays that stretch of the Warwick Road is nose-to-tail traffic for at least 16 hours a day. No smog anymore though.
Puggit said:
Cold spell coming up from NY Day. Chance of major snow for many parts. Keeping an eye out 
Yes, yellow weather warnings out now for Wednesday late morning to early hours of Thursday, and for wind the same start time but finishes a few hours later.I'm supposed to be assistant referee on a Northern Premier League game at 3 on NYD, could be interesting...
Forester1965 said:
Pre-smoking ban some pubs were vile later on in an evening. The smell of your clothes and hair would hit you first thing when you wake up. Not an anti-smoking nazi by any stretch, but I defy anyone to say the air quality in pubs back then was acceptable.
Even worse when you got that experience on a train. At lest with a pub you had more choice to visit or not.When doing a tour of the submarine at Chatham dockyard the guy said smoking was allowed and at peak times the upper half of the cabin was thick with smoke. Besides the general conditions that on top I have no idea how they did it.
trickywoo said:
Forester1965 said:
Pre-smoking ban some pubs were vile later on in an evening. The smell of your clothes and hair would hit you first thing when you wake up. Not an anti-smoking nazi by any stretch, but I defy anyone to say the air quality in pubs back then was acceptable.
Even worse when you got that experience on a train. At lest with a pub you had more choice to visit or not.When doing a tour of the submarine at Chatham dockyard the guy said smoking was allowed and at peak times the upper half of the cabin was thick with smoke. Besides the general conditions that on top I have no idea how they did it.
J4CKO said:
My first visit to my local after the ban, well it transpires that the oppressive smoke masked the smell of the gents quite effectively !
Jeez, yes. And the beer-soaked carpets in pubs. Piss and stale beer became the overwhelming stench of pubs for a while after the smoking ban. Forced some to (finally) sort out the toilets although many continue with their pre-war facilities to this day... usually those that have toilets down a corridor or outside. J4CKO said:
Been pretty foggy on and off, it’s freaking out TikTok conspiracy morons, I think most have never seen fog.
I don’t want to do the “in my day” but I genuinely remember much thicker fog as a kid in the eighties, couldn’t see much more than a couple of feet.
But now it’s apparently the government cloaking stuff they don’t want us to see ffs, in other words people born 90s onwards who have never seen much fog !
Why was there more then, has air quality changed or like there is less snow, some climate adjustment thing ?
Not even long ago I recall driving near home with just sidelights and fog lights on because my car had xenon headlamps and it just reflected off of the fog, blinding me. But less particulate matter, and more wind has meant less fog. I am excited for the potential of snow, though!I don’t want to do the “in my day” but I genuinely remember much thicker fog as a kid in the eighties, couldn’t see much more than a couple of feet.
But now it’s apparently the government cloaking stuff they don’t want us to see ffs, in other words people born 90s onwards who have never seen much fog !
Why was there more then, has air quality changed or like there is less snow, some climate adjustment thing ?
Also now, stepping outside and smelling fresh cigarette smoke is divine. The smell in a pub was awful though, and the day after even worse!
Its Just Adz said:
Really bizarre weather changes this week.
Fine tomorrow and a low of 8c, then a few days later it's saying -4c
Weather been weird for a while now by me in south wales. Have a day of low single digits or morning frost then the very next day its 10c+. Had 14c and clear on christmas day the following day was heavy fog and 3c. Something is defenitly broken with our weather this year.Fine tomorrow and a low of 8c, then a few days later it's saying -4c
J4CKO said:
Roofless Toothless said:
I remember when at school in the sixties there was a fog so bad we all got sent home early. What buses were running were being led down the road by the conductor with a torch. I decided to walk the three miles home. There were several side turnings to cross, and you couldn’t see across to the other side. I actually lost my sense of direction while negotiating one of these and ended up walking down the turning rather than the main road, which scared me a lot at the time.
Yeah, my parents and grandparents told me of the “Pea Soupers” in the fifties and sixties.That was fog with added car exhaust, industrial smoke and coal fire but think things were about better by the eighties.
I remember them saying how it left you grubby where the eighties fog, to me always seemed clean and just that it was only fog and not down to pollution as well but may have been.
Was great fun.
timbob said:
J4CKO said:
Roofless Toothless said:
I remember when at school in the sixties there was a fog so bad we all got sent home early. What buses were running were being led down the road by the conductor with a torch. I decided to walk the three miles home. There were several side turnings to cross, and you couldn’t see across to the other side. I actually lost my sense of direction while negotiating one of these and ended up walking down the turning rather than the main road, which scared me a lot at the time.
Yeah, my parents and grandparents told me of the “Pea Soupers” in the fifties and sixties.That was fog with added car exhaust, industrial smoke and coal fire but think things were about better by the eighties.
I remember them saying how it left you grubby where the eighties fog, to me always seemed clean and just that it was only fog and not down to pollution as well but may have been.
Was great fun.
Whatever one thinks of congestion charging and low emission zones, city centre air quality is much better now. When I visit London it's remarkable how clean the air is and what little traffic there is compared to just twenty or thirty years ago.
21st Century Man said:
When I visit London it's remarkable how clean the air is and what little traffic there is compared to just twenty or thirty years ago.
I've been motorcycling into London now for over thirty years. Air is definitely cleaner, but really not convinced there is less traffic.
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